Job Description
Responsibilities and Duties
- Analyze and capitalize various attributes and requirements of print and digital media to strengthen the editor’s position.
- Manage and produce news to present information with accuracy, flow, and within the time frame.
- Make sure that house style is adhered to (house style means the particular style conventions of a given publication, eg the publication’s tone and punctuation/grammar conventions).
- Design innovative and unique solutions to optimize routine news coverage.
- Manage and edit content to cater to readers’ requirements and provide detailed information for the same.
- Work within a creative environment to respond to various competing priorities.
- Prepare work schedule and deadlines and encourage team members to meet targets to facilitate timely publication.
- Provide training to news reporters on how to select news for existing readership and gain new readers.
- Evaluate all news for authenticity and check with sources to ensure the correctness of published articles to avoid conflicts.
- Collaborate with reporters, editors and photojournalists and anchors to facilitate efficient news coverage to strengthen the company’s position in the media market.
- Monitor all feeds from news bureaus and other agencies for editing and further publication.
Requirements
- Minimum of 3 years experience.
- Excellent standard of grammar and spelling.
- An understanding of the law relating to publishing and journalism.
- Meticulous attention to detail, excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Interpersonal skills and IT skills.
- Search Engine Optimization best practices and Word Press.