Reporter at Smooth Promotions

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Keep up with local and global trends and events
• Collect, verify and analyze thoroughly newsworthy information
• Assemble findings into a stable story
• Write and deliver news stories with the reader’s perspective in mind
• Publish news stories
• Receive assignments or investigate news leads/tips
• Contact, interview and research sources
• Maintain notes and audio recordings
• Cooperate with reporters, chief editor, and producers
• Stay up-to-date with the latest current News around the world/Nigeria using credible research source, contacts, schedule and interviews
• Researching background material
• Writing and rehearsing script for presenting
• Finalize news content and keep up with deadlines as timeliness is extremely.
• Abide by journalism’s ethics and codes
• And any other duties assigned to you in course of your employment with us.

QUALIFICATIONS

• B.Sc degree in journalism or mass communications
• Minium of 2 years working experience as a reporter
• Computer proficiency (MS Office, digital editing, web search, databases)
• Excellent communication, lobbying, and active listening skills
• Integrity and morality
• Portfolio of published articles or newscasts
• Ability to gather, write and edit news
• Not more than 25 years
• Broad knowledge of headlines