Digital Editor

Job description

Content Strategy:

• Implement Cape Community Media’s digital content strategy for news coverage, aligning with Cape Community Media’s mission and audience expectations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate news content into broader content initiatives.
• Drive copytasting and digital publishing of third-party content providers, wires and contributors.

News Planning and Coordination:

• Assist in the development of editorial calendars for news content, ensuring timely and relevant coverage across beats.
• Work closely with editors, reporters, and contributors to coordinate news production.
• Responsible for content management that will drive audience and reach

Quality Assurance:

• Uphold and enforce the highest standards of journalistic integrity, accuracy, and ethical reporting in news content.
• Review and edit news stories for clarity, coherence, and adherence to Cape Community Media’s editorial guidelines where required.
• Ensuring that stories are error free and of a publishing standard.
• Web pages are of publishing standard.

Audience Engagement:

• Collaborate with the editorial and production teams to optimise news content for online platforms, maximising audience reach and engagement.
• Utilise analytics and audience feedback to inform content decisions and enhance user experience.

Breaking News Management:

• Oversee the handling of breaking news situations, ensuring rapid and accurate reporting.
• Collaborate with reporters to develop compelling and informative breaking news content.
• Produce breaking news content when required.

• Multimedia Content:

• Drive the use of multimedia content within the news domain, including videos, podcasts, and interactive features.
• Explore and implement new storytelling formats to enhance news content diversity and engagement.

• Collaboration with Stakeholders:

• Work closely with marketing, product development, and executive teams to align news content efforts with overall business objectives.
• Build and maintain relationships with external partners, contributors, and industry stakeholders.

• Team Leadership:

• Lead and inspire a dynamic news team, providing guidance, mentorship, and support.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the news team.
• Foster a culture of delivery and accountability within the newsroom

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree / Diploma in Journalism, Media Studies, or a related field.
• Extensive experience in newsroom management and editorial leadership in a digital first news environment.
• Strong understanding of digital media trends, online news consumption, and audience behaviour.
• Exceptional editorial judgement and decision-making skills.
• Familiarity with multimedia content creation and digital storytelling.
• Commitment to journalistic integrity, ethical reporting, and diversity and inclusion.
• Must have a drivers licence & own vehicle

Company Description

Africa Community Media are proud custodians of a stable of long established titles in the Western, Northern and Eastern Cape, as well as in KwaZulu-Natal.

Our 13 Cape Community titles, distributed in the Western Cape, are an integral part of each of the communities they serve. Their longevity is testament to their popularity and advertisers’ response, with over 600 000 copies distributed weekly.

The Diamond Fields Advertiser, a weekly community title established in 1878 and based in Kimberley, has been the voice of the residents of the Northern Cape for more than 140 years.

Isolezwe lesiXhosa, a weekly title, published in isiXhosa, distributed in the Eastern Cape.

DurbanLocal is a digital publication and the voice of the KwaZulu-Natal community. Launched for our readers, for their views.

Posted on 20 Feb 11:24, Closing date 2 Mar