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BIRN, News Editor

Job Vacancy

Balkan Insight is published by BIRN, the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, and is the leading English language online news outlet covering the Balkans region.

BIRN (www.birn.eu.com) is a network of independent charities operating across the Balkans.  Our mission is to help develop an active and independent media working to international standards and to report on events in the region without bias or favour. We also publish Belgrade Insight and Prishtina Insight, the only English language newspapers in their respective cities.
 
 
The chosen candidate will:
-         commission and edit news stories covering politics, business and social issues
-         liaise with BIRN's busy bureaux across the region
-         develop ideas and novel approaches to our Balkan-wide online reporting
-         have the skills to process work quickly and efficiently, particularly breaking news stories
-         supervise and maintain the news section of Balkan Insight, and the country-based websites of our regional teams
-         manage and mentor our extensive pool of remotely-based correspondents
 
This is a highly demanding post, which requires flair, imagination, bags of enthusiasm and a proven ability to work against the clock without ever losing your cool. The chosen candidate will find themselves in a highly rewarding position at the heart of a young and dynamic organisation which regularly sets the news agenda in the region.
 
You will be a native English speaker with a track record in online, print or broadcast media and knowledge of Balkans politics, economics and society. 
 
You will preferably be based in the Balkans but we also welcome applicants currently living in the GMT, CET or GMT+2 timezones.
 
To apply for this role, please submit your c.v. with a covering letter to Ana Petruseva:
 
ana@birn.eu.com
 
Applications should be received by May 15