News Editor
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In office (Randburg)
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 11, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 9, 2026.
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Senior blockchain & AI engineers ship your product to production in six weeks at a fixed price — accelerated by the agent factory behind our own platform, Ruh.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the news direction for live broadcasts over a four-hour period, ensuring high-quality production and timely coverage of breaking news.
- Contribute to special projects and ensure that there is a cohesive narrative across all stories aired on the channel, providing a “connective tissue” in story treatment.
- Conduct regular meetings with editorial teams to discuss upcoming stories, deadlines, and resources allocations.
- Provide direction and editorial assistance to on-air teams, helping them shape compelling narratives around planned content.
- Ensure editorial judgements as well as the rundown of the programme is aligned to the strategy of the channel.
- Drive breaking news stories, identify opportunities for rolling coverage and ensure proper programme planning.
- Continuously drive and update key developing stories of the day to improve audience ratings
- Monitor other news developments for wires and other sources.
- Deliver a high quality of editorial output and on-air discussion that is engaging
- Demonstrate creativity in on air story treatment and editorial approach
- Ensure that all content is meticulously subbed to prevent errors
- Coaching and mentoring of team
- Lead the pre- and post-production meetings
- Mentor and develop junior team members
- Create straps and on-air information
- Ensure that there is no repetition of guests / themes
- Ensure there is diversity of guests and plurality of voices on all shows
- Education: An appropriate post-matric qualification, journalism and/or media studies
- Languages: Multi with English being main.
- 7+ extensive working experience covering news
- Strong Editorial background
- Excellent understanding of newsroom and gallery workflows
- Show excellent news judgment
- Good understanding of legal and ethical issues with regards to television broadcast
- Decisive leadership by making difficult editorial calls and defending them
- Ability to innovate
- Strong QC and eye for detail
- Leading and managing the team
- Impactful decision making, to anchor production teams and technical crews
- Excellent written, verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong work ethic and a can-do attitude to work
- Excellent planning and organisational skills
- Excellent knowledge of South African and global issues
- Strong decision-making skills
- Team Player
- Ability to multi-task and work under pressure
- Deadline driven
- Adaptability and flexibility in a changing environment
- Assist on-air teams to find new and exciting experts, both locally and internationally to contribute meaningfully to the shows.
- Oversee alignment of show content/ themes by producing detailed handover reports.
- Provide compelling content that differentiates the show from other programmes
- Attend show debriefs and guide Senior Show Producers on how to lead shows
- Ongoing team appraisals and feedback
- Identify overnight content
- QC content
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