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94.5 Kfm
EYEWITNESS NEWS 567 CAPE TALK
BRANCH
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Cape Town
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DEPARTMENT
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EWN
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REPORT TO
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JHB Online Editor and Associate EWN Online Editor (Cape Town))
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JOB TITLE
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EWN Multimedia Producer / Photographer
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CLOSING DATE
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9 July 2014
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EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
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- Matric or equivalent
- Bachelors Degree in Journalism, Communications or equivalent
- Multimedia and / or photography qualification and / or suitably relevant experience
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OTHER JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Comprehensive work portfolio
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- Driver’s licence
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SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
- The ability to work with: Advanced video editing software (Avid, Adobe Premier or Final Cut)
: Adobe Photoshop
: Newsroom 4
: Audacity
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- Understanding of appropriate production techniques and methods for an online audience
- Bilingual
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EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
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- At least 2 ½ years’ experience in a professional news environment preferably in online news
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PERSONALITY ATTRIBUTES
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- Team player
- Passionate about radio and news
- Proactive
- Assertive
- Ability to act and think fast and make insightful, logical, rational decisions
- Responsible and accountable by nature
- Ability to work unsupervised and under extreme pressurised conditions
- Ability to work long hours, as the nature of the business is a 24 hour
- Demonstrable passion for and interest in hard news
- Creative, innovative and visually astute
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent understanding of socio-economic and political issues affecting Africa
- Flexible, resilient and a change agent who can handle cross-functional multi-tasking
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KEY OUTCOMES
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- Passion for digital platforms
- Knowledge of digital-specific treatments of news stories
- Conceptualise and brief in infographics
- Suggest best digital treatments for feature stories
- Identify and create stories in line with editorial
- Identify and create stories in line with editorial
- Pitch video ideas about original stories
- Keep up to date with major stories in the general news space
- Have a good contact base and able to arrange for interviews
- Presenting on camera as well as voice-overs
- Have a strong visual sense and passion for storytelling
- Creative and technically strong when it comes to filming and editing
- Film and edit multimedia packages
- Be involved in the process of effectively linking and tagging videos to articles on the site as well as social network sites, including Twitter and Facebook
- Excellent technical skills in editing software (Adobe Premiere) and various professional cameras
- Shoot video content and formulate video reports through the use of provided equipment, templates and the new source systems; uploading video content on a daily basis
- Publish pictures on the EWN website linked to news articles through the shooting and editing of still pictures on a daily basis (10 pictures per story)
- Ensure that users are able to find content by uploading all video content to EWN social media and video platforms on a daily basis
- Manage and monitor picture agency feeds
- Record and edit video footage to create audiovisual content
- Package multimedia content
- Create stories for all EWN bulletins by submitting voice reports or submitting stories with sound bites on a daily basis
- To engage and inform online users by tweeting live information from all stories they work on, daily
- Willing to work long hours at times and/or weekends
- Adhoc tasks set out by the Online News Editor
Suitable candidates will beselected in accordance with Primedia Broadcasting’s Employment Equity Policy.
(Subject Line: APPLICATION CV: “EWN MULTIMEDIA PRODUCER/PHOTOGRAPHER”) All interested applicants to please forward CV detail to broadcastingcareers@primedia.co.za
Correspondencewill only be conducted with short listed candidates. Should you not hear fromus within 2 weeks of the closing date, please consider your applicationunsuccessful.
