Rory Armstrong

Palma, Spain

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Journalist with special interest in social, scientific and cultural issues. 

Graduated in Biomedical science at Queen's University Belfast and master's journalism at Columbia Journalism School/University of Barcelona.

Joshua Askew

London, United Kingdom

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Joshua Askew is a journalist based in London, United Kingdom.

Halima Athumani

Kampala, Uganda

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Halima Athumani is a freelance Journalist based in Uganda with a radio experience of over 13 years. Halima has worked for Voice of America-Africa desk-(Radio and Television), https://www.voanews.com/author/halima-athumani/tvv_o, US based National Public Radio and is the current podcast host of an ...

Michael Colborne

Prague, Czech Republic

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Michael Colborne is a Canadian freelance journalist covering all things central and eastern Europe. His words and pictures have been published in Coda Story, CBC, Sydney Morning Herald, Al Jazeera, Open Democracy, National Post and other places. 

Before moving into journalism Michael spent eight ...

Neil Hauer

Yerevan, Armenia

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I am a Canadian journalist and analyst focused on the Caucasus, Russia, Ukraine and Syria. From 2014 to 2017, I served as Senior Intelligence Analyst at The SecDev Group. I write extensively on conflict, politics and international relations and have reported on the ground during the 2020 Armenia-...

Valerie Hopkins

Budapest, Hungary

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Valerie Hopkins is currently the South-East Europe Correspondent for the Financial Times, where she covers the region out of Budapest. She has more than ten years of experience working in South-Eastern Europe. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian The Atlantic, The Washington ...

Yusuf Selman Inanc

İstanbul, Turkey

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I am a freelance journalist, based in Turkey. I mainly cover Turkey's national news, the Syrian war-related issues, the refugee crisis, and Turkey's foreign policy towards Middle East, Africa and Central Asia. I've been contributing to international media outlets as a reporter. Besides, I've been ...

Michal Kranz

Lviv, Ukraine

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Michal Kranz is a journalist based in New York City.

Jack Losh

London, United Kingdom

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Jack Losh is a journalist and filmmaker whose focus spans conflict, conservation, humanitarian issues and traditional cultures. With over a decade of experience across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, he has been shortlisted for a Royal Television Society Award and Europe’s top war ...

Iryna Matviyishyn

Kyiv, Ukraine

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Independent Ukrainian journalist, local producer/ fixer based in Kyiv. 2024 Václav Havel Fellow at RFE/RL.
Iryna has produced stories for NPR, Time magazine, The Times, Le Figaro, La Vie, La Presse, Tribune de Genève, Dispatch, and other outlets. As a reporter, she has contributed to the BBC, La ...

Aliide Naylor

Moskva, Russia

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British journalist, editor, and researcher. Work published in the Guardian, POLITICO Europe, New Statesman, Vice, The Moscow Times, and New Eastern Europe. 

Now primarily in London/Baltics but open to Russia-based commissions with the appropriate arrangements.

Lidija Pisker

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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A freelance journalist covering society, culture, travel and everything in between. I have worked with The Guardian, BBC, Euronews, Open Democracy, France 24, the Equal Times, and Radio Free Europe.

Ugo Poletti

Odesa, Ukraine

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Ugo Poletti is a publisher and journalist based in Odessa, Ukraine.

Founder and Editor-in-Chief of “The Odessa Journal” (TOJ), digital media platform about culture, history, social and business life in Odessa, the hub of Ukrainian port system and cultural capital of Black Sea region. TOJ is also a ...

Darko Popovic

Beograd, Serbia

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I am an experienced journalist currently working for a local multi-media news agency with an online presence in Serbia. I have also worked in radio and print media. 
I can also provide still pix.

Jelena Prtoric

Zagreb, Croatia

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Jelena Prtoric is a journalist based in Zagreb, Croatie.

Lili Rutai

Budapest, Hungary

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Lili Rutai is a Hungarian journalist and podcaster with bylines in The Guardian, The Times, The Observer, Al Jazeera, Foreign Policy and more. She's reported on politics and social issues from Hungary, Ukraine, Romania and Poland. She has experience in investigative journalism and OSINT, and speaks ...

Vadim Shtepa

Tallinn, Estonia

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Vadim Shtepa is the editor-in-chief of Region.Expert (****), the only independent media outlet on Russian regionalism and federalism. He graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University (1992) and Moscow School of Political Studies (2012). He is also an alumnus of the Research ...

Anastasia Tenisheva

Moscow, Russia

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Anastasia Tenisheva is a journalist based in Moscow, Russia.

Finbarr Toesland

London, United Kingdom

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I'm a London-based freelance journalist, with my work published by media outlets, including Financial Times’ publications, BBC Travel, Huffington Post, Africa Report, The European, World Politics Review, The Times and The Sunday Times supplements.

As a journalist, I specialise in business, ...

Maxim Tucker

Kyiv, Ukraine

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Maxim Tucker reports for The Times on Ukraine. He has worked in some of the hottest spots in the conflict zone and various locations throughout the country. He has extensive contacts within the Ukrainian government, military and intelligence services, as well as among diplomats, political parties, ...

Wojciech Wojtasiewicz

Kraków, Poland

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Wojciech Wojtasiewicz - journalist for the Nowa Europa Wschodnia bimonthly and regular contributor to Newsweek Poland. In the past, he has reported for Polish media on, among others, the so-called Gavrilov night in Georgia in 2019, parliamentary elections in Ukraine in 2019, presidential elections ...