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Job Title:  Luganda News Reporter (Male)

Organisation: Nation Media Group (NMG)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

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 gather quality, accurate, balanced and credible news for multimedia platforms, ensuring processing within set deadlines and that the stories are well researched, edited and conform to journalistic ethics, editorial objectives and house style.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and report multimedia stories in publishable form, so that no major rewrite is required.
• Attend assigned news functions, taking notes, conduct interviews, check facts and making audio/visual recordings as the case may be.
• Deliver scoops.
• Multi-platform pitching.
• Take instructions and briefs from the News Producer/Editor on stories to be covered.
• Research and provide background information to make stories complete.
• Brief the News Producer and News Editor on stories gathered and edit selected ones within set deadlines.
• Follow news leads and maintain close contacts with news sources.
• Responsible for the correctness of facts, content and style of their content and ensure it is free from errors and libel/defamation.
• Respond promptly to news breaks.
• Closely cooperate with camera persons, photographers and other co-creators.
• Ensure that the content produced reflects a thorough understanding of NMG’s editorial policy guidelines and objectives, house style and the code of ethical journalism.
• Continually build a contacts list and demonstrate its value with consistent exclusive content.
• File all elements of digital stories as per Digital First policy (alerts; social media; web story; multimedia) within defined deadlines;
• Adhere to the Editorial and Social Media Policy as updated from time to time.

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 1 to 2 years of experience in the media industry with proven ability to conceptualize, edit and execute television stories and an excellent command of the Luganda Language.

Core Competencies

• Ability to analyse and simplify complex reports for our audiences
• Knowledge and experience of using a CMS is desirable
• Live TV reporting and packaging as well as ability to work across platforms is highly desirable
• Ability to gather, write and edit content Adept at making editorial judgements Excellent verbal & written communication skills Understanding of the media law Must possess good research, interviewing and reporting skills Ability to work with minimum supervision Must possess high level of integrity Must be able to demonstrate a unique skills set in managing digital media television production workflow systems.

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, at the link below

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Deadline: 19th January 2025

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