Agrifood Journalist at Euractiv | EURACTIV JobSite

Agrifood Journalist

Background

Euractiv is an unbiased pan-European media community specialising in EU insurance policies. Our main aim is to foster coverage debates amongst EU stakeholders, together with governments, companies, and civil society teams. We offer complete protection of coverage processes main as much as selections, presenting the problems in a impartial method with out taking sides.

Euractiv is a part of Mediahuis, a publishing firm with belongings in Belgium, the Netherlands, Eire, Luxembourg and Germany. Mediahuis publishes throughout a variety of codecs – from newspapers and magazines to tv, radio and on-line media. Extra about Mediahuis and Euractiv right here.

What are the advantages of working at Euractiv?

You may be working in a vibrant worldwide media workplace, in a multicultural group, stuffed with gifted colleagues you possibly can be taught from. You may be in the course of EU affairs, each bodily (our workplace is within the EU quarter) and thru your work. It is possible for you to to deliver your contribution to one of the crucial revered EU affairs media in Europe and produce our information, multimedia content material and newsletters in entrance of Euractiv’s influential readers.

To strengthen our editorial group in Brussels, we’re at present recruiting a:

Journalist to cowl EU agriculture and meals insurance policies

Euractiv is searching for a reporter with a eager curiosity in all issues agriculture and meals.  

As the perfect candidate you’ll ship each breaking information tales and in-depth characteristic articles specializing in EU agriculture and meals coverage developments, but in addition produce unique tales. You might be assured in linking with politicians, enterprise leaders and activists. As group participant, you’ll leap on information traits as the necessity arises, for instance throughout EU summit conferences.

You’ll work in a world atmosphere and work carefully with our reporters in Paris and Berlin. Collectively we are going to critically observe European policymaking and ship insightful cross-border tales.

Essential tasks:

• Write breaking information tales, interviews, in addition to in-depth and background articles
• Write in-depth coverage briefings and particular experiences to deadline
• Conduct interviews with high-level officers, together with EU Commissioners, MEPs, enterprise leaders and coverage consultants
• Determine and pursue tales which are lurking within the huge machine room of the EU coverage manufacturing unit
• Contribute to assembly Euractiv’s editorial mission and dedication to balanced reporting

Profile:

We all know it is a want checklist and you’re unlikely to fulfil all of those standards completely. What you lack in journalistic expertise, you may compensate by way of your in-depth information of EU agriculture and meals coverage, or vice versa. So long as you possibly can write properly and are excited for this job, we need to hear from you. That being mentioned, that is our want checklist:

• No less than 2 years of expertise in journalism, ideally with a give attention to EU Affairs and/or one of many coverage fields lined by the Euractiv Agrifood Hub.
• College diploma in journalism and/or political science.
• Robust English-language writing abilities.
• Skill to jot down in a approach that’s fascinating for the specialist however nonetheless comprehensible for the broader public.
• Familiarity with EU insurance policies.
• Skill to ship correct tales in a fast-paced atmosphere.
• Skill to assume shortly and supply insights and perspective on experiences coming from all kinds of sources, together with EU establishments, enterprise associations and civil society.
• Arduous-working, capable of respect tight deadlines, proactive, team-player, capable of take criticism.
• Different European languages, in addition to curiosity in producing multi-media content material, are an asset.
• Eligible to work within the EU.

What we provide:

It is a full-time employment contract beneath Belgian legislation (“contrat à durée indéterminée”), with wage and tasks commensurate to the candidate’s stage of expertise.

Moreover, we’re providing the next advantages:

• meal vouchers amounting to eight EUR/labored day;
• reimbursement of public transport in Belgium;
• 250 EUR/yr eco-vouchers;
• hospitalisation insurance coverage protection;
• group pension insurance coverage;
• good stability between distant working and fascinating bodily with colleagues;
• a broad vary of coaching and improvement (as a part of the HR Academy of Mediahuis group and exterior coaching alternatives).

Contact:

Please point out within the topic line Agrifood journalist – First and final identify, connect your CV and a brief cowl letter and e-mail it to: choice@Euractiv.com

Candidates needs to be obtainable as quickly as potential.

Purposes welcome instantly!

Equality and variety

We’re dedicated each to selling equality and variety inside the group and to Equal Alternatives in recruitment. We imagine in equality of alternative no matter race or racial group (together with color, nationality, ethnicity, nationwide origins), faith or perception, age, incapacity, sexual orientation, intercourse, gender re-assignment and gender id, marriage and civil partnership, and being pregnant, maternity and paternity. This additionally consists of any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment. All hiring selections are made solely on benefit. We encourage everybody to use, even when you don’t match all the standards.