KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

i. News gathering

• Cultivate and manage a broad source and contacts base with players across sectors in the district.
• On a daily basis, identify and develop newsworthy ideas into synopses that should yield stories.
• Cover events and other breaking news by visiting scenes and venues where they occur.
  Locate and verify information for news and feature stories.
• Interview a range of relevant sources to establish facts and/or informed opinions for building stories.
• Take and edit pictures, audios and video clips for online usage.

ii. News writing and reporting

• Prepare and schedu e social media posts for NPL’s digital channels, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
• Post pictures, audios, video clips and develop info-graphics on NPL website and its other social media outlets.
• Produce news content that is free of errors in facts, style, spelling, punctuation and grammar while avoiding consequential cmiss ons.
• Write stories and features from a fair and unbiased perspective and sensitive to legal and ethical pitfalls.
• Write in clear, coherent and concise manner, with the story package having helpful information that people can use to improve their lives.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Diploma in Journalism, Mass Communication, Education or any relevant qualifications from a recognized tertiary institution. Those with Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) with cemonstrable writing abilities may also be considered.
• Intensely curious, with a strong desire to know the truth, and determined to get to the heart of a story.
• Ability to absorb information quickly and understand how to turn that Information into something people can connect with.
• Someone who is fascinated by people and determined to tell their stories with empathy and sensitivity.
• Strong interpersonal skills-you will be required to get information quickly and efficiently.
• Strong writing skills.
• Ability to edit audio and videos.
• Ability to take good quality pictures.
• Team player.
• Knowledge of social media platforms.
• Proficiency in digital communication platforms such as Zoom, Google Meet. Microsoft Teams, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Forms, and other such digital communication and collaboration platforms.
• Nation Publications Ltd

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