Editorial Intern Opportunity at CJN 2024
We are based in eight advice offices and eight community radio stations across the country. On average, every day a paralegal journalist with the help of CJN produces a piece of social justice content to be broadcast on a partner radio station.
We are part of Wits Journalism in Braamfontein.
The Citizen Justice Network (CJN) is an award-winning media innovation.
We build journalism capacity for paralegals to develop stories on social justice issues in under-reported areas. We provide technology, editorial guidance and connect them with local community radio stations so they can broadcast their stories in African languages.
We then bridge this rural journalism with the mainstream media and bring these untold stories to a wider public through podcasts, national radio stations and websites.
This journalism feeds directly into identifying issues where the public needs legal assistance and contact with government and arranging these stakeholder engagements.
We train community paralegals to be radio journalists, the community paralegals are established, trusted activists and fighters for social change in their communities.
We empower them with journalism skills necessary to help their communities and assist with access to justice. CJN is about helping rural community members produce their own radio stories.
CJN seeks to appoint an Editorial Intern, based in Johannesburg.
Remuneration: Competitive monthly stipend
Type: Six-month contract with option to renew once
Start date: As soon as possible
Responsibilities:
- Work daily over the phone with our paralegal journalists to help them produce stories and programming for their local radio stations
- Take charge of what the advice offices need and any ongoing training they might require to produce these stories
- Write blog posts and handle social media accounts
- Some travel. Car licence necessary
- Collate information in a systematic format and manage the flow of stories. Be responsible for an ongoing set of deliverables
- Work as the second member of a newly formed project in an exciting, vibrant journalism department
Requirements:
- A Bachelor’s degree
- African languages
- A keen interest in social justice
- Understanding how to create efficient editorial processes, particularly in radio
- Ability to create and maintain filing and administration systems
- Ability to multi-task and work to deadlines
- Willingness to understand the NGO sector
- Contactable references
Advantageous:
- Interest in paralegal advice offices and/or community radio.
To apply, submit a letter of motivation, CV and two referees to Paul McNally, Project Coordinator paul@citizenjusticenetwork.org.
Only successful candidates will be contacted.
For more about The Citizen Justice Network, refer to www.citizenjusticenetwork.org