Breaking News Correspondent, Sub-saharan Africa

5 months ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Thomson Reuters Full time

The correspondent will be on the front lines of the most important, competitive and exciting stories coming out of South Africa. They will also assist with coverage of other countries in the region. They will work under the direction of the Breaking News Editor for Sub-Saharan Africa and coordinate closely with text and visuals colleagues across the continent.

This is a fixed-term position for 1 year.

**As an Africa Breaking News Correspondent, you will**:

- Monitor a range of sources for key economic, corporate and general news developments
- Use social media to identify and report stories on news, trends and viral moments in Nigeria and the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa
- Write fast and accurate headlines and stories under time pressure, across a range of topics
- Work with colleagues across the continent and across multiple areas of coverage

**To be our Africa Breaking News Correspondent, you will lively**:

- Have strong news judgement across the file
- Be able to filter quickly through complex information to identify and explain key news elements
- Have an understanding of how global markets work and be familiar with Nigeria's oil sector, financial markets and political affairs
- Be fluent in English, with strong English writing skills. Knowledge of Nigerian languages, French or Portuguese would be a plus
- Be a fast learner and team player
- Have strong communications skills and an ability to work calmly under pressure
- Have at least three years’ experience working in a news organization

**What’s in it For You?**

You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:

- ** Hybrid Work Model**: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
- ** Culture**: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
- ** Wellbeing**: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
- ** Learning & Development**: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.
- ** Social Impact**: Eight employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
- ** Purpose Driven Work**: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should - we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

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