Lecturer
Lithuanian Journalism Centre
10.2018 - Current
Hi, I’m
Rūta Juknevičiūtė
Vilnius,Vilniaus m. sav.
Summary
I have been working in journalism for 15 years. For the last 5 years I am a member of the LRT Investigative Desk which publish investigations for all three media platforms: news portal, television and radio channel. I have also worked on two investigative journalism documentaries: 'Inside the Riot' and and 'PC Lithuania'.
My investigative work focuses on political corruption, money laundering, disinformation and national security issues. Me and my team has collaborated in a number of cross-border investigations with partners from Newsweek.pl, Frontstory, Correctiv.org, Delfi Estonia, Radio Free Europe, Expressen, Dossier Center, Re:Baltica, Kyiv Independent, Vsquare and etc.
Achievements
2022
The Future Stories Award for the best interactive investigation 'Russian-linked firms in Lithuania supply Crimean power plants'.
2022
Romas Sakadolskis Prize - for exceptional investigative journalism - LRT Investigations Department and its journalists Rūta Juknevičiūtė, Mindaugas Aušra, Jurgita Čeponytė, Indrė Makaraitytė, Jurga Tvaskienė for the documentary 'Inside the Riot'
2019
Vilnius University award for 'Best investigative journalist of the year'
Work history
Lithuanian Public Broadcaster LRTVilnius, Vilniaus m. sav.
Investigative Journalist
08.2018 - Current
Job overview
The Lithuanian Public Broadcaster (LRT) is the media group that is owned by the public. LRT is a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1993. In 2023 LRT became the first public media organization in the region to be awarded the internationally recognized Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) Certificate. In 2018 LRT established Investigative Department which consists of 5 investigative journalists: Indrė Makaraitytė, Rūta Juknevičiūtė, Jurga Tvaskienė, Mindaugas Aušra, Jurgita Čeponytė.
Lithuanian Journalism CentreVilnius, Vilniaus m. sav.
Lecturer
10.2018 - Current
Job overview
The Lithuanian Journalism Centre (LJC) has been established by the Open Society Foundation on 30th of March 1995. The Centre has been registered as an independent non-governmental non-profit organization for informal education. The Lithuanian Journalism Centre organizes mid-career training courses for journalism professionals.
Rūta Juknevičiūtė is a lecture on investigative journalism.
Info TVVilnius, Vilniaus m. sav.
News Reporter
09.2014 - 08.2018
Respublika, national newspaperVilnius, Vilniaus m. sav.
Journalist
07.2011 - 08.2014
Šiaulių karštas, local newspaperŠiauliai, Šiauliai City Municipality
Journalist
06.2007 - 06.2011
Education
Klaipėda UniversityKlaipėda
Bachelor of Social Sciences from Journalism
09.2007 - 06.2011
Languages
English
Upper intermediate
Russian
Elementary
Timeline
Investigative Journalist
Lithuanian Public Broadcaster LRT
08.2018 - Current
News Reporter
Info TV
09.2014 - 08.2018
Journalist
Respublika, national newspaper
07.2011 - 08.2014
Klaipėda University
Bachelor of Social Sciences from Journalism
09.2007 - 06.2011
Journalist
Šiaulių karštas, local newspaper
06.2007 - 06.2011
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