MAIN PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:
To identify, initiate, investigate, research, and produce incisive political news and current affairs content that is fair, accurate and compelling in accordance with Organisation News editorial objectives and the public broadcasting mandate.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Conceptualize and produce parliament news and current affairs content across platforms in accordance with News editorial objectives and public mandate.
- Keep abreast of parliament news/events/developments and their relevance to South Africa.
- Present weekly diary of proposed stories to the editor.
- Conduct interviews and provide depth and comprehensive treatment on stories for News broadcasting and digital publishing platforms.
- Provide story leads to the editor, break evidence-based stories, and coordinate interviews for various news platforms as required.
- Attend diary meetings and contribute to editorial discussions on self-initiated stories.
- Conduct primary investigations for original, incisive, and compelling content.
- Live tweet coverage of rolling news events and stories.
- Ensure that all treatment of stories adheres to the Organisation`s Editorial Policies, BCCSA and Press Codes as all other broadcast regulations and policies.
- Ensure balance and appropriate contextualization of stories.
- Support themed coverage and special productions with background information for depth and breadth.
- Contribute audio-visual and textual features and news items to digital news platforms.
- Ensure appropriate and audience-friendly visualization of any numerical and textual data.
- Employ evidence-based insights to generate ground-breaking story ideas and angles.
- Work with relevant think tanks and universities to enrich news production.
- Contribute to panel discussions on matters of journalistic and editorial interest.
- Collaborate with specialist researchers to deliver content-rich stories for all platforms.
- Work closely with the video journalist to ensure visuals and interviews are of the highest standard.
- Work closely with the video editor to ensure the insert is edited to ensure a product of the highest standard.
- Perform post-production tasks as required, including but not limited to, ensuring the transcribing, editing and final mixing of the story.
- Be a reputable and trustworthy representative of the Organisation News