Chief Reporter
Location
Other Dar es Salaam District Dar Es Salaam
Description
Mwananchi 1/11/2017
Mwananchi Communications Limited, a subsidiary of Nation Media Group, and publishers of Mwananchi, The Citizen and Mwanaspoti newspaper are looking for motivated and highly experienced individuals to fill the position of:
Main Responsibilities:
- Develops, reports and writes news and feature stories for Mwananchi in finishod 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 initiative, choice and judgment 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.
- Follows 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.
- He/She is primarily but not solely responsible for the correctness of facts, content and style of his/her news materials.
Academic Basic University Degree
Professional: Diploma in Journalism
Experience : 1 to 3 years journalistic working experience
Interested and suitably qualified individuals should forward their applications enclosinq a detailed CV and copies of professional certificates, and a day time telephone contact by November 10, 2017
Human Resources Manager
Mwananchi Communications Ltd
P.O.BOX 19754
Dar es Salaam
Email: hrm@tz.nationalmedia.com