Vacancy - Researcher/Reporter in Moscow

Venue: Moscow (Russia)

Primary responsibilities for the Moscow bureau researcher/reporter include aiding correspondents in news gathering and interviews; providing fixing and translation services; writing breaking news articles for the web.
Candidates must have a high level of proficiency in Russian and preferably fluency in English. He or she should be able to quickly translate documents from Russian into English and conduct interviews in Russian and English.
A strong aptitude for sifting through information and identifying news stories is important. The bureau researcher/reporter should be able to draw information from a variety of sources, including online and traditional news media, television, bloggers/tweeters and human sources.

Applications should be sent to Ellen Barry at ebarry@nytimes.com.

Ellen Barry
New York Times
e-mail: ebarry@nytimes.com