Location
Mumbai | India
Job description
We are looking to recruit a Intern Reporter/Journalist (Multimedia) to join our team.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Researching and sourcing news, videos and other related information for your assigned content vertical.
- Develop stories along with supporting images to be published.
- Evaluating news for authenticity and checking with sources to ensure the correctness of published stories.
- Report news on tight deadlines, which includes making calls, asking tough questions, and aggressively pursuing a story when needed.
- Create and send weekly newsletter /reports.
- Working closely with video editors to facilitate efficient output.
- Write and publish multiple pieces on a daily basis, ranging from quick 400- word items to in- depth multi- page pieces.
- Ensuring all video texts/write-ups follow a consistent writing style & required synergy in content as per the briefs.
- Fact-checking, proofreading and editing final translated versions of the video content.
- Monitoring all feeds from various news sources, keeping up with all the local and global current affairs
- Work closely with colleagues to plan and execute upcoming filming schedules
- Develop fresh angles and offer new insights for readers & viewers
- Call on various agencies/individuals to get the appropriate information or contact details and news
- Stay on top of all the news events coming out of the sector and be able to follow- up on it.
Requirements:
- Degree in Journalism, Communications, English or relevant field
- Superb communication and networking skills, along with an aptitude to effectively extract information
- You will have a flair for creative writing, able to bring new and interesting angles to stories
- Interests in environmental issues and knowledge of environmental developments across the world is important
- Creative, strategic mindset to support the growth of franchises
- Active on social media platforms
- Familiarity with MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Understanding of Video Production Process
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