Alex Raufoglu is an Azerbaijani-American journalist, researcher, and press freedom advocate who focuses on Eurasia. Born in Baku, Raufoglu holds an MA in Interactive Journalism from American University, Washington D.C., and a BA in Journalism from Ege University, Izmir. He worked extensively in the South Caucasus and Black Sea regions (Baku, Ankara, Tbilisi) for several international broadcast outlets, such as BBC, RFE/RL, VoA and others; prepared features, audio/video stories covering democracy, media, and other freedoms, as well as regional peace and security. Since 2008, Raufoglu has lived in the U.S. where he worked as a journalist for several media outlets. He represents Azerbaijan's last independent news agency Turan in the United States