Jobs at Newspaper Outfit

Political Editor –NST 006
Purpose of the Job
You will gather information on newsworthy political happenings and write, produce and present fair, accurate and unbiased news stories.
Collect and analyze facts about political events by interview, investigation, or observation
Create, report and help produce news stories and features, based on either breaking news or on pre-planned stories that were promoted ahead of time.
Establishing sources, finding and executing enterprise news stories, building and maintaining strong list of story ideas on a year-round basis.
Develop and maintain a network of news sources providing access to exclusive local news stories.
Stay informed on newsworthy events locally and nationally.
Work cooperatively as a team member under tight daily deadlines

Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication/ Journalism/ Political Science or related field
At least 2 year reporting experience with 1 year in political writing.

Person Synopsis
Ability to work under great pressure and meet deadlines. Excellent knowledge on general knowledge and world politics with great concentration on Nigerian politics
Excellent written English skills.
Attention to detail
Must be proficient with computers and word processing systems.

PLEASE NOTE:
ONLY qualified candidates need apply, and PLEASE quote the reference number (NST 006) as the subject of the mail when sending in your application.
Qualified persons who are interested should forward an updated resume to prittrecruit@yahoo.com

Our client, one of the top glossy cover Newspaper Outfits in the country is desirous of manning its operations with capable and experienced professionals to drive and achieve the company’s objectives of overwhelming market dominance. To achieve this, the company is looking to fill the under-listed position within its organisational structure:

Job Type: Full-Time
Location: Lagos
Department/Division: Editorial
Reports to: Branch Manager
NOTE: All candidates applying for any of these positions must possess an immense drive and will to attain success in this chosen career.

Deputy Reporter –NST 005
Purpose of the Job
The job involves, sourcing, writing and formatting the news
Ensuring that the pages conform to the standard lay-out (font types, font sizes, etc) & that the edition carries the correct date, edition number, weather format, marine news summary, and marine safety news.
Identify and correct spelling, punctuation, grammatical and semantic inconsistencies.
Ensuring that the pages assigned are typographically correct and use the correct type of English (British).
Measure and improve content effectiveness and usability.
Train, coach and mentor writers.
Benchmark quality metrics with industry and competition.
Checking whether the stories on the template are in proper order in terms of importance & whether the sentences used in the stories are clear and simple enough to be understood by majority of our readers.
Sending the text files (or the html files when necessary) to the IT Department, wait for the IT's confirmation that the edition/s sent are okay. Make the corrections when necessary & send the edition/s again and wait for confirmation.
Maintaining & daily updating register with the team members regarding number of pages made.
Cooperate with the rest of the editors to ensure that all editions are properly done and submitted on time.
Contribute to the Story data bank

Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree/HND or its equivalent in Mass Communication/ Journalism/ Sociology or related field.
Professional Certification would be an advantage.
At least two years of post-graduate journalism experience for reporter's role; and at least one year of journalism experience for the editor's role
Experience working in a real-time news environment is desirable

Person Synopsis
Excellent written English skills.
Attention to detail
Must be proficient with computers and word processing systems.
Demonstrate news judgment, editorial and creative skills.
Mastery of journalistic ethics, standards and libel laws.
Knowledge of the various sectors of the economy.

PLEASE NOTE:
ONLY qualified candidates need apply, and PLEASE quote the reference number (NST 005) as the subject of the mail when sending in your application.
Qualified persons who are interested should forward an updated resume to prittrecruit@yahoo.com