Tsira Gvasalia is an investigative and science journalist based in Tbilisi, Georgia. She has a strong background in working on long-term projects, including documentary films.
Since 2010, Tsira has worked for several Georgian print and online media organisations, and has also contributed to international outlets. She has focused on investigating corruption connected to the extraction of natural resources and environmental pollution in Georgia, as well as Russian business interests in precious metals mining in the South Caucasus. Gold mining produces golden pollution.
She is the founder of the bilingual platform კაქტუსი • Cactus, which raises awareness of the connection between human health and environmental pollution. Between 2018 and 2021, she taught the same topic to young journalists at the University of Georgia.
Climate change and health is one of the topics that Tsira is currently interested in. She also shows how there is a lack of climate, environment and health data in post-Soviet countries and stresses the vital importance of improving data collection for evidence-based decision-making.
