Sports-Sub editor

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 programming
• Multimedia: Reporting and/or anchoring sports video stories, conceiving and/or hosting sports podcasts

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