Organisation: Nation Media Group (NMG)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: National News Editor
About the Company:
The Nation Media Group is the largest independent media house in East and Central Africa with operations in print, broadcast and digital media, which attract and serve unparalleled audiences in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. Nation Media Group is Uganda’s most influential media house, operating the Daily Monitor. Saturday Monitor and Sunday Monitor newspapers, 93.3 KFM, 90.4 Dembe FM, NTV Uganda, Spark TV, Nation Courier Service and the Monitor Business Directory.
Job Summary: To 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 [email protected]
Deadline: 30th August 2024
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
