Mid-day is looking for a Sub-Editor (Sports) , only applicants from Mumbai are considered, The role is to take ownership of editing and refining sports news, match reports, and analysis with the highest standards of accuracy and clarity. The role entails copy-editing, headline writing, fact-checking, and ensuring the delivery of engaging and timely content that aligns with editorial guidelines and SEO best practices.
Role
- Ideating, pitching, planning, reporting, writing, copy-editing and publishing online sports copy – compliant with SEO best practices
- Checking print sports content and revising headlines and keywords per SEO
- Assisting with making sports rotas as well as daily / weekly / monthly / quarterly sports plans
- Monitoring sports news and social media trends and reporting and writing timely sports copy
- Updating on homepage / section pages with sports slots
- Coordinating with photographers / camerapersons / reporters for sports stories / photos / video
- Maintaining a daily story count;
meeting fortnightly, monthly, quarterly and annual story targets
Handling homepage / section-page programmingMultimedia : Reporting and / or anchoring sports video stories, conceiving and / or hosting sports podcasts