{"id":12990,"date":"2020-10-12T09:40:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T09:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amabhungane.org\/?post_type=stories&p=12990"},"modified":"2024-09-20T11:18:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T11:18:50","slug":"201012-amabhungane-is-hiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/further.co.za\/amabwp\/201012-amabhungane-is-hiring\/","title":{"rendered":"AmaBhungane is hiring!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Editorial coordinator\/quality controller\/rewrite artist<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are an independent non-profit newsroom that develops investigative journalism \u2013 a public interest task that promotes free, capable media and open, accountable, just democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We do so via:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigations:<\/strong> Developing best practice by doing stories that are accurate and fair, advance methods and standards, expose wrongdoing and empower people to hold power to account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigations support:<\/strong> Helping others do it too via editorial collaboration and training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advocacy:<\/strong> Campaigning, exercising laws and litigating to help secure the information rights \u2013 access to information and media freedoms \u2013 that are the lifeblood of our field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are based in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town and publish via www.amabhungane.org<\/a> and a range of publication partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are seeking to appoint an editorial coordinator\/quality controller\/rewrite artist <\/strong>to work closely with our small complement of investigators, digital coordinator and managing partners to get our stories out there <\/strong>with an emphasis on accessibility, accuracy and fairness<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This post is suited to a media practitioner with an analytical mind and a talent with words. The incumbent will work closely with the investigators and managing partners on story production and processing. A behind-the-bylines role, your participation will be key to getting the dung out there in shape and on target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purpose<\/strong> \u2022 Coach investigators on content structure during conceptualisation and writing \u2022 Evaluate and improve content by asking key analytical questions and flagging ethical\/legal hazards throughout process \u2022 Finalise content in collaboration with investigators and managing partners in an iterative process of writing, fact checking and editing \u2022 Identify and introduce tools and techniques to enhance accessibility, reach and impact \u2022 Help package content for publication in collaboration with digital coordinator and team \u2022 Facilitate editorial collaboration<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key deliverable <\/strong>\u2022 <\/strong>Develop investigative journalism best practice by helping to birth stories that are accurate and fair, advance methods and standards, expose wrongdoing and empower people to hold power to account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any applicant must \u2022 <\/strong>be a seasoned investigative journalist or have extensive behind-the-byline experience \u2022 have strong analytical and writing skills \u2022 <\/strong>be a self-motivator with strong project management skills<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attributes that will be a plus<\/strong> \u2022 editorial experience at a senior level \u2022 <\/em><\/strong>knowledge of the Southern African political economy and international media landscape \u2022 internet, social media and data savvy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The successful applicant will be based in Johannesburg and report to the managing partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A competitive remuneration package is offered. Individuals from a previously disadvantaged background are encouraged to apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please email your CV and a short letter of motivation to lizels@amabhungane.org<\/a> by 23 October 2020. The CV and letter should speak to the above criteria. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Join South Africa\u2019s leading investigative journalism team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,499,309,311],"class_list":["post-12990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-amabhungane","tag-editorial","tag-hiring","tag-job"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/further.co.za\/amabwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/further.co.za\/amabwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/further.co.za\/amabwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/further.co.za\/amabwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/further.co.za\/amabwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/further.co.za\/amabwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30164,"href":"https:\/\/further.co.za\/amabwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12990\/revisions\/30164"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/further.co.za\/amabwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/further.co.za\/amabwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/further.co.za\/amabwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/further.co.za\/amabwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}