What do we write about

Kalemon is a media platform that harbours longreads. We believe that by amalgamating social journalism with good storytelling we can make impact on the Armenian society. Worldwide.

Our format is longreads. Our hero is an ordinary person. Despite a huge amount of outlets and the spread of social networks in Armenia, it is easy to be misled my numbers.

And we do know a lot of them. The official numbers of rapes and sexual assaults. The number of homeless people. The number of orphans and elderly people. We know how many disabled people live in the country.

We know the outcome, but we don’t know the reason. Why does someone become homeless, and how does a child get into an orphanage? What are the roots of home violence, and what do the victims of violence need? Even better: how do we make the numbers go down?

Our stories are not about official reports. They are full-pledged stories that we follow through until the end. We are also curious what happens next: maybe, it will be your actions that will make a change?

We believe that systematic & dedicated help to professional, transparent non-profits is key to success in changing the situation in Armenia at large scale.

Creators and authors

We are Fëdor Kornienko and Hasmik Hovhannisyan.

We are open for new authors and contributors.

Fëdor Kornienko, Hasmik Hovhannisyan