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Current Time (Настоящее Время) is the leading independent Russian-language television channel, providing factual news, unbiassed reporting, and engaging video content to Russian-speaking audiences. We strive to ensure people have access to accurate information in places where such access may be limited by censorship, and freedom of speech may be under threat.
We are looking for a Digital Video Producer to join our team in Riga. As Digital Video Producer you will be responsible for producing compelling and engaging multimedia content for Current TIme’s Russian-language project “Footage vs. Footage”, known in Russian as “Смотри в оба”, countering disinformation, propaganda, and fake news.
Responsibilities:
- Produces high quality and share-worthy multimedia content specifically geared for social media use, especially for platforms that promote short video formats.
- Monitors disinformation activities across the major digital and traditional platforms in target region for potential story leads.
- Uses journalistic acumen to find stories that are both likely to be shared and meet RFE/RL standards.
- Works with web-ready news and feature content mixing traditional story-forms with digital and social-centric reporting.
- Keeps the team updated throughout the day on disinformation-related stories worth exploring.
- Performs related tasks as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in journalism, or related field or the equivalent in experience is preferred.
Work Experience. - 4+ years of experience in digital journalism in news organization.
- Extensive experience in producing multimedia projects for digital platforms.
Competencies:
- Strong news judgment.
- Proficiency in multimedia storytelling for digital platforms.
- Team-based work ethics.
- Understanding of digital success metrics.
- Ability to multitask and prioritize with little supervision under tight deadlines.
- Adapts to and works effectively within a variety of situations, and with various individuals or groups. Flexibility entails understanding and appreciating different and opposing perspectives on an issue, adapting one’s approach as the requirements of a situation change, and changing or easily accepting changes in one’ s own organization or job requirements.
- Ability to work various shifts, as assigned and on short notice.
- Expected to work weekends and work from home, when required.
Languages:
- Proficiency in Russian (mandatory).
- Proficiency in English (mandatory).
We offer:
- Innovative, mission-driven international organization at a time of rapid change.
- An opportunity to explore the role of RFE/RL’s journalism can play in society and experiment with different ways of engaging audiences and communities.
- Numerous courses and instructions for professional development.
- Life and health insurance as of first working day.
Atrašanās vieta
- Rīga, Latvija
Darba veids
- Pilna slodze
Valodas
- Angļu
- Latviešu
- Krievu
Kristaps Grīslis
25585982
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is an international news organization headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic and Washington, D.C., with 21 bureaus throughout Russia, Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Central and Eastern Europe. Reporting in 27 languages across 23 countries, RFE/RL is one of the most comprehensive news operations in the world, providing responsibly reported, fact-based news in countries where media freedoms are under threat or banned outright. From Iran and Pakistan to Hungary, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan, RFE/RL journalists give audiences what they can't always get from their own local media: uncensored information and open debate. Reporting via digital, TV, and radio platforms, RFE/RL has a measured weekly reach of 38.1 million people. A private nonprofit, RFE/RL is funded by the U.S. Congress through the U.S. Agency for Global Media. RFE/RL's editorial independence is protected by U.S. law.
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