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Journalist in Chennai for Citizen Matters

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23/08/2016

Company description:

Citizen Matters is an award winning city focused, citizen-oriented newsmagazine, covering city public affairs, community and culture.

Candidates can email hr@oorvani.in with their resume and samples of their work.

Job Profile/Description:

For our Chennai chapter, we are looking for a smart, self motivated news journalist. Full time and part time options are possible. Freelancers are also welcome.

The work includes:
* Reporting, city-focused news, analysis, interviews, features, Investigative pieces
* Data journalism
* Editing and curation of citizen contributions.

Expectation
* Excellent command over English. Thamizh reading/speaking a must, exemptions will be made in exceptional cases.
* Should have read Citizen Matters and familiar with the type of content we publish
* Should care about Chennai related news and happenings
* Should love to read
* Should be a self-learner, highly productive, efficient, capable of multi-tasking
* Skilled in communication and social media

Experience : Experience: 2-8 years, with exposure to news reporting in a magazine or newspaper. The ideal candidate has the stomach for hard reporting on tough issues, while being able to mix up his or her workload with feature writing from time to time.

Mail To : hr@oorvani.in

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