Senior Correspondent, Moldova Service, Chisinau

About the role

RFE/RL is looking for a Senior Correspondent for its Moldova Service in Chisinau. The correspondent initiates, produces and delivers journalistic material for the service's digital platforms, covering news, interviews, analysis, field reports, long-form features, live coverage and video scripts, while meeting and exceeding RFE/RL content quality standards.

Key responsibilities

• Create original content for digital platforms, including news items, interviews, analyses, field reports, long-form features, live coverage and video scripts.
• Work as a field correspondent and reporter, conducting interviews by telephone or in the field on defined beats such as education, health care, economics or domestic politics.
• Produce live, recorded, online, printed or visual content and operate the relevant tools; direct specialists or staff if assigned.
• Stay up to date on political, economic and social developments in the target area and brief yourself daily.
• Research material and select reliable information from reputable sources, respecting editorial standards and taking editorial responsibility for your own work.
• Suggest coverage ideas, take part in program feedback and planning, and explore innovative angles.
• If assigned, act as editor of a segment (radio, TV, website, blog, newspaper) and commission, select and edit material.
• Take part in local media programmes, contribute to intra-Broadcasting analyses and help increase the Service's impact.
• May share the responsibilities of the unit leader, including mentoring, coaching and giving feedback to journalists and support staff.

Required profile

• Masters degree in journalism or a related field.
• At least 8 years of experience as a journalist, including substantial editorial experience in international media.
• Deep knowledge of the political, economic and social situation in the broadcast area and of regional and international affairs.
• Advanced English, able to translate current affairs texts between English and the native language; native-level knowledge of the broadcast region's language; another foreign language is an advantage.
• Proven leadership in editorial management and planning, with sound editorial judgment and the ability to supervise radio, web and multimedia production.

Required skills

• Full use of RFE/RL content management system: posting and editing text and photos, photo galleries, videos, program scheduling and Internet TV.
• Ability to manage and mentor staff, and to take editorial responsibility for a platform.
• Willingness to learn audio/video equipment, word processing and research tools and new media platforms.