Correspondent - Kwale at Royal Media Group

Royal Media Services Limited wishes to recruit a suitably qualified individual for the position of correspondent.He/she will be required to source, generate, package, and present the news. He/she will report to the News Editor

Key roles & responsibilities

• Ability to shoot visual content, report, write, edit and produce stories on deadline for multiple platforms – TV, Radio, digital, and social media platforms
• Offer creative and innovative ideas for elevated storytelling
• Excellent writing skills, with solid news judgment and ethical decision-making skills
• Generating ideas for news stories and news features
• Following leads from news agencies, the police, the public, press conferences, and other sources
• Generating ideas to head of desks, editors, and producers
• Writing scripts for bulletins, headlines, and special reports
• Superior on-camera presentation
• Capture quality footage
• Edit footage as needed
• Provide practical and creative input to scene planning
• Exercising judgment on the best story angle
• Preparing material for both pre-recorded and live pieces
• Developing and maintaining useful contacts and relations with news sources

Academic and professional/work Experience

• Degree in journalism, mass communications, or any other related field
• At least two years of relevant experience as a reporter/correspondent in a busy media house.

Essential Competences

• Excellent written and spoken English and Swahili (Attach English and Swahili demos ( Audio and Video)
• An edge for news or features, the ability for quick thinking, persistence, personal initiative, and a good memory
• Sound knowledge of the local and international social, political and economic news-shaping environment
• A clear communicating voice
• Ability to report accurately and impartially