Position: Staff Writer
Job Ref: HR-SW-07-2013
The Nation Media Group,
the largest independent media house in East and Central Africa with
operations in print, broadcast and digital media, seeks to recruit a
Staff Writer for The East African – Tanzania Bureau.
The job holder will be based in Tanzania and the position is open to Tanzania citizens only.
Key Responsibilities
With guidance from the Bureau Chief, the staff writer:
Cultivates sources, follows leads and
gathers information to write analytical articles on the country’s
economy, politics, development, culture, art and lifestyle, in line with
the Nation Media Group’s editorial policy guidelines and objectives,
the house style and the code of ethical journalism;
Undertakes research to produce authoritative investigative reports;
Generates ideas for Special Reports and liaises with the newspaper’s network of journalists to produce joint reports;
Liaises with photographers and the Photo Editor for photographs to accompany the articles;
Covers news events as assigned by the Bureau Chief.