Maintains high quality reporting and editing of news reports and feature articles to conform to the GNA\u2019s house style, vision and mission<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title: Senior Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Scrutinizes news stories, checks facts, legal breaches, names and titles of newsmakers to ascertain authenticity Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Master\u2019s Degree in Communication or Journalist or related field with at least 15 years experience as a Journalist Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Accra<\/p>\n How To Apply For The Job<\/strong><\/p>\n Interested and qualified applicants should send their application cover letters stating the position, district and region with a comprehensive curriculum including supporting documents to the:<\/p>\n Director of Administration<\/strong> Important Note:<\/strong><\/p>\n Applicants must as part of the application submit a Statement of Purpose (Number of words 500 words, font style, Time Roman, Front size and lining spacing should be 1.5), indicating their strength as Journalist and when they should be considered for the role.<\/p>\n Or Send Application to:<\/p>\n admin-gna@gna.org.gh<\/strong>\u00a0Indicating position as the subject<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Maintains high quality reporting and editing of news reports and feature articles to conform to the GNA\u2019s house style, vision and mission Job Description Job Title: Senior Editor \u2022 Scrutinizes…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-dbp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50679"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50679\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Corrects mistakes and where necessary, rewrite stories
\n\u2022 May be responsible for the running of a Regional Office of the Agency
\n\u2022 Plans regional programmes and budget
\n\u2022 Disnurses monthly imprest for the region in accordance with established procedures
\n\u2022 Briefs Reporters before sending them on assignments
\n\u2022 Leads a team of Reporters to cover major events
\n\u2022 Trains and mentors team members for best practices and high productivity
\n\u2022 Heads specialised Desk such as Political, Sport, Entertainment, International News
\n\u2022 Business and financial, science, Peace and Security
\n\u2022 Produces monthly report of activities for assessment and innovation
\n\u2022 Undertakes monitoring and evaluation tasks<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Demonstrate ability to generate and develop story ideas
\n\u2022 Excellent oral and written communications skills in English and must understand at least one Ghanaian language
\n\u2022 Good understanding of current affairs and capacity to engage in analysis of political, economic and social issues
\n\u2022 Should be very active on social media
\n\u2022 Experience in investigative journalism or an interest in investigation would be an added advantage
\n\u2022 Experience in audio\/video or documentary production
\n\u2022 Strong commitment to upholding high ethical and professional standards
\n\u2022 Good news judgment and ability to prioritize stories to headlines
\n\u2022 Strong passion for generating exclusive stories
\n\u2022 Ability to work around the clock<\/p>\n
\nGhana News Agency<\/strong>
\nP.O.Box 2118<\/strong>
\nAccra<\/strong><\/p>\n