Reporter (2 Posts) - Mwananchi Communications limited

Reporter 

Application Deadline:17th October 2016 to:

Company: Mwananchi Communications Limited

Mwananchi Communications limited publishers of the leading Tanzania newspapers, Mwananchi, Mwanaspoti, and

The Citizen is looking for motivated and highly experienced individuals to fill the positions of:
Reporter - Mwananchi 2 Posts

Job Purpose:

The job entails going out on assignments as well as use of own initiative to gather news. The jobholder ensures that the news stories submitted- are factual, of public interest, detailed and well researched in conformity with journalistic ethics, editorial objectives and house style.

Main Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key result areas:
• Develops reports and writes 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.
• Takes notes on location, carries out interviews, checks facts and tape records as the case may be; writes news or features on own initiative, choice and judgment or at the direction of either the news editor or section editor.
• The material so written must reflect a thorough understanding of the Mwananchi Communications Ltd.’s style of journalism as defined in the editorial policy guidelines and objectives, the house style and the journalistic code of ethical journalism.

Application Instructions:

Interested and suitably qualified individuals should forward their applications enclosing a detailed CV and copies of professional certificates, and a day time telephone contact by

Human Resources Manager
Mwananchi Communications Ltd
P. O. Box 19754.
Dar es Salaam.

NB: Only short listed candidates will be contacted.