Defense Reporter

Огляд

The Kyiv Independent is Ukraine’s fastest-growing English-language news outlet. It was founded in November 2021 by a team of reporters and editors who were fired from the Kyiv Post for defending editorial independence, in partnership with a media consultancy company Jnomics. Today, it’s a team of around 50 people, mostly based in Kyiv. The position envisions occasional traveling to Ukraine’s front lines and military conferences abroad.

Обов'язки

• pitching and writing exclusive, well-reported, well-structured war-related stories for the Kyiv Independent
• proactively leading the Kyiv Independent’s war coverage, providing war analysis, battlefield overview, following the country’s defense production and producing other war-related long-form stories
• developing and maintaining a network of sources

Вимоги

• experience covering the war in Ukraine
• deep understanding of military affairs
• English language proficiency (C1-C2 or native speaker)
• Ukrainian language proficiency (enough to read and understand news updates, understand a statement delivered in a video/audio form, as well as ability to interview sources in Ukrainian)
• devotion to the values of independent journalism

Умови

• full-time position (part-time is available upon agreement)
• market-level compensation
• working with a young and highly motivated team in an award-winning media outlet
• busy, but flexible work schedule