Responsibilities
To be part of the Malay News and Current Affairs team in sourcing, reporting, and posting of news and other contents for the unit's Digital & Social Media platforms.
- Cover and file news stories and if necessary do live report from location
- Write, report and readapt news stories from various sources for the digital & social platforms
- Must be able to write fast and in an engaging fashion to attract the online users especially the youth
- Keep track of the social media, trends and issues and develop them into good news content
- Produce short videos for social media
- Able to voice or present news programs will be an advantage
Qualifications
- Good sense of news and current affairs issues
- Ability to craft, script and produce news/current affairs contents especially for the online audience
- Ability to conduct interviews on various topics of interest
- Good research capability particularly on relevant topics or issues
- A good command of Malay and English, particularly for written Malay
- Degree/Diploma in Arts and Social Science, Journalism, Mass Communication, Media Studies or equivalent will be considered
- Some experience in journalism or related field with relevant focus on Malay community, culture and language, will be useful
