DUBAI CORRESPONDENT

Permanent contract - based in Dubai - Réf. CODUB/EN

General Responsibilities

Reporting directly to the Editors in Chief and under the supervision of the Head of the Farsi Service, euronews’ correspondent in Dubai regularly proposes news and feature topics for News and Programmes units in Lyon, produces stories and contributes news and other material for euronews’ website.

Main Duties

• Covering daily and occasional regional and local news both as television and as web stories, in Persian and occasionally in English.
• Propose ideas for news and feature stories, interviews, both for the TV output and for the web.
• Establishing an efficient network of news contacts locally and regionally to enable solid news and other types of coverage

Main Qualifications

• Higher education in journalism or an equivalent of experience in the field, you need to have a strong experience in audiovisual sector.
• An excellent general knowledge and in-depth awareness of international politics, sport, economics and cultural issues, as well as European affairs.
• An excellent working knowledge of Persian and English, knowledge of the Arabic language would be an additional asset.
• Minimum five years of experience in journalism.
• Able to react quickly to breaking news and working under tight deadlines, responding appropriately to unexpected developments and dealing with the pressure of a television news environment.
• Able to travel to different countries in the region to cover and report stories.

Please send your application (motivation letter, CV in Persian and English, your expectations) together with the reference number of the position (Réf. CODUB/EN) to the following address:

euronews
Human Resources Dept

60, chemin des Mouilles,, BP 161 - 69131 Lyon Ecully Cedex,
France
or by e-mail to: recrutement@euronews.net