Job Description
The Business Reporter/Multimedia Journalist is a member of the business team
responsible for all business content produced for Sky News Arabia from Cairo.
You will work under the direction of the Business Editor to create stories and
coverages that will be part of our Daily business production, report the
business news, either individually or as part of a team. You will also be
required to contribute to Sky News Arabia's business content online on our
website, and on other digital platforms. Your mission will be to produce
original and market-leading business news output while ensuring Sky News
Arabia's editorial guidelines and values are adhered to. You will work
predominately at Sky's Cairo office but may be required to travel across the
Middle East and North Africa and internationally.
Key Responsibilities
* Working under the direction of the Business Editor to produce distinctive and stylish business news coverage for Sky News Arabia's multiple content delivery platforms.
* Writing scripts for business programs and business bulletin, cutting pictures using a newsroom production system, finding guests, commissioning, and writing graphics and other tasks as required.
* Reports the channel's business news, conducting live interviews and presenting unscripted coverage of breaking news stories as required.
* Monitoring business news sources, including but not limited to the Reuters and Bloomberg business news platforms.
* Undertakes interviewing and reporting duties in both recorded and live situations, in studio or on location.
* May be required to work a shift pattern and unsocial hours to serve the needs of a 24-hour news organization.
* Liaising with production teams and executive producers to ensure that business coverage conforms with the desires and ambitions of those output teams.
* Preparing Material for our Website from Cairo, or as requested from the editorial team.
* Preparing Material to be used in Our social media platforms including but not limited to Cards, Social Videos, and charts.
* Ensuring Sky News Arabia's editorial guidelines and values are adhered to.
Key Skills, Experience and Education
* An excellent business journalist with strong editorial judgment.
* Previous experience in a national or international broadcast news channel, or business newsroom.
* Experience of newsroom production systems and desktop editing.
* Obvious aptitude for or experience of presentation.
* Ability to understand data driven business graphics and market data, delivered on a proprietorial business data platform such as Reuters.
* Experience of iNews and desktop editing software an advantage.
* Experience of or appreciation of the benefits and difficulties of cross-platform working.
* Evidence of a deep awareness of business and economic news, custom and practice, both within the MENA region and globally.
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