Editor - Ghana News Agency

Ghana News Agency is searching for a suitably qualified candidate to fill the position of Senior Editor 

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains high quality reporting and editing of news reports and feature articles to conform to the GNA's house style, vision and mission
• Scrutinizes news stories, checks facts, legal breaches, names and titles of newsmakers to ascertain authenticity
• Corrects mistakes and where necessary, rewrite stories
• May be responsible for the running of a Regional Office of the Agency
• Plans regional programmes and budget
• Disnurses monthly imprest for the region in accordance with established procedures
• Briefs Reporters before sending them on assignments
• Leads a team of Reporters to cover major events

• Trains and mentors team members for best practices and high productivity
• Heads specialised Desk such as Political, Sport, Entertainment, International News
• Business and financial, science, Peace and Security
• Produces monthly report of activities for assessment and innovation
• Undertakes monitoring and evaluation tasks

Qualification Required & Experience

• Master's Degree in Communication or Journalist or related field with at least 15 years experience as a Journalist
• Demonstrate ability to generate and develop story ideas
• Excellent oral and written communications skills in English and must understand at least one Ghanaian language
• Good understanding of current affairs and capacity to engage in analysis of political, economic and social issues
• Should be very active on social media
• Experience in investigative journalism or an interest in investigation would be an added advantage
• Experience in audio/video or documentary production
• Strong commitment to upholding high ethical and professional standards
• Good news judgment and ability to prioritize stories to headlines
• Strong passion for generating exclusive stories
• Ability to work around the clock
  
  

Location: Accra