Reporter - JHB North at eMedia Investments

Interpersonal and Team Relationships

• Build, support and maintain interpersonal and team relationships to ensure stable working environment and achievement of team objectives

Personal Development

• Complete Individual Development Plan.
• Attend learning and development courses.
• Participate in peer and team learning initiatives.

Budget Compliance

• Comply with work rules, standards and methods.

Conducting Interviews

• Arranging and preparing for interviews.
• Briefing Camera Operator and Interviewee timeously.
• Conducting preliminary telephonic interviews.
• Asking probing follow-up questions.
• Ensuring interviews contain a variety of voices and/or angles.

Writing Scripts

• Writing scripts in line with visuals.
• Providing a shot list with all scripts.
• Checking facts with relevant stakeholders to ensure that stories are accurate and unbiased. 

Conducting Research

• Generating unique story ideas.
• Checking electronic media (wires), social media and articles of interest.
• Checking archives for specified and appropriate visuals.
• Developing and maintaining contact base for story idea generation. 

Reporting

• Breaking stories.
• Packaging content for on-air.
• Conducting live and on camera interviews that are hard-hitting and probing.
• Conducting live reports from the field ensuring accuracy and objectivity.
• Ensuring stories have depth and quality.
• Doing in-studio lives that are professional and informative.
• Providing the news desk with updates on stories.
• Adhering to story deadlines.
• Ensuring good communication with Assignments, sub-editors and news desk.
• Providing brief and ensuring good communication with Camera Operators.

Requirements

Qualifications

• National Senior Certificate - Essential
• National Diploma in Journalism

Experience

• Journalism - 5 years