Background

Mwananchi Communications Limited (MCL), a subsidiary of Nation Media Group (NMG), is Tanzania’s largest independent news network with an award-winning presence in print and digital media, and exciting new ventures in innovation and events ecosystems. We are publishers of leading national news brands Mwananchi, The Citizen and Mwanaspoti in print and digital formats, and proprietors of the Mwananchi Digital suite of products and Mwanaclick. We are audience-led, market-driven with a clear mission to empower the nation. We are looking for a motivated and highly experienced individual to fill the position of: GeographicReference

Purpose

The main role of this position is to cover news events, write and submit factual and balanced stories for publication within set deadlines, do analyses, mentor correspondents and reporters, handle and give input to special reports.

Main responsibilities

• Developing reports and writing news and feature stories for the title he/she is assigned to in finished form, so that no major rewrite is required or no extensive additional report is needed;
• Attending assigned news functions, taking notes on location, carrying out interviews, checking facts and making an audio/visual recording as the case may be; writing news or features at their own initiative, choice and judgment or at the direction of either the News Editor or Section Editor;
• Ensuring that the material so written reflects a thorough understanding of MCL’s style of journalism as defined in the editorial policy guidelines and objectives, the house style and the journalistic code of ethical journalism;
• Researching and providing background information to make copy complete;
• Briefs News Editor on stories gathered and writes the selected ones within set deadlines by 100%;
• Following news leads and maintaining close contacts with news sources;
• Continually building his/her contacts list and demonstrating its value with consistent exclusive reports or information;
• Primarily but not solely responsible for the correctness of facts, content and style of his/her news materials;
• Closely cooperating with photographers from whom he/she orders pictures on the issues he/she covers;
• Stories submitted must be supported by pictures, videos and audio

Minimum qualifications & experience

Academic: Bachelor degree in Journalism/Mass Communication or its equivalent from a recognized institution.

Experience: Two (2) years of relevant experience.

Should have professional accreditation from the Journalist Accreditation Board.

• Developing reports and writing news and feature stories for the title he/she is assigned to in finished form, so that no major rewrite is required or no extensive additional report is needed;
• Attending assigned news functions, taking notes on location, carrying out interviews, checking facts and making an audio/visual recording as the case may be; writing news or features at their own initiative, choice and judgment or at the direction of either the News Editor or Section Editor;
• Ensuring that the material so written reflects a thorough understanding of MCL’s style of journalism as defined in the editorial policy guidelines and objectives, the house style and the journalistic code of ethical journalism;
• Researching and providing background information to make copy complete;
• Briefs News Editor on stories gathered and writes the selected ones within set deadlines by 100%;
• Following news leads and maintaining close contacts with news sources;
• Continually building his/her contacts list and demonstrating its value with consistent exclusive reports or information;
• Primarily but not solely responsible for the correctness of facts, content and style of his/her news materials;
• Closely cooperating with photographers from whom he/she orders pictures on the issues he/she covers;
• Stories submitted must be supported by pictures, videos and audio

• Bachelor degree in Journalism/Mass Communication or its equivalent from a recognized institution.
• Should have professional accreditation from the Journalist Accreditation Board.