Foreign Editor -The Citizen
Mwananchi Communications Limited
Area: Dar Es Salaam
Position Description:
Main Responsibilities:
Selects foreign stories and pictures form News Agencies and correspondents with national and regional considerations in mind.
Reviews foreign stories with other editors in the editorial meetings for the next day's publication.
Edits the stories professionally to meet set editorial objectives, house style and deadlines
Optimises the use of foreign copy by distributing it to other sections of the newspaper for use.
Must be capable of major editing and complete rewriting of news content to conform to MCL style.
Completes foreign news pages up to their final typographical format and signs them off on schedule.
Ensures that material to be published in The Citizen is read) for editing before deadline.
Is responsible for the quality of the content of the pages of which he/ she is a copy editor; responsible for headlines and layout of the foreign pages.
Monitors current news on television and radio broadcasts as well as the Internet in order to update the content of the pages i responsible for.
Liaises with all The Citizen's foreign contributors and sources relevant material from them.
Qualifications:
Degree in Journalism or other discipline
At least five years' experience in journalism, part of which as a sub editor
Mastery of English language.
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Application Instructions:
Interested and suitably qualified individuals should forward their applications enclosing a detailed CV, copies of professional certificates and a day time telephone contact number by November 21,2013 to:
Human Resources Manager
Mwananchi Communications Ltd
P. O. Box 19754.
Dar es Salaam.
Source:Mwananchi of 11th November 2013
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Mwananchi Communications Limited
Area: Dar Es Salaam
Position Description:
Main Responsibilities:
Selects foreign stories and pictures form News Agencies and correspondents with national and regional considerations in mind.
Reviews foreign stories with other editors in the editorial meetings for the next day's publication.
Edits the stories professionally to meet set editorial objectives, house style and deadlines
Optimises the use of foreign copy by distributing it to other sections of the newspaper for use.
Must be capable of major editing and complete rewriting of news content to conform to MCL style.
Completes foreign news pages up to their final typographical format and signs them off on schedule.
Ensures that material to be published in The Citizen is read) for editing before deadline.
Is responsible for the quality of the content of the pages of which he/ she is a copy editor; responsible for headlines and layout of the foreign pages.
Monitors current news on television and radio broadcasts as well as the Internet in order to update the content of the pages i responsible for.
Liaises with all The Citizen's foreign contributors and sources relevant material from them.
Qualifications:
Degree in Journalism or other discipline
At least five years' experience in journalism, part of which as a sub editor
Mastery of English language.
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Application Instructions:
Interested and suitably qualified individuals should forward their applications enclosing a detailed CV, copies of professional certificates and a day time telephone contact number by November 21,2013 to:
Human Resources Manager
Mwananchi Communications Ltd
P. O. Box 19754.
Dar es Salaam.
Source:Mwananchi of 11th November 2013
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Foreign Editor -The Citizen
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