Michael Bird is a UK journalist based in Bucharest, working in text, photography and film - including deep investigations into drug abuse, civil war, crime, exorcism, fake news and animal cruelty. He now edits online in-depth journalism portal www.theblacksea.eu and has worked on #FootballLeaks and #TheMaltaFiles, and his work has been published in Business Insider, The Independent on Sunday, Mediapart and EUObserver, and he has freelanced for the BBC and Deutsche Welle.

Twitter: @MichaelBirdUK