Video Journalist

2 months ago


Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya BBC World Service Full time

The BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, broadcasting radio and television news, speech and discussions in 29 languages to many parts of the world on analogue and digital shortwave platforms, Internet streaming, podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays.

Main responsibilities

Reporting to the Senior Digital Journalist, your role is to produce, shoot and edit material, delivering highly shareable and engaging content for our service.

You will ensure content is published according to timelines and meets the highest editorial standards at all times. You will also be responsible for location lighting, filming, editing, post production and product delivery.
Are you the right candidate?

The successful candidate will have a full command of Swahili (written and spoken) and a good standard of English.

A journalistic background is required.

Experience of digital newsgathering, original journalism, using various cameras and filing video from the field is essential; knowledge of outside broadcast techniques would be a distinct advantage.

You will have a track record of filming and editing high quality video content, with knowledge of working with Final Cut Pro and other tools and applications as required.

A full understanding of current technical issues involved in production of video content and a demonstrable interest in new media technologies is important.



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