Sport Reporter

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa The Citizen Newspaper Full time

VACANCY:

SPORTS REPORTER

City
:
Cape Town or Johannesburg


The Citizen is seeking to employ a general sports reporter,
with a focus on rugby and cricket, within the editorial department, in Cape Town or Johannesburg, reporting to the Head of Sport.


Purpose of the job:


To cover sports events assigned by the Head of Sport and to write accurate and well-written sports stories for daily publication in The Citizen's sports pages and website and up-to-the minute content across all digital platforms.


Main Responsibilities:

  • Production of accurate and wellwritten sports copy for both the daily newspaper and the website.
  • Manage your own daily diary, and pitching unique story ideas, with creative angles, ideas, proposals and elements.
  • Create, publish, and promote multimedia content, working independently as well as with the multimedia team.
  • Liaising with photographers about specific events.
  • Monitor and effectively use social media to pick up news leads and story ideas, as well as promote your work.
  • Gathering of news from a variety of reliable sources.
  • Covering important events/issues timeously.
  • Establishing a network of contacts.
  • Contribute on the production side of both print and digital.
  • Maintaining of good relationship with colleagues.
  • Staying up to date with privacy, contempt and defamation laws.
  • Adhere to Code of Ethics and Editorial Standards and Practices.
  • Monitor analytics to maximise all stories and articles published on
  • Adhere to Google algorithm requirements and write with SEO and Google search in mind.
  • Study and adhere to The Citizen and 's Voice and Style Guide.

Knowledge/Experience:

  • Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Journalism.
  • Wide knowledge and passion for sport, in particular sound knowledge of
    rugby and cricket
:

  • 3 years' relevant experience in a similar position.

Skills:

Full knowledge of:

  • MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Outlook.
  • Excellent people and relationshipbuilding skills.
  • Knowledge and understanding of digital publishing platform WordPress or similar platform.
  • SEO best practices and digital publishing.

Attitude:

  • Ability to work accurately and efficiently.
  • Excellent communication skills and an ability to work individually on a project or in a team environment.
  • Deadline driven.
  • Innovative and independent.
  • High degree of professional Journalistic conduct.
  • Proven journalistic track record.
  • Knowledge of media and publishing law
  • Excellent writing skills and ability to create editorial and multimedia content.

Other Requirements:

  • Valid driver's licence.
  • Own reliable vehicle.
  • Solid references.
  • Required to work on weekends, public holidays and nights, as this is the nature of Sports.

Job Types:

Full-time, Permanent

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