Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, March 13 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Position Overview
The job entails going out on assignments as well as using one’s own initiative to gather news. The jobholder is responsible for ensuring that the news stories submitted are factual, of public interest, detailed, well-researched, and in conformity with journalistic ethics, editorial objectives, and house style.

Key Responsibilities
• Develop, report, and write news and feature stories for the assigned title, ensuring no major rewrite or extensive additional report is needed.
• Take notes on location, conduct interviews, check facts, and tape record as needed; write news or features independently, based on personal judgment or at the direction of the news editor or section editor.
• Research and provide background information to make the copy complete.
• Follow news leads and maintain close contact with news sources.
• Brief the News Editor on stories gathered and write the selected stories within set deadlines.
• Continually build and maintain a contacts list, demonstrating its value with consistent exclusive reports or information.
• Respond promptly to news breaks and demonstrate responsibility for the correctness of facts, content, and style of news materials.
• Closely cooperate with photographers to order pictures related to the issues being covered.
• Perform duties both independently and under supervision according to general principles and directives.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience
• Academic Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in Journalism or its equivalent from a recognized institution.
• Experience: 4-5 years of working experience in journalism.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 48

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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