Francesco Rufini is a documentary director, camera operator, and photographer based in Vilnius, Lithuania, with a decade of experience in documentary production, video and photography freelancing. Francesco holds a BA in Anthropology from the University of Bologna and an MFA in Film Directing from Read morethe Edinburgh College of Art. His short documentary "Dogma" (2018) was showcased at the 72nd Edinburgh International Film Festival, among others. In Lithuania, Francesco has been working for documentary film productions as editor, camera operator or photographer for companies, museum institutions and festivals. He freelances with his own professional audiovisual and editing gear, suitable for quick news coverage or extensive projects. He is also working on his first feature-length documentary, funded by the Lithuanian Film Center and has been selected as a resident at the Nida Artist Colony.

Freelance journalist based in the Baltics. Taking assignments in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland. Covers international relations, migration, media policies, social movements. Winner of Prix Philippe Chaffanjon 2017 award for the best multimedia story in France.x

ALEMAYEHU SORI is a journalist based in Minneapolis, United States of America.

Berta Tilmantaite is a freelance journalist based in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Serge Kharytonau is a video journalist and documentary filmmaker based in New York City (Midtown Manhattan), United States of America.

He is an independent journalist and media consultant with almost a decade of experience in media. Since 2011, Mr. Kharytonau has contributed to a wide range of Read moreEuropean and Belarusian media. 

In 2018-2020 Mr. Kharytonau has been employed as foreign correspondent at the Current Time TV (a global television project of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty and the Voice of America) in the Republic of Belarus. In this position, he became known nationwide for his human stories, live broadcasts of mass protests, high-profile political interviews, and the coverage of 2019 parliamentary elections when he was able to record the proofs of ballot stuffing. In 2020, Serge was nominated for ‘Journalist of the year’ award of the Assembly of NGOs of Belarus.

Serge Kharytonau is a World Journalist Fellow at the NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.

Experienced investigative reporter, editor and project manager with a track record of influential, agenda-setting investigations in financial and consumer media (theguardian.com/profile/rene-lavanchy)

Dependable breaker of exclusive, distinctive news coverage with a unique contacts book and an Read moreintuitive feel for building relationships and story-getting.

Unique insight across public policy, finance, politics, employment relations (especially trade unions) and infrastructure (both UK and international), and in print and digital. Always using my insight to get the stories behind the headlines.

Strong understanding of international public policy and finance. Highly familiar with UK media law.

Trained in shorthand to 100wpm.

Mindaugas Ausra is a journalist based in Vilnius, Lithuania. He has been working in news media organizations for more than 6 years. At the moment he is a TV producer and business reporter in the National Broadcaster LRT.

Liutauras Strimaitis is a journalist based in Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania. 
 I have an extensive working experience and knowledge in broadcasting of all kinds of news, such as international, local, entertainment, sports, cultural, political, business, etc. I am also skilled in the following Read moreareas:

Producing live and pre-recorded TV news and current affairs programmes and features.
Producing from outside broadcast locations. Sourcing material for future programming, booking satellites feeds.
Researching for live and pre-recorded TV news and current affairs programmes for news bulletins.
Organizing both national and international broadcast and feed, including the provision of necessary facilities and staff.
Assisting senior producers and heads of production in many projects.
Preparing various reports, including those related to project accounting.
Arranging production schedules, including camera crew timetables.
Managing entire production of various projects.
Directing field shoots, working as a cameraman and video journalist.
Furthermore, I would like to mention some of key technical skills that I possess, which are as follows:

Operation of ENG equipment, both SD and HD cameras, sound, lightning. DSNG, BGAN, Live U and latest generation satellite and standard IP connection.

As regards my personality, I am the one who has always been ready to travel on short notice wherever required. I have always considered my profession as a journalist being among those where putting professional interests above personal come by default. Also, I possess excellent language skills in English and Russian, whereas Lithuanian is my mother-tongue.

My extensive experience of working in various military conflict areas as well as my ability to quickly adjust and manage tasks safely and efficiently in different hostile environments and good international and cross-cultural communication skills should be considered as advantage.

I'm a journalist and filmmaker with more than 15 years of experience producing award-winning stories in more than 30 countries, including Syria, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the West Bank, Kashmir, and Iraq, as well as rebel-held territory in Sri Lanka and Burma.

I've reported for Al Jazeera Read moreEnglish, Newsweek, VICE, RYOT, NPR, BBC, CBS, AP, the Wall Street Journal, Seattle Times, and other international publications in video, radio, photo, and print formats.

Most recently, I spent a year working as a civilian videographer for the U.S. special forces command in Afghanistan. At rural, remote bases, I captured video of U.S. special forces and Afghan security forces.

I also work as an adjunct professor at New York University and New York Film Academy teaching public relations and broadcast journalism. I've got a master of fine arts degree in documentary studies, a master of arts degree in international relations, another master’s in public relations and a bachelor's in journalism.

ginta kubiliute is a journalist based in Paris, France.