Job Description

The job entails going out on assignments as well as use of own initiative to gather news. The jobholder ensures that the news stories submitted are factual of public interest, detailed and well researched in conformity with journalistic etics, editorial objectives and house style.

Main Responsibilities
-Develop reports and writes news and feature stories for the title he/she is assigned to in finished form, so that no major rewrite is required or no extensive additional report is needed.
-Takes notes on location, carries out interviews, checks facts and tape records as the case may be; writes news or features on own initative, choice and judgement or at the direction of either the news editor or section editor.
-The material so written must reflect a thorough understanding of the MCL's style of journalism as defined in the editorial policy guidelines and objectives, the house style and the journalistic code of ethical journalism.
-Researches and provides background information to make copy complete.
-Briefs News Editor on stories gathered and writes the selected ones within set deadlines.
-Follow news leads and maintains close contacts with news sources.
-Continually builds his/her contacts list and demonstrates its value with consistent exclusive reports or information.
-Responds promptly to news breaks.
-Is primarily but not solely responsible for the correctness of facts, content and style of his/her news materials.
-Closely co-operates with photographers from whom he/she orders pictures on the issues he/she covers.
-Peroforms both independently and under supervision in accordance with general principles and directives.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:
-Academic: Bachelor's degree in Journalism or its equivalent from a recognized institution.

-Experience: 4-5 years of working experience.

Skills Required

• Communication Skills
• Teamwork
• Time Management
• Creativity
• Research Skills
• Technical Skills