Kärt Jänes-Kapp (born Kärt Jänes; 9 January 1960 – 10 September 2015) was an Estonian research journalist and editor.
Jones-Kapp graduated from
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...
37th Secondary School in 1978 and in 1983 with a degree in history from the
University of Tartu
The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country. cum laude. During her university studies, she studied with other later prominent public figures such as
Mart Laar
Mart Laar (born 22 April 1960) is an Estonian politician and historian. He served as the Prime Minister of Estonia from 1992 to 1994 and from 1999 to 2002. Laar is credited with having helped bring about Estonia's Economy_of_Estonia#Restoration_o ...
,
Lauri Vahtre,
Küllo Arjakas, and
Eero Medijainen.
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Sirp, 18 September 2015
In addition to university studies, she worked as a junior research fellow at the
Estonian Academy of Sciences
Founded in 1938, the Estonian Academy of Sciences (, ) is Estonia's national academy of science in Tallinn. As with other national academies, it is an independent group of well-known scientists whose stated aim is to promote research and develo ...
Institute of History from 1983 to 1989. Since 1989, she has been working at Horisont, at the beginning as a humanitarian assistant, and later as chief and executive editor. She was a member of the board of the Estonian Research Journalists' Association.
Jänes-Kapp worked alongside the work of a research journalist from Koolibri in 2001, mainly teaching humanities and social science teaching materials.
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err.ee, 11 September 2015 In addition, she completed her studies at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; ) is an Israeli public university, public research university based in Jerusalem. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Chaim Weizmann in July 1918, the public university officially opened on 1 April 1925. ...
and in the Master's program at the Estonian Institute of Demography.
Jänes-Kapp died on 10 September 2015 in Tallinn
and was buried in
Metsakalmistu.
Personal life
Jänes-Kapps' father was a medical scientist, hygienist and popularist in medicine .
References
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1960 births
2015 deaths
Writers from Tallinn
University of Tartu alumni
Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
Estonian journalists
Estonian women journalists
Burials at Metsakalmistu