Job Description
To set the news agenda for News24 in Gauteng, North West, Mpumalanga, Free State and Limpopo by optimally managing a team of reporters and freelancers.
Minimum Requirements
- Relevant tertiary qualification
- 6-9 years editorial experience in an established newsroom
- Newsroom management experience would be preferential
- Experience in an online news environment would be an added advantage
- Thorough working knowledge of news production, ethics and the media environment
Skills & Competencies
- Excellent leadership skills, with an emphasis on talent development
- Excellent people-relations skills
- Excellent verbal and written skills
- Excellent understanding of and passion for digital media
- Good time management, the ability to multitask effectively and follow through
- Problem-solving ability
- Established network of sources
- Detail orientated
- Planning and organising skills
- Able to work under extreme pressure
- Show initiative and act independently
- Resilient
- Inquisitive
Duties & Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a team of reporters in Johannesburg and Pretoria;
- Assist the assistant editor: breaking news in producing the original daily news content of News24, ensuring that it meets quality requirements and meets deadlines;
- Identify and evaluate news events and enterprise hard news and feature stories in Gauteng, North West, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and Free State;
- Produce a comprehensive news diary daily from our reporters and freelancers in the above provinces;
- Co-ordinate news gathering daily to achieve daily deadlines;
- News edit articles once submitted by news reporters;
- Co-ordinate the assignment, evaluation and publication of breaking news
- Identify and develop news articles, themes and stories for aggregation;
- Report and investigate news stories when necessary;
- Identify strong follow-up angles;
- Remain on top of news in these provinces;
- Identify and create story ideas and themes on the general news front, including the identification of photographs and other visual material;
- Brief and debrief reporters on stories;
- Facilitate the training and upskilling of reporters;
- Monitor the progress of articles and reports throughout the news cycle;
- Keep abreast of local, provincial, national and important international news.
Given the employment equity policy of Media24, preference will be given to suitable
candidates from the designated groups.
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