Description
- Nation Media Group seeks to recruit an experienced and self-motivated individual to the position of Editorial Research Editor in the Editorial department.
- The job holder will be responsible for supporting the research initiatives to ensure that the Editorial news content is competitive, rich and comprehensive.Key responsibilities
- Work to support research initiatives by the editorial staff and work with various desks to utilize the rich Nation Media Group archives;
- Generate story ideas based on our historical archives as follow ups;
- Maintain diary of key dates for features and documentary;
- Encourage use of archival content to generate story ideas;
- Lead collaborative projects which utilize the archives;
- Brief Editors on story angles, based on the archives;
- Help in back grounding stories;
- Support the research needs of the editorial department;
- Initiate anniversary-based projects;
- Assess the political, social and economic climate and recount similar events;
- Work with the Photographic desk in telling stories from our photo archives;
- Write for the website and other social platforms and promote our archival material in an engaging format.Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s degree in communications, history, political science or equivalent;
- At least five years’ experience in a reputable newsroom; Strong background in archival stories;
- Excellent writing skills and verbal communication in English and Kiswahili;
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize;
- Digital media experience will be an added advantage;
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