Vacancy title:
Reporter— Crime

Jobs at:
Nation Media Group

Deadline of this Job:
09th October 2018

Duty Station:
Nairobi, Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: 3rd October 2018 , Base Salary: Nof Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Company

JOB DETAILS:

Reporter— Crime - Job Ref: Hr-Rec-D9-2018
Reporting to the Assignments Editor. the Reporter will be responsible for collection. writing and submission of accurate. credible. factual and newsworthy crime stories that conform to journalistic ethics. editorial objectives and house style within set deadlines.

Key responsibilities

•  Developing, reporting and writing news stories/articles on the crime beat so that no major rewrite is required or no extensive additional report is needed;
  
•  Maintaining crime news sources and calling them for updates:
  
•  Sourcing exclusive crime stories. and ensuring that they are factual credible. well researched. and balanced:
  
•  Ensuring that the stories written conform to journalistic code of ethics and the Editorial policy guidelines and objectives. the house style and submitting them within set deadlines;
  
•  Checking the written stories to ensure that they are free from errors and libel;
  
•  Following news leads and developments from published stories;
  
•  Closely cooperating with photographers from whom he/she orders pictures on the issues he/she covers;
  
•  Primarily responsible for correctness of facts. content and style of his! her news materials;
  
•  Generating stories for use on Group multimedia platforms;
  
•  Filing all elements of digital story as per Digital First policy alert’s social media; web story; multimedia] within defined deadlines;
  
•  Adhering to the Editorial and Social Media Policy as updated from time to time.
  

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

•  University degree in Communication or its equivalent from a recognized institution;
  
•  Diploma in Journalism/Mass Communication;
  
•  3 to 5 year’s relevant experience;
  
•  Ability to communicate both internally and externally; and
  
•  Analyze and simplify complex reports for our audiences.