OFFER The Community Journalist vacancies are available in different locations, subject to availability of resources and partners contribution. You can join local community journalist team in one of the following roles: • •
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THE OPPORTUNITY We establish local community journalists to capture, edit, and broadcast local news and information on African and migrant communities in the UK. Working with local partners, we recruit, train, develop, and sustain a team of skilled and competent local journalists to produce text, audio, video, and other multimedia contents.
THE CANDIDATE To qualify for this role, you need to be: • • • •
Passionate about digital storytelling for local communities Desire to come up with new and innovative ways of telling these stories Willingness to learn and develop skills on using a vast array of different skills, tools, and platforms. Engage in local and social media to tell your stories, develop relationships, and to discover what it is that gets the local community talking.
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Produce high-quality, accurate stories and live contents
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Source and produce the best articles and get the most out of them digitally.
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Use a range of digital tools and platforms to tell stories, including video, audio, infographics and maps and drive engagement
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Establish local media which is accountable and responsive to the local communities. Local communities to become better informed and engaged Locals to grow and cultivate better relationships with what is happening around them Enhance active participation by local communities Timely access to information, resources, and opportunities Increase media literacy and engagement Reduce information inequalities
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In addition to standard training based on the roles available, all Community Journalists will be offered other mandatory or optional courses including: •
Solution Journalism
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Investigative Journalism
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Climate Journalism
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Data and AI Journalism
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Radio Presenter and Producer
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Use social media to research and share contents
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Effective fact checking and countering misinformation and disinformation
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Technical, Audio and Studio skills
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Podcasting
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Build contacts and develop relationships with locals through events, bespoke email newsletters, subscriptions, messaging, social media, and other links and connections
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Digital Storytelling
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Social Media Content Creation
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Interviewing Skills
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Focus on digital-first contents production, sharing and broadcasting
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Passion to spot trends and opportunities and identify what the readers like and need
YOUR IMPACT By telling news that matters, you will help:
TRAINING PROGRAMMES
RESPONSIBILITIES
REQUIRED As this is a learning and personal development role, you are required to: •
Be willing to learn through classroom, online, mentoring, and other methods
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Join forces with colleagues to share ideas, views, and best practices.
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Gain writing, editing, videoing, podcasting, broadcasting and other skills for multimedia content production and promotion
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Adaptable to produce multimedia content
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Use of mobile devices for all your journalistic jobs and activities
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COMMUNITY INFORMATION •
Community Radio
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Quarterly Mojatu Magazines
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Community Conversations
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Community Journalism & Storytelling
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Monthly Newsletter