ET|Desk|Delhi
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We are one of the largest media conglomerates, built on a strong legacy of 180+ years with the mind of a start-up. Our flagship brand, The Times of India , is the largest English daily, The Economic Times is the second-largest business daily and we have a strong presence in the Languages space. Our reach through multiple mediums , sets us apart from our competition and creates many possibilities for our Advertisers to connect with their Customers.
Today we are proud to have Powerful & Successful Brands ; Innovation in our DNA, Inclusiveness in our environment, and a robust business strategy that will fuel growth.
As the media landscape evolves, we have embarked on our journey to Transform the Organization to a content-first sunrise sector . We are leveraging existing platforms and building new content presence in line with current and future consumption preferences of our consumers. This will create value in the entire chain of creators, platforms, customers, and consumers. As a result, we are on a path to have Omnichannel Platform presence. We will continue to leverage our strengths of Trust and Credibility while we meaningfully engage with our audience across platforms .
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ET - As India's leading brand of business news and information, The Economic Times is also the country's fourth largest English daily. Over 1 million readers pick-up ET every day for the first and last word on business and policy in India, while also relishing its coverage on politics, sports, and international affairs. The Economic Times is accompanied with a leisure-and-lifestyle supplement called ET Panache that covers the 'good life' (Monday through Friday). The newspaper circulates nationally and covers all important cities and towns of India. With a legacy of over half a century, The Economic Times continues to attract the young and the rich, with those under 40 comprising over two-thirds of total readers, and 85% of its readers belonging to the NCCS A socio-economic category. +0% of ET's readers do not read any other business newspaper. The Economic Times champions the cause of free markets, globalization, diversity, and prides itself for its progressive and libertarian values. Click Here to know more
About the Position
Co-ordinate with reporters and photographers to generate all important stories, package and slot to ensure no important stories are missed out, make pages and give catchy captions, straps ensuring a high quality and engaging edition.
Editing Daily Edit Page and Sunday 'Sunday Chatter' Page
Areas of Responsibility
· Edit articles, select photos and give story ideas, give headlines and caption and edit copies.
· Liaise with reporters for graphic matter and stories and with photographers for photos in order to ensure that no important stories are missed and readers get correct picture of an event.
· Make pages, give correct and catchy headlines, give smart taglines adages and provide informative captions and make attractive and informative graphics and edit and rewrite stories in order to produce error-free, informative and attractive pages.
· Make pages, draw dummies for the assigned edition, decide on stories and pictures to be taken in order to produce a visually pleasing page.
· Scan the agencies and make a list of relevant stories which are not being covered by reporters in order to maintain the paper's edge over competitors and ensure that no story is missed.
• Editing 2-3 daily opinion pieces, 3 editorials, letters, Speaking Tree, Citings and other elements on the page, giving headlines and selecting images/captions for each copy
• Production of daily edit page with team member including overlooking middle graphic section and liaising with designers for ET Edit's unique design-image/AI image-driven page
• commissioning daily opinion pieces -- contacting experts, writers, internal writers, columnists etc
• Writing the occasional Edit Page opinion page piece (especially pertaining to her specialisation in environment, sustainable development, urban planning, social development, gender, etc)
• Sunday Chatter page for ET Sunday Magazine -
• Editing the 4 columns, providing headlines, blurbs, etc
• Helping in commissioning and liaising with Sunday Chatter columnists and cartoonist
• Selecting images for this heavily image-driven page and providing caption, elements and liaising with designers along with team
Educational Qualifications Required
BA/ MA in journalism / equivalent
Relevant Experience
15+experience
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Offer ID: #549978,
Published: 2 weeks ago,
Company registered: 2 years ago
