Vacancies Available at eMedia Investments

Reporting

• Work collaboratively with cameramen and other members of a reporting team.
• Attend and report on events that are of interest to the public.
• Deliver scripted, spontaneous, live, and prerecorded reports on newsworthy events.
• Provide compelling packages with content for television.
• Conduct live reports from the field ensuring accuracy and objectivity.
• Ensure that stories have depth and quality.
• Conduct in-studio lives that are professional and informative.
• Respond to breaking news events quickly and accurately
• Provide the news desk with regular updates on stories by adhering to the editorial deadlines.
• Ensure adherence to story deadlines.
• Take a multi-media approach to individual stories done by use of graphics and animations thereby ensuring good quality, still pictures as well as moving visuals and overall content are shared, prepared and edited properly and ready for air.
• Ensure a professional appearance, language use, and manner throughout reports.

Interviews

• Deliver high-quality live and recorded reports, maintain strong news contacts, and ensure compelling multi-platform content.
• Represent the organization at events, including: conferences, press briefings, events, and interviews.
• Interview a range of people - eye-witnesses, authorities, and people of interest in news stories, newsmakers
• Briefs the Camera Operator and Interviewee prior to broadcast.

Storyboards

• Conduct preliminary telephonic interviews.
• Ask probing and follow-up questions.
• Ensure interviews contain a variety of voices and/or angles.
• Conduct interviews with people involved in the story, either in-person or remotely
• Conduct live and on camera interviews that are hard-hitting and probing.

Research

• Identify, investigate, and verify news stories, attend meetings, and ensure factual accuracy.
• Identify newsworthy events, conduct in-depth research, attend diary meetings, and generate compelling stories.
• Conduct research and write scripts on topics prior to broadcasts.
• Attend weekly diary meetings to pitch, discuss story ideas and developments and plan the week ahead with the team.
• Check electronic media (wires), social media and articles of interest.
• Check archives for specified and appropriate visuals.
• Stay updated with the latest local, national, and international news.
• Research and gather information on current events and news stories.
• Receive assignments or investigate news leads/tips
• Identify exclusive or unique storytelling opportunities.
• Maintain a high accuracy rate with minimal fact-checking revisions required.

Script Writing

• Write well-researched, accurate scripts aligned with visuals for balanced and fair reporting.

Requirements

Qualifications

• National Diploma in Media Studies and/or Television and/or /Journalism and/or Communications - Essential

Experience

• A minimum of 5 - 8 years in News, Television, and/or Broadcast Journalism
• Drivers Licences - Essential

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Key Deliverables: 

Supervision: 

• Managing the quality of all station copywriting and production elements.
• Supervising and monitoring the workflow of production engineers and copywriter.
• Supervising station voice/s.
• Supervising and scheduling of technical producers.
• Ensuring that the station’s audio content is uploaded on the app.
• Directing and facilitating the production of daily on-air promos.
• Facilitating all production recordings.
• Setting daily/weekly/monthly tasks and objectives to be completed by production team.
• Managing the processes and systems for copy and production in the company.
• Ensuring all copy deadlines are met timeously.
• Facilitating the booking of production studios.
• Carrying out any other reasonable tasks as directed by manager.

Station Imaging:

• Developing and implementing a sound and audio strategy in alignment with the brands strategy.
• Ensuring all station and show imaging is produced in consultation with the Content Manager.
• Ensuring station voices are aligned with the brands strategy.
• Conducting a monthly refresh of station imaging according to the production calendar.
• Monitoring national and international production trends.
• Managing and regularly updating the stations audio library.
• Ensuring recording and scheduling of regulatory BCCSA PSA's.

Commercial: 

• Implementing copy briefs and ensuring campaign objectives are met according to client requirements.
• Facilitating the production of commercial elements.
• Approving all commercial copy.
• Overseeing all commercial recording sessions.
• Facilitating the production of demo audio for client presentations and proposals.
• Selecting and booking suitable voice-over artists.

Administration: 

• Supplying monthly reports to Line Manager.
• Managing all voice over invoices.

Interpersonal and team relationships:

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

Requirements

Qualifications:

• National Senior Certificate - Essential 
• Diploma - Radio/ Production/ Media Studies - Essential 

Experience:

• Radio/Production/Media - 3 - 4 years operational & 1 - 2 years supervisory