TRT World
Correspondent (İstanbul, Türkiye)
London
Posted 19 days ago
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TRT World’s News Department is Looking for Correspondents in Istanbul-Türkiye.
Job Description
- Work together with various teams to coordinate priorities.
- Recognize a news story, research and gather the required material, and assemble it for broadcast, and narrate it clearly and confidently on air and through written digital content.
- Deliver on the screen live or recorded segments and in the field packages, digital products.
- Pitch genuine story ideas through daily and weekly planning meetings.
- Be always available for deployments and meet field assignment objectives.
- Ensure compliance and implementation of TRT Editorial Values and Style Guides.
- Gather news using contacts and sources through personal interviews, wire services, news briefings by the government, or press releases sent by companies.
- Produce exclusive packages through deployments and investigative reporting, as well as create quick in-house packages, as per the need of the program, to set the agenda of the channel.
- Work effectively as part of a team, cooperating with other members and demonstrating a collaborative and supportive approach in order to achieve the end result of delivering TRT World's requirements for original, human-focused, distinctive journalism.
- Work well under pressure and be able to cover a diverse range of stories across different parts of the region when required. Be equally comfortable dealing with minute-by-minute breaking news and with longer exclusive investigations.
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Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in journalism or other related social sciences.
- Minimum of 6 years of experience in television news, including television news production.
- Experience working in journalistic interests including social affairs, international politics, public policy, world business and economic affairs, sciences and the arts.
- Considerable reporting experience over a number of years.
- Being articulate and confident on air both in delivering live reports and in studio discussion.
- High level of proficiency in English.
- Ability to work well under pressure and for long hours.
- Fluency in both written and spoken English.
- Camera / Edit experience is an asset.
- Strong listening and negotiating skills.
- Willing to relocate Istanbul-Türkiye.
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