Reporter, translator, four languages

Experience

• Beat Reporter

  2021 — present

  The Daily Item, Lynn — covering the communities of the North Shore.

• Finance Reporter

  2018 — 2019

  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Kommersant, Moscow's top business daily.

• Attaché for Political Affairs

  2016 — 2018

  Russian Embassy in Indonesia — press monitoring, analysis and reports to the ambassador, translation for senior diplomats and visiting delegations.

• Foreign Religious Politics Reporter

  2011 — 2021

  Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Moscow — 118 articles. Clips index →

Education

• MA, Journalism

  2020 — 2022

  Emerson College, Boston

• MA, Regional Studies in International Relations

  2014 — 2016

  MGIMO, Moscow — the role of Indonesia in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation

• BA, Indonesian History and Language

  2009 — 2014

  Moscow State University, Institute of Asian and African Studies

Languages

Russian and English at working level. Indonesian and Chinese spoken; two more read. Fulbrighter.

Also

Volunteer with Memorial, Russia's oldest human rights organization. Organized a faith-based group in Sichuan and a free Russian course with St. Thomas parish in Jakarta. Translated a book of Indonesian poetry. Marathon runner.