Sub-Editor - JHB North
4 weeks ago
Key Deliverables:
Sub-Editing
- Maintain high standards of spelling and grammar.
- Sub-editing all eNCA content - scripts, graphics, lives, boards and crawlers.
- Ensuring content is succinct, factually accurate, contextual, relevant, engaging, conversational, and in line with eNCA's writing style.
- Thoroughly check scripts and correct errors, inconsistencies and omissions.
- Assisting in updating eNCA's style guide.
- Liaison / Co-ordination
- Liaising with Producers, helping them refine story angles and content.
- Attending relevant meetings, providing input, story ideas, and feedback.
- Mentoring and train Reporters and Desk Producers.
Bulletin Content
- Assisting Programme Production Teams check content in bulletin rundowns.
- Write and voice local and international stories, if necessary
- Sub-editing headlines and promos.
- Help re-angle stories regularly.
- Reviewing scripts and on-screen text in bulletins.
- Checking wire services and news feeds for breaking news.
- Help decide how best to visually illustrate stories.
- Stakeholder Relationships
- Building, supporting and maintaining interpersonal and team relationships to ensure stable working environment and achievement of team objectives.
Key Performance Indicators:
- eNCA scripts, graphics, lives and crawlers are checked and subbed quickly, and to a professional and acceptable standard according to the eNCA writing style. The sub-edited content must be succinct, factually accurate and conversational, and of a high UK English spelling and grammatical standard.
- Communicate respectfully and professionally with the Reporter and/or Writers, helping them to refine angles and treatment of the story.
- Attend relevant meetings, providing input on content, story ideas, angles.
- Adequate mentoring and training of Reporters and Producers, in order to improve efficiency and script writing.
- Providing assistance to the Programme teams by checking and sub-editing content, including scripts, headlines, promos, graphics, crawlers, etc. Also helping to re-angle stories, and regularly checking wire services and news feeds for breaking news and other developments.
- Complying with work rules, standards and methods and taking care to minimise waste.
Requirements
Minimum Requirements of the Role:
- Qualifications - Bachelor's Degree in Journalism / Media Studies
- Experience - 5 years in Journalism / Broadcast Media
- Technology Proficiency - Basic Microsoft Office Suite Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook Dalet Advanced
- Language Proficiency - Advanced English
Technical / Job Specific Competencies:
- Accuracy / Attention to Detail - Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time.
- Decision Making - Identifying and understanding issues, problems, and opportunities; comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions; using effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions;
- Information Monitoring - Setting up ongoing procedures to collect, review information needed to manage ongoing activities.
- Initiating Action - Taking prompt action to accomplish objectives; taking action to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive.
- Planning and Organising - Establishing courses of action for self and others to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
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