Ruben Avxhiu

Ruben Avxhiu is the editor in chief of Illyria, a New York-based, nationwide Albanian-American
newspaper founded in 1991. He founded the first youth newspaper in post-Communist Albania and
went on to become a writer and editor for a number of Albanian newspapers and magazines, including
Republika, Albania, Koha, and others, before moving to New York to join Illyria in 1999. His other
professional experiences include working at the Center for War, Peace, and the News Media and at New
York University. He studied international media and communications at the School of International and
Public Affairs at Columbia University.