The Nation Media Group (NMG) founded by His Highness the Aga Khan in 1959 has become the largest independent media house in East and Central Africa.
Reporter
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Location Nairobi
- Job Field Media / Advertising / Branding
Job Description
Key responsibilities
- Developing, reporting and writing News and Feature stories for the Daily Nation in finished form, so that no major rewrite is required or no extensive additional report is needed;
- Attending assigned news functions, taking notes on location, carrying out interviews, checking facts and making audio/visual recordings as the case may be;
- Writing News or Features at their own initiative, choice and judgment or at the direction of either the Assignments Editor or Head of Content;
- Ensuring that the material written reflects a thorough understanding of Nation’s style of journalism as defined in the editorial policy guidelines and objectives, the house style and the journalistic code of ethical journalism;
- Researching and providing background information to make stories complete;
- Briefing the Assignments Editor on stories gathered and writing the selected ones within set deadlines;
- Following news leads and maintaining close contacts with news sources;
- Continually building his/her contacts list and demonstrating its value with consistent exclusive reports or information;
- Responding promptly to news breaks;
- Responsible for the correctness of facts, content and style of his/her news materials;
- Checking the written stories to ensure that they are free from errors and libel;
- Closely cooperating with photographers from whom he/she orders pictures on the issues he/she covers;
- Generating stories for use on Group multimedia platforms;
- Filing all elements of digital story as per Digital First policy (alerts; social media; web story; multimedia) within defined deadlines;
- Adhering to the Editorial and Social Media Policy as updated from time to time.
Required Skills:
Qualifications, Experience & skills
- University degree in Communication or its equivalent from a recognized institution;
- Diploma in Journalism/Mass Communication;
- 3 to 5 years relevant experience;
- Ability to communicate both internally and externally; and
- Analyse and simplify complex reports for our audiences.
Reporter-Crime
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Experience3 – 5 years
- Location Nairobi
- Job Field Media / Advertising / Branding
Job Description
Key responsibilities
- Developing, reporting and writing news stories/articles on the crime beat so that no major rewrite is required or no extensive additional report is needed;
- Maintaining crime news sources and calling them for updates;
- Sourcing exclusive crime stories, and ensuring that they are factual credible, well researched, and balanced;
- Ensuring that the stories written conform to journalistic code of ethics and the Editorial policy guidelines and objectives, the house style and submitting them within set deadlines;
- Checking the written stories to ensure that they are free from errors and libel;
- Following news leads and developments from published stories;
- Closely cooperating with photographers from whom he/she orders pictures on the issues he/she covers;
- Primarily responsible for correctness of facts, content and style of his/ her news materials;
- Generating stories for use on Group multimedia platforms;
- Filing all elements of digital story as per Digital First policy (alerts; social media; web story; multimedia) within defined deadlines;
- Adhering to the Editorial and Social Media Policy as updated from time to time.
Required Skills:
Qualifications, Experience & skills
- University degree in Communication or its equivalent from a recognized institution;
- Diploma in Journalism/Mass Communication;
- 3 to 5 years relevant experience;
- Ability to communicate both internally and externally; and
- Analyse and simplify complex reports for our audiences.
Parliamentary & Political Affairs Editor
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationDiploma BA/BSc/HND
- Experience5 years
- Location Nairobi
- Job Field Media / Advertising / Branding
Job Description
Key responsibilities
- Being the lead writer for the beat, personally responsible for writing the big parliamentary and political stories, analyses and editorials;
- Planning the work of the political and parliamentary teams to ensure a marketing leading flow of exclusives and thoughtful content;
- Taking responsibility for the quality and quantity of the parliamentary and political content of print and digital platforms;
- Establishing and maintaining relations with news sources such as legislators, political leaders and party officials;
- Assessing the political climate and anticipating likely developments for coverage;
- Briefing and guiding reporters on coverage and writing of stories;
- Ensuring that section reporters write stories and deliver them within the set deadlines;
- Reviewing the stories filed to ensure that they meet editorial objectives, house style and journalistic ethics;
- Working in liaison with the Head of Content and Chief Sub Editor to choose the main parliamentary and political stories of the day/week, writing or re-writing them;
- Checking stories to ensure that they are free from errors and libel;
- Mentoring reporters, monitoring their productivity and general content and appraising their performance;
- Participating in product development meetings;
- Ensuring delivery of digital content; and
- Adhering to the Editorial and Social Media Policy as updated from time to time.
Required Skills:
Qualifications, Experience & skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Communication or its equivalent from a recognized institution;
- Diploma in Journalism;
- Five (5) years of relevant experience;
- Ability to communicate both internally and externally;
- Ability to analyse and simplify complex reports for our audiences;
- Analytical skills; and
- Ability to lead a team of journalists.
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