Producer, Africa Daily Job

Title: Producer, Africa Daily
ID: NEW00002279

Description

Reuters is seeking an experienced, multi-skilled video journalist to join the Africa Daily production team in Nairobi and play a key role coordinating intake/output with an external Africa Journal production team in addition to editing and scripting stories delivered from other African bureaus and shooting and producing local stories.

The successful candidate will have an exciting opportunity to join a team of driven, quality-conscious journalists whose unique product is already setting benchmarks for Africa video coverage and helping drive the Reuters multimedia file across the continent.

S/he will be expected to coordinate effectively with regional staff and stringers producing stories for Africa Daily and Africa Journal. The role demands good communication skills, as well as patience, tact and diplomacy.

A thorough knowledge of the politics, geography and diverse cultures of the African continent is essential. .

At Thomson Reuters, we deliver intelligent information quickly and efficiently, so professionals have knowledge to act. We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare, and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization.* At least three years working in a multifunctional TV agency or broadcast environment.
- Proven experience at seeing a story through from conception to broadcast - includes pitching, producing, filming, editing and scripting.
- Experience on a regional desk/ working in a team with regional responsibility and commissioning stories across a region.
- Strong organizational, production and video editing skills (preferably, experience using Edius software
- Strong writing skills
- Sound news judgment
- Ability to work with a small team, communicating across a diverse group (georgraphically and culturally) of contributors.
- High stress tolerance and willingness to work long hours, including weekends.

At Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one - collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With over 55,000 colleagues in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Making this happen is a dynamic, evolving process, and we count on each employee to be a catalyst in driving our performance - and their own.

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Intrigued by a challenge as large and fascinating as the world itself? Come join us.

To learn more about what we offer, please visit careers.thomsonreuters.com.

More information about Thomson Reuters can be found on thomsonreuters.com.

Job: News/Editorial
Primary Location: Kenya-Nairobi
Organization: Markets Editorial Specialists
Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard
Shift: Day Job

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