Jobs

If you have significant journalistic experience, a keen interest in current affairs and native or near-native Russian / English, please get in touch at any time. Unfortunately, we are unable to respond to every application. Our current vacancies are listed below.

Freelance Opportunities

We welcome story ideas from experienced freelance journalists who share our values and understand our editorial policies. Please send detailed pitches to [email protected].

A successful pitch to The Moscow Times should answer the following questions:

• What is your working headline?
• What is the angle of this story? What about it is new or unique? How does it tell the story of Russia?
• Who will you speak to for this story? Which experts, civilian sources, etc.? Be specific.
• How many words will you aim for?
• When will you file it?

Our Policy on AI

It is important for our credibility (and yours) that we do not publish articles that have been written with AI. While large language models are effective tools when used judiciously for research and spell-checking, any articles that The Moscow Times believes have been written or edited with AI will be rejected. This may happen at any stage of the writing process.

We have noticed a trend where articles submitted by writers whose first language is not English show extensive signs of AI use. In some cases, this happens because writers translated their articles with an LLM before submission. To avoid your article being rejected, please submit your draft in the original language for us to translate so your hard work doesn’t go to waste.

Writers should be careful when using tools like Grammarly to improve their writing. Any AI assistant that suggests how you should write risks your article being flagged. We want to see your observations and conclusions, not a computer’s summary.

The Moscow Times is a small team with a heavy workload, so editors may use LLMs to help translate articles when needed. Even in these cases, our editors will review the translation to ensure accuracy and will edit the articles themselves. Other uses of AI include generating graphics to explain complex stories. Editors are responsible for flagging their use of AI for these purposes.