Duty Editor: Digital News at The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)

Key Accountabilities:

• Provide daily newsroom leadership that enables productivity, performance, excellence, innovation, dialogue and engagement.
• Drive daily and forward content planning and commissioning processes in consultation with the line manager and other relevant SABC News editors to ensure incisive, coordinated content delivery across SABC News’ multilingual platforms, especially its digital / online ones.
• Commission and direct the production of medium- and long-term original content in line with News and Digital Audiovisual News’ strategy and operational plan. Ensure that all published and posted content is accurate, balanced, fair and of high quality across all Digital News platforms.
• Monitor and moderate digital media and user-generated content to comply with all editorial codes, policies and guidelines.
• Optimise the use of multimedia content in current and new formats and develop new content options and sources.
• Lead and participate in SABC News’ special projects.
• Responsible for the overall gatekeeping of all multimedia content for adaptive publishing and original story ideas and input, including recording and submitting work achieved in production reports.
• Lead and contribute to production training and workshops, as well as design training programmes for various aspects of digital, online and mobile journalism.
• Ensure that all SABC News production and quality standards are met.
• Develop and maintain constructive and effective relationships with all stakeholders.
• Adhere to South Africa’s Constitution, all laws, ICASA’s licence conditions and regulations, the BCCSA and Press Council codes and rulings, the SABC Editorial Policies, SABC News Styleguide and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) etc.

Requirements:

• National diploma / bachelor’s degree in journalism / media studies or relevant discipline / qualification.
• 5 years’ experience in a multimedia news production and publishing environment with a well-developed understanding of News and Current Affairs.
• Exceptional knowledge of digital newsroom operations.
• Strong and solid editorial acumen with the ability to identify and develop stories for digital / online news consumption, engagement and reach.
•  Good understanding of the laws, regulations, codes, policies and principles etc that that govern and guide news in the digital environment.
• A well-developed understanding of the technical aspects of digital news publishing, such as Content Management System (CMS), audiovisual and multimedia generation and editing tools for live streams and design elements such as Adobe, Audacity, Final Cut Pro etc. 
• Exceptional understanding of digital news / media trends and developments, and related tools to support the SABC newsroom. Ability to work well under pressure, including irregular and long hours.