Franak Viacorka

Franak Viačorka Франак Вячорка
Vaclav Havel Fellow at RFE/RL, Praha
Born	(1988-03-26) March 26, 1988 (age 29) Minsk, Byelorussian SSR
Nationality	Belarus

Francišak Valancinavič (Franak) Viačorka (Viachorka) (Belarusian Франці́шак Валянці́навіч Вячо́рка) (born March 26, 1988) is a Belarusian youth leader, independent journalist, screenwriter. New Media Manager at RFE/RL Belarus Service. International Affairs Scholar at American University, Specialist in New Media.

Franak studied at the Belarusian Lyceum for Humanities (since 2003 existing in underground), Journalism Department of Belarusian State University (from which he was expelled for political activities), the European Humanitarian University (exiled in Vilnius). 2010-2012--Warsaw University, PR and Media Marketing. In 2016 Franak received Civil Society Leadership Award by Open Society Foundations for pursuing Master Degree at American University.

Since 2008, Franak has worked with an independent satellite TV for Belarus Belsat TV as a PR manager, and is now presenting on the station with RFE/RL's Belarus Service on its popular news and analysis show. He has worked as a journalist and editor for several independent publications in Belarus: Belarusian informational agency "BelaPAN", Monthly political newspaper «Naviny BNF» ("BPF News"), Belarusian Service of RFE/RL, Youth informational web-portal Uff-by.org. Franak has a video blog on a Polish Radio web-portal

Franak Viachorka is a New Media Editor at RFE/RL's Belarus service