Anchor at News Central TV

About This Role

This position offers a great opportunity for career growth in broadcast journalism. You will be at the forefront of delivering news to our audience, combining journalistic excellence with on-air presentation skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Generate story ideas and follow leads from news agencies, police, the public, press conferences, and other sources
• Pitch ideas to editors and commissioners
• Research, verify, and collate evidence and information to support stories using relevant sources such as the internet, archives, and databases
• Write scripts for bulletins, headlines, and reports
• Select appropriate locations, pictures, and sound, exercising editorial judgment on the best angle for each story
• Identify necessary resources and manage technical crews for location shoots, including sound operators and camera crew
• Provide directorial input and advise crews on filming and recording requirements
• Operate portable digital video cameras and other broadcast equipment to record material
• Produce complete packages for broadcast
• Prepare and present material on air for both pre-recorded and live pieces
• Identify potential interviewees, brief them, prepare interview questions, and conduct live and recorded interviews
• Prepare timings for each news item and monitor these during broadcast
• Decide on the running order for bulletins and make necessary changes during broadcast
• Collaborate with the editor to finalize completed items
• Develop and maintain local contacts and assume a public relations role
• Understand and comply with media law and industry codes of conduct
• Research local, national, and international current events
• Meet with the Executive News Editor, Executive Producer, Producer, reporters, and other news anchors to be briefed on the day's news
• Work with the Executive News Editor to choose stories for broadcast, considering audience preferences
• Organize news content to present the most interesting pieces first

Location

Lagos, Nigeria