Position: Sub-Editor – Sports Desk – The Guardian

Department: Editorial

Reporting Channel: Managing Editor

Place: Dar es Salaam

JOB PURPOSE

Duties and Responsibilities

• – Checking and correcting editorial copy allocated by Sports Editor for facts, accuracy, taste, compliance with TGL house style, language use, clarity, details, objectivity, spelling.
• Rewriting the copy as necessary for simplicity, clarity and compliance with the newspaper’s house style.
• Editing photos/illustrations selected by Sports Editor to fit allocated space and writing/rewriting captions taking care not to give obvious details.

Minimum Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in journalism
• At least four years’ experience in journalism, in part as sub editor
• Mastery of English and Kiswahili
• Knowledge of any other language will be an added advantage