Job Title: TV Anchor & Reporter
Hiring Organization: Royal
Media Services
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: Media
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Competitive
Date Posted: 09/27/2023
Key roles & responsibilities
- Professionally
anchor newscasts by delivering news that is clear and concise for viewers,
while providing appropriate unscripted content. The material will be both
pre-recorded and live pieces.
- Complete
topical news promotion for use on-air and with other partners in a timely
fashion that meets daily deadlines
- Identifying
potential interviewees, briefing them, preparing interview questions, and
conducting both live and recorded interviews
- Update
website and social media with newscasts or news stories
- Participate
in public appearances and community events when called upon
- Developing
and maintaining useful contacts and relations with news sources;
- Understanding
and complying with media law and industry codes of conduct.
- Identifying
newsworthy events, attending, writing and packaging stories prior to
broadcast
- Delivering
scripted, spontaneous, live and pre-recorded reports on newsworthy events
- Interviewing
authorities, eye witnesses and people of interest in news stories
- Transcribing,
summarizing and translating scripts for news purposes
- Working
collaboratively with other members of the reporting and editorial team
Academic
and professional/work Experience
- Degree
in journalism, mass communications, or any other related field OR Degree
in social science and post-graduate training in journalism or mass
communication OR a Post Graduate Degree in Journalism
- Previous
anchoring experience is desired but not compulsory but at least two years
of relevant experience in a busy newsroom in a media house covering all or
other aspects of news will be an advantage
Essential
Competences
- Strong
on-air presentation with credible delivery and personal style
- Excellent
written and spoken English and Swahili or Kikuyu. The capacity for
bilingual reporting will be an added advantage
- An
edge for news or features, the ability for quick thinking, persistence,
personal initiative, and a good memory
- Ability
to work for long hours and on short notice. Able to handle pressure well
as their work is often in LIVE conditions
- The
ability to think ahead, spot trends, and predict what is critical in
high-pressure news broadcasts, and implement the same.
- Sound
knowledge of the local and international social, political, and economic
news-shaping environment
- A
self-starter who can generate his or her story ideas daily.
- Ability
to report accurately and impartially.
- Ability
to work under deadlines and on a flexible schedule that will include
evenings and/or weekends is required.
How To
Apply
If you
qualify, please send your application, resume and a 30-second clip to recruitment@royalmedia.co.ke
The closing date will be October 4th at 5 p.m.
Quote the code REF No. HR-ED- TVAP-10-2023. Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted.
