Russia Reporter

Огляд

For decades, international media covered Ukraine through a Russian lens, often from a bureau based in Moscow. It’s time for Russia to be covered from a Ukrainian perspective. The Kyiv Independent, the region’s fastest-growing English-language media outlet, is looking to fill a Russia reporter position, which envisions covering Russian politics, economics, and military, the ongoing crackdown on dissent and minorities, and other aspects of Russia as a totalitarian state.

Обов'язки

• pitching and writing exclusive, well-reported, well-structured stories for the Kyiv Independent’s Eastern Europe section
• proactively leading the coverage of the Russia beat: discovering new, unreported stories and fresh angles
• developing and maintaining a network of sources

Вимоги

• experience covering Russia
• deep understanding of Russia’s domestic affairs
• English language proficiency (C1-C2 or native speaker)
• Russian 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 Russian)
• deep understanding of Russia’s war against Ukraine
• devotion to the values of independent journalism

Умови