Job brief
Our company has an exciting opportunity for a highly organized and knowledgeable news producer to join our team! Our ideal candidate will have a strong background in news production, story gathering, and industry knowledge and be able to articulate stories and reports into newsworthy articles. The focus of the role is to obtain emerging and breaking stories and news and produce it on the news channel first.
Responsibilities
- Conduct independent investigations into incoming leads of news reports and other sources.
- Visit people with stories and notarise their witness accounts.
- Fact checks incoming information for viability.
- Write news reports for reports/newspapers to speak about or publish.
- Make notes/Dictaphone recordings of interactions with witnesses etc.
- Produce effective article/story summaries ensuring key points and facts are included.
- Add or remove elements to stories or reports to make them more attractive to the desired audience.
- Conduct independent research on all affairs, both internationally, locally, and nationally to ensure current and up-to-date information is produced.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or above in either journalism or communication or a similar field
- Minimum of 3 years of previous experience in a similar role
- Strong research skills
- Ability to communicate with the public effectively
- Curious in nature, able to ask difficult questions
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong relationships
- Good listening skills, with high levels of attention to detail
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft office platforms
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize own workload
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