Global Affairs Editor (CNA International Desk)

at  Mediacorp Pte Ltd

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Maintain CNA’s role as a leading news service by commissioning and developing compelling original content as well as planning value-added coverage of day-to-day and significant events.

Responsibilities :

• Work with another Global Editor on the International Desk to oversee CNA’s coverage of South Asia, the Middle East, Europe, US, Latin America, Africa, Australia and other Oceania regions.
• Develop story ideas, approaches and scripting with affiliate and in-house correspondents to produce original content such as multi-part news package series and long-form programmes.
• Plan coverage for diaried and major events with affiliate and in-house correspondents.
• Evaluate on-the-day and other requests from various departments in the newsroom and Business Units with affiliate and in-house correspondents to determine deliverables.

QUALIFICATIONS

Requirements :

• At least five-to-seven years of experience working in a fast-paced newsroom.
• Be creative, be bold and be a visual storyteller, while encouraging and cultivating those qualities in others around you.
• Possess a strong understanding of the big stories in APAC and elsewhere in the world, with an ability to help explain and contextualise information for an Asian audience.
• Ability to handle the pressures that go along with a 24-hour news channel.
• Be an organised person and a high-level multitasker.
• Work well in a team environment.
• Be prepared to work irregular hours.

SKILLS

Strong news instinc

Responsibilities :

• Work with another Global Editor on the International Desk to oversee CNA’s coverage of South Asia, the Middle East, Europe, US, Latin America, Africa, Australia and other Oceania regions.
• Develop story ideas, approaches and scripting with affiliate and in-house correspondents to produce original content such as multi-part news package series and long-form programmes.
• Plan coverage for diaried and major events with affiliate and in-house correspondents.
• Evaluate on-the-day and other requests from various departments in the newsroom and Business Units with affiliate and in-house correspondents to determine deliverables