Iran International Television is a Farsi-language news channel which is targeted at people living in Iran and those in the Farsi speaking diaspora. It is a news and factual channel with news bulletins, talk shows, documentaries, features and magazine content across broadcast, digital and social media.
Job Summary
Job Title: Multimedia Journalist
Job Ref: MJ-392
Role Type: Permanent
Location: London, UK
Closing Date: 7th February 2025
Working as part of a newsroom team, you will be responsible for delivering accurate, creative, and engaging output to our audience on TV, radio, and digital platforms. You will collaborate and contribute with colleagues on all output across the department and take responsibility for stories and output assigned to you.
Responsibilities
1. Originate, research, write, produce, and present material using text, stills, audio, and video as required.
2. Cover stories and events accurately and impartially, putting them into appropriate context to meet audience needs.
3. Write cues and scripts, using video, audio, stills, and graphics to produce TV news, articles, features, engaging posts, and interactive material for digital platforms.
4. Produce content for TV that may include news stories, live coverage, sequences, interviews, packages, discussions, background pieces, analysis, and features.
5. Move a story forward by amending and updating material as required.
6. Research, report, write, translate, and adapt existing stories or programme material from English into Dari or Farsi.
7. Output bulletins, if required, and construct running orders and sequences.
8. Report in text, stills, audio, or video from the field in a range of formats for all Iran International Television platforms as needed.
9. Foreign travel may be necessary.
10. Anchor or present TV content or film and edit material as required.
11. Undertake any other reasonable duties as required.
Requirements
1. Recent and relevant broadcast news or multimedia experience.
2. A wide and up-to-date knowledge of Iranian, Afghan, and international affairs.
3. In-depth understanding of Iranian and Afghan history, politics, social issues, sport, and culture as well as the changing needs of the audience.
4. Farsi/Dari as your first (or equivalent) language, fluency in English, and the ability to write, translate, and adapt material accurately and to tight deadlines.
5. The ability to produce original material and preferably adapt stories for multimedia output.
6. The ability to report from the field as required.
7. Suitable voice and presentation skills (training can be provided but some experience is preferred).
8. The ability to exercise editorial judgement and display an understanding of the law as it relates to journalism.
9. The ability to work quickly and accurately under pressure, either alone or in a team.
10. Excellent contacts within Iran/Afghan and the Iranian/Afghanistan diaspora across politics, culture, social issues, business, and sport.
11. Knowledge of and commitment to Volant Media’s editorial policy and values.
Closing Date: 7th February 2025
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This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating notes of the skills, knowledge, and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
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