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The newsroom

Elmira Beishenova
Editor · since 1998
Courts reporter from 1998; editor since 2009.
Erkin Bolot uulu
Reporter and photographer · since 2014
City reporter and photographer. Held for ten days in October 2023 while photographing a march; released without charge.
Olga Fedorenko
Nurzhan bureau chief · since 2004
Runs the Nurzhan bureau: NurGaz, the council, heating and the city's Russian-speaking life.
Nadia Osmonalieva
Political correspondent · since 2005
Covers the Mejlis, the Election Commission and Government House.
Timur Sadyrbaev
Business editor · since 2008
Energy, beef, banking, trucking and the som.
Kubat Duishenaliev
Districts and highlands correspondent · since 1999
Covers the five districts, the line and, where he can get permits, the tribal regions.
Aigerim Tokonova
Culture writer · since 2012
Music, film, books, food and the language revival.
Rosa Zhakypova
Sports writer · since 2011
Football, ulak tartysh and the hippodrome.
Aidai Kurmanalieva
Editor, Jarchy · since 2017
Founding editor of Jarchy, the Herald's Iradi-language weekly.
Talgat Murzaliev
Columnist · since 2010
Economist at Talas State University; writes a fortnightly column on money and work.

Medet Orozaliev
Founding editor · 1993–2009
Former Iradyn Chyny correspondent; co-founded the Herald in March 1993 and edited it until 2009. Author of Twenty Years of Deadlines (2013).
Margaret Hendricks
Managing editor · 1993–2001
American reporter who covered Operation Starlight and the siege of Talas for a Chicago paper; co-founder and managing editor until 2001.
Daniel Whitcomb
Legislature correspondent · 1995–2006
Covered the Territorial Legislature and the air base economy until the end of the territorial period.
Sergei Lysenko
Nurzhan correspondent · 1994–2004
The Herald's first Nurzhan correspondent: refinery, railway and the Labor council.

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