United News of Bangladesh (UNB), the country’s premier news agency and the Dhaka Courier English Newsweekly) is looking for a strong candidate to fill the post of a Business Reporter. The applicant should have sharp news sense and the ability to find and analyze data, and file good business and economic stories in English.
Position: Business Reporter
Vacancy No: 1
Company Name: United News of Bangladesh
Job Responsibilities
• Develop innovative ideas for writing and reporting business news.
• Stay updated with latest Business, Finance, and Economics.
• Research business stories and prepare interview questions as and when required.
• Discuss and develop ideas to write strong and sophisticated stories to attract readers.
• Research, write and submit accurate stories within established timelines.
• Write breaking news and business stories in unique and interesting ways through info graphics and illustrations.
• Build and maintain strong relationship with news contacts.
• Must seek out and set up interviews with sources and relevant individuals or organizations for each story.
• Analyze the information gathered to determine which facts are pertinent to the story.
• Write each story, according to the publication’s editorial style and formatting guidelines.
• Proofread articles before submitting them to an editor or desk team for publication.
• Track and cover any business/economics related events, forums and seminars and actively represent UNB/Dhaka Courier.
• Analyze and track big data for text, video stories.in order to show trends and pattern.
• Be able to utilize smartphone to capture photos, videos and recordings to supplement text stories.
Employment Status : Full-time
Educational Requirements
• Graduate (Honours/ Postgraduate in Economics/ English/ Journalism
• Jahangirnagar University, University of Dhaka, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh students will get preference
• Experience Requirements: At most 3 years
The applicants should have experience in the following area(s):
Content writer, News editor, News Reporter, Staff Reporter
The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):
Newspaper/Magazine, Online Newspaper/ News Portal
Additional Requirements
• Both males and females are allowed to apply.
• Having excellent computer literacy
• Ability to engage with the audience and being social media savvy
• Must be responsible, reliable, highly energetic and hardworking
• Ability to handle pressure
• Positive attitude and self-motivated
Job Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Salary: Negotiable
Dateline: August 26, 2021
If it matches your profile and your interest, send you resume with your portfolio to recruitment@cosmosgroup.com.bd
Source: United News of Bangladesh