Moldova: Volunteer Journalism Internships

Moldova: Volunteer Journalism Internships and Work-Experience

For something a bit different, why not spend time as a Journalism volunteer in the intriguing country of Moldova? Living in this fascinating country you will have no shortage of inspiration for stories to research and write about.

For volunteers who are on a gap-year looking to gain journalism experience in order to be accepted onto a related university course, or for those looking for employment following graduation, a Projects Abroad placement in Moldova will set you on the right track.

Our voluntary Journalism internships in Moldova offer you invaluable work experience and your CV will be greatly enhanced by the practical skills that you gain during your Journalism placement. The experience of living and working in a foreign country will also act as proof of your adaptability, and give you something interesting to talk about in future interviews.

These Journalism placements are also suitable for working journalists and experienced professionals who wish to take a career-break or simply broaden their horizons. All Journalism internship volunteers live and work in the Moldovan capital city of Chisinau.

Voluntary Print Journalism Placements in Moldova with Projects Abroad

One of our volunteer placements is at the independent newspaper Ziarul de Garda. This publication tends to focus on investigative reporting, with recent articles focusing on issues such as corruption, human rights violations and people trafficking. Volunteers also work at a corporate newspaper called Business Elita which is distributed to over 6000 companies in the Chisinau area. Working within this friendly team of journalists you are likely to find yourself writing on business-related stories from a variety of perspectives; some volunteers have done interviews with important political figures, others have been asked to present their own views on Eastern European trade.

If you find yourself volunteering at the newspaper Trud you will be working for a record-breaking publication! Translated as 'work', or 'labour' Trud is in the Guinness Book of Records for having once had the largest ever circulation of 21.5 million! Further placements are at the medical journal Courier and the scientific publication Bio Synopsis.

Your Role as a Journalism Volunteer in Moldova

Our Journalism projects in Moldova offer you worthwhile practical experience of working in a newspaper office in the capital city of Chisinau. You will generally start off your placement shadowing a local journalist who will show you how articles are put together. You will then spend time researching your own news stories and features, and conducting interviews within the community.

Your editor will be keen to hear any ideas you may have and your placement supervisor will be on hand to give help and advice, although ideas for articles should come to you easily in such a different culture. Recent volunteers have interviewed local ambassadors, musicians and members of the international community.

Your articles will be translated into Russian before they go to press, for the benefit of the local readership. By the end of your internship, you should have a number of published articles which you can take home for your portfolio.

"Along with this excellent hospitality, I have found many Moldovans to be very curious about England and I have been asked many questions regarding myself and my country. I find almost everyone very keen to hear what I have to say about the UK. Everyone also seems very enthusiastic about learning English, and I have found that the standard of English is extremely high. I therefore feel guilty about knowing so little Russian, although I have recently started to learn"
James Taylor - Journalism volunteer in Moldova