Summary
Date Posted: Friday, August 23 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
JOB PURPOSE:
To oversee and coordinate the day-to-day news gathering operations, obtain well-researched and most up-to-date reports on news events and ensure that submitted news copy meets established editorial objectives, journalistic ethics, house style, and is delivered within set deadlines.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Responsible for the delivery of daily news including breaking news.
• Assign stories to reporters across NMGU platforms.
• Prioritise story coverage.
• Review stories to ensure that they meet editorial objectives, house style, and journalistic ethics.
• Evaluate news for authenticity and check sources.
• Check for legal and ethical issues in journalists' copy. Monitor the reporters' productivity, general content and appraise their performance.
• Ensure the accuracy, consistency and quality of news content across various platforms, including print, broadcast, online, and multimedia.
• Collaborate with the audience engagement team to identify opportunities for reader interaction and participation.
• Monitor audience feedback and incorporate it into editorial decision-making processes.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:
• Academic: University Degree in Mass Communication or any related field from an accredited institution. Professional: Diploma in Journalism.
• Experience: At least 5 years of relevant journalism experience; including 3 years at supervisory level and experience as a News Editor with demonstrable understanding of the media.

CORE COMPETENCIES
• Track record of delivering high quality journalism with extensive current affairs knowledge.
• Ability to work quickly to meet deadlines while thinking creatively about new ways to tell stories.
• Excellent decision making and prioritisation skills
• Highly organised and can manage multiple stories at once Ability to deploy quickly for all platforms
• Strong communicator in order to share information effectively to all areas within the organisation
• Full understanding of how content reaches audiences on all platforms with solid knowledge of digital distribution and data.
• Full knowledge of media law
• Tactical application of the different content types (including photo, video and graphical journalism) to maximise audience impact.
• Digital & data literate with the ability to work with audience data Business acumen
• Motivational leader and coach who can provide on-job training
• Excellent organisational skills


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
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If you believe that you are our ideal candidate, please submit your application, detailed CV and academic documents with a daytime telephone number as one PDF document, quoting the position you have applied for in the subject line by 30th August 2024 to the HR Manager-NMGU, Africa Broadcasting (U) Limited. Kampala Serena Conference Center.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.


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