Correspondent (f/m/d) DW Studio Brussels

Position description

We are seeking a Correspondent (f/m/d) for our DW Brussels Studio in Belgium as of 1 January 2025 or as soon as possible on the basis of a full-time local staff contract limited for two years.

YOUR CHALLENGES

• reporting on current European affairs, EU institutions and NATO, for all Deutsche Welle outlets;
• producing reports and background packages (TV, online, social media) from Brussels;
• live interviews and broadcasts for TV (English, German);
• organization of studio conversations as well as conducting interviews with relevant figures;
• creation of multimedia content for the social media platforms of the DW Studio Brussels;
• filling in for the DW Brussels bureau chief as needed.

Qualifications

• university degree as well as completed traineeship or comparable journalistic qualification;
• long-standing professional journalistic experience;
• experience as video journalist and mobile reporter;
• prior experience as a correspondent, preferably from Brussels, and experience with Breaking News situations;
• ability to analyse political and geostrategic contexts and very good knowledge of the EU institutions;
• good knowledge of the processes of news and social media departments, preferably of media organizations like DW;
• professional language proficiency in English and French, German desirable;
• excellent planning and organizational skills with the ability to work in interdisciplinary and diverse teams, high level of intercultural sensitivity and respect for diversity.

YOUR BENEFITS

• inspiring and challenging tasks in an international media company;
• collaboration in interdisciplinary and diverse teams;
• an organizational culture characterized by New Work and Digital Leadership & Collaboration;
• promotion of diversity, inclusion and sustainability.

Application instructions

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