SENIOR JOURNALIST || ROODEPOORT
Duties and responsibilities:
• Plan and write fresh, accurate copy to deadline for all
platforms
• Manage your own daily diary, and pitching unique story ideas,
with creative angles and elements
• Create, publish, and promote multimedia content, working
independently as well as with the multimedia team
• Researching of articles
• Gathering of news from a variety of reliable sources
• Interviewing sources
• Covering important events/issues timeously
• Staying up to date with privacy, contempt and defamation
laws
• Establishing and maintaining a network of contacts
• Monitor and effectively use social media to pick up news leads
and story ideas, as well as promote your work
• Assist with administrative functions as directed
• Mentor and coach junior staff members
• Monitor analytics to maximize all stories and articles published
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Journalism
• Minimum 5 years’ mainstream journalism experience
• Talent for writing, coupled with a keen interest in breaking
news and current affairs
• Established network of political contacts
• Newsroom and current affairs writing experience
• Ability to adapt to changing news and media scene, with a
keen interest in news media
CV Submissions: roanne.wilson@kempston.co.za
