News Editor

The News Editor will work closely with Specialist Editors, Anchors, Show Producers, Executive Producers, reporting to the Editor-in-Chief.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the news direction for live broadcasts over a four-hour period, ensuring high-quality production and timely coverage of breaking news.
• Contribute to special projects and ensure that there is a cohesive narrative across all stories aired on the channel, providing a “connective tissue” in story treatment.
• Conduct regular meetings with editorial teams to discuss upcoming stories, deadlines, and resources allocations.
• Provide direction and editorial assistance to on-air teams, helping them shape compelling narratives around planned content.
• Ensure editorial judgements as well as the rundown of the programme is aligned to the strategy of the channel.
• Drive breaking news stories, identify opportunities for rolling coverage and ensure proper programme planning.
• Continuously drive and update key developing stories of the day to improve audience ratings
• Monitor other news developments for wires and other sources.
• Deliver a high quality of editorial output and on-air discussion that is engaging
• Demonstrate creativity in on air story treatment and editorial approach
• Ensure that all content is meticulously subbed to prevent errors
• Coaching and mentoring of team
• Lead the pre- and post-production meetings
• Mentor and develop junior team members
• Create straps and on-air information
• Ensure that there is no repetition of guests / themes
• Ensure there is diversity of guests and plurality of voices on all shows

Requirements and skills:

Education:

• An appropriate post-matric qualification, journalism and/or media studies

Languages:

• Multi with English being main.
• 7+ extensive working experience covering news
• Strong editorial background
• Excellent understanding of newsroom and gallery workflows
• Show excellent news judgment
• Good understanding of legal and ethical issues with regards to television broadcast
• Decisive leadership by making difficult editorial calls and defending them
• Ability to innovate
• Strong QC and eye for detail
• Leading and managing the team
• Impactful decision making, to anchor production teams and technical crews
• Excellent written, verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong work ethic and a can-do attitude to work
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Excellent knowledge of South African and global issues
• Strong decision-making skills
• Team Player
• Ability to multi-task and work under pressure
• Deadline driven
• Adaptability and flexibility in a changing environment
• Assist on-air teams to find new and exciting experts, both locally and internationally to contribute meaningfully to the shows.
• Oversee alignment of show content/ themes by producing detailed handover reports.
• Provide compelling content that differentiates the show from other programmes
• Attend show debriefs and guide Senior Show Producers on how to lead shows
• Ongoing team appraisals and feedback
• Identify overnight content
• QC content

Posted on 11 Nov 13:57, Closing date 24 Nov