Duty Editors (Luganda & English Desk)
The Duty Editors (Luganda & English Desk) will 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.
Key Duties and 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 tey 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, Skills and 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
How to Apply:
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 to the HR Manager-NMGU. Africa Broadcasting (U) Limited. Kampala Serena Conference Center at ntvhr@ntv.co.ug
Deadline: 30th August 2024
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
