Sunday 17 March 2013

Senior Journalist vacancy

Job Title     Senior Journalist
Country     Egypt 
Job Category    Journalism
Job Type    Full Time
Description     Building contacts to maintain a flow of news, for example, police and emergency services, local council, community groups, health trusts, press officers from a variety of organisations, the general public, etc; seeking out and investigating stories via your contacts, press releases and other media; attending press conferences and asking questions; attending a variety of events, such as council meetings, magistrates court proceedings, football matches, talent contests, etc; answering the phones on the news desk and reacting to breaking news stories; working closely with the news team, photographers and editors; recording interviews and meetings using shorthand or technical equipment; producing concise and accurate copy according to the newspapers house style, and to strict deadlines - daily newspapers may have several each day; writing short fillers to entertain, and researching and writing longer feature articles, sometimes for subsidiary publications and supplements; creating and uploading news content for the newspaper website; live online reporting or real-time blogging when covering important events - a growing area of work, especially on national newspapers.
Qualifications    -Demonstrated interest in news, public interests and daily happenings, ability to identify and treat hot topics and breaking news -Ability to meet deadlines, have projects ready for publishing -Team player with strong management and motivational skills. -Highly self motivated -Excellent Arabic languages -Creative, updated with Information in his/ her field -web and broadcast skills highly valued -Good sub-editing skills -Good leadership skills
Gender    Any
Experience    6 - 9 Years.
Salary (L.E.)    Negotiable
Comments   send your CV to ngcareers@hotmail.com , as well specifying the job tittle and your specialization in the email subject