Sub-Editor – JHB North needed at eMedia Investments

Job title : Sub-Editor – JHB North

Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg

Deadline : June 06, 2024

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Key Deliverables:

Sub-Editing

  • Maintain high standards of spelling and grammar.
  • Sub-editing all eNCA content – scripts, graphics, lives, boards and crawlers.
  • Ensuring content is succinct, factually accurate, contextual, relevant, engaging, conversational, and in line with eNCA’s writing style.
  • Thoroughly check scripts and correct errors, inconsistencies and omissions.
  • Assisting in updating eNCA’s style guide.
  • Liaison / Co-ordination
  • Liaising with Producers, helping them refine story angles and content.
  • Attending relevant meetings, providing input, story ideas, and feedback.
  • Mentoring and train Reporters and Desk Producers.

Bulletin Content

  • Assisting Programme Production Teams check content in bulletin rundowns.
  • Write and voice local and international stories, if necessary
  • Sub-editing headlines and promos.
  • Help re-angle stories regularly.
  • Reviewing scripts and on-screen text in bulletins.
  • Checking wire services and news feeds for breaking news.
  • Help decide how best to visually illustrate stories.
  • Stakeholder Relationships
  • Building, supporting and maintaining interpersonal and team relationships to ensure stable working environment and achievement of team objectives.

Key Performance Indicators:

  • eNCA scripts, graphics, lives and crawlers are checked and subbed quickly, and to a professional and acceptable standard according to the eNCA writing style. The sub-edited content must be succinct, factually accurate and conversational, and of a high UK English spelling and grammatical standard.  
  • Communicate respectfully and professionally with the Reporter and/or Writers, helping them to refine angles and treatment of the story.
  • Attend relevant meetings, providing input on content, story ideas, angles. 
  • Adequate mentoring and training of Reporters and Producers, in order to improve efficiency and script writing.
  • Providing assistance to the Programme teams by checking and sub-editing content, including scripts, headlines, promos, graphics, crawlers, etc. Also helping to re-angle stories, and regularly checking wire services and news feeds for breaking news and other developments.
  • Complying with work rules, standards and methods and taking care to minimise waste. 

Requirements

Minimum Requirements of the Role:

  • Qualifications – Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism / Media Studies
  • Experience – 5 years in Journalism / Broadcast Media
  • Technology Proficiency – Basic Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) Dalet (Advanced)
  • Language Proficiency – Advanced English

Technical / Job Specific Competencies:

  • Accuracy / Attention to Detail – Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time.
  • Decision Making – Identifying and understanding issues, problems, and opportunities; comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions; using effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; 
  • Information Monitoring – Setting up ongoing procedures to collect, review information needed to manage ongoing activities. 
  • Initiating Action – Taking prompt action to accomplish objectives; taking action to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive.
  • Planning and Organising – Establishing courses of action for self and others to ensure that work is completed efficiently.

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