Camera Operator Code 10
Resume:
MCHUNU MANQOBA
***************@****.**.** 061*******
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth:
Gender:
Male
Nationality:
South African
Criminal Record:
None
Driver’s License:
Code 10
Relocation Readiness:
Willing to relocate
CONTACT
Location:
Durban
Phone:
Email:
Manqobamchunu98@gmail.c
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LANGUAGES OF
PROFICIENCY
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
I am a highly productive, energetic individual with a unique combination of different skills and capabilities acquired in the journalism media field. I am highly organized with good communication skills & ability to meet strict deadlines. I have the ability to compile different sources of information and make it more relevant to the audience by either reporting or publishing through different medium. It is always my desire to expand my career growth. I believe that I can make an effective contribution to your company for the following reasons: My experience from my previous employment, my ability to get on with people and work as a team member. I am target driven with unlimited amounts of energy and enthusiasm.
EDUCATION
Course: Investigative Journalist
Institution: Public Relations Solutions
Completed: 2020
Course: Diploma in Journalism
Institution: Icesa City Campus
Completed: 2021
Highest Grade: Grade 12
School: Greytown High School
Completed: 2016
WORK EXPERIENCE
(May 2020- September 2020)
Place: The Gazette Online Newspaper
Position: Assistant editor and head reporter
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the editor-in-chief to research and plan new articles
- Commission articles
- Liase with team members (e.g. writers, reporters and photographers) ensuring deadlines are met
English
- Write and edit pieces
- Proofread and check articles accuracy
Zulu
- Suggest possible sources and improvements for pieces Afrikaans
- Choose supporting material, like images and illustrations
- Follow current events and developments and suggest original ideas
- Use social media to draw attention to articles
- Provide administrative support to the editor-in-chief
- Collect, verify and analyse thoroughly newsworthy information
- Assemble findings into a stable story
- Write and deliver news stories with the reader’s perspective in mind SKILLS
• Interpersonal Skills
• Effective communication
• Verbal and Written Skills
• Computer Literacy
• Organisational skills
• Administration
• Work well under pressure
• Decision making
• Time management
• Detail focused
• Self-motivated
• Conflict resolution
• Leadership
• Adaptability
• Critical thinker
• Ability to analyse,
prioritise and plan
effective
• Event coordinator
• Presentation skills
• Ability to grasp future
digital technology trends
• Camera operator
• Copy editing
• Audio/ video editing
- Publish or broadcast news stories
- Receive assignments or investigate news leads/tips
- Abide by journalism’s ethics and codes
- Contact, interview and research sources
- Maintain notes and audio recordings
- Cooperate with reporters, chief editor, producers etc
- Stay up-to-date with the latest current events in the “beat” by studying papers, attending events etc
(June 2019 – March 2020)
Place: Umgungundlovu FM 107.6
Position: Sport Reporter
Responsibilities:
- Report on current sporting news
- Fact check details related to sports news reports
- Research relevant information, compile and present sports bulletins on air
- Proofread and edit recorded audio before playing the audio on air
- Ensure sporting variety when compiling bulletins
- Write sport stories following the companies style
- Ensure I stick to the deadlines
- Compile daily and weekend diaries
- Ensure that the bulletin has a well-balanced ratio of English and Isizulu
- Make follow ups leads and investigating, such as from tip offs attend sport games, events, tournaments, media briefing and conferences
- Maintain and develop relations with other sport news rooms
- Update on-air personalities on breaking sports stories
- Update all social media sports content
- Recording content for digital platforms
- Ensure quality and professional work
- Attend sport events and observe for news report
- Write up detailed notes concerning details about sporting events
- Interview sport personalities, include athletes and coaches
(December 2018 - April 2019)
Place: Umvoti Aids Centre
Position: Journalist
Responsibilities:
- Reading press release
- Establishing and maintain contacts
- Interview sources
- Writing, editing and submitting copy
- Attending events
- Proofreading
- Verifying statement and facts
- Staying up to date with privacy, contempt and defamation law
- Liasing with editors, sub editors, designers and photographers
- Reading press releases
- Research articles
- Write news piece
- Assess leads and pitch captivating story ideas to editors
- Ensure that I meet all regular and recurring deadlines
- Review and edit work for editorial approval
- Use all findings to prepare clean, concise and factual articles
- Adhere to the ethical code of profession
- Keep records of all notes, interviews and audio files
- Create trustworthy relations with contact and sources for use in future research
- Keep up- to- date on the latest news developments by attending events, studying different papers, opinion pieces, and social media
- Collect, verify and decipher data
(September2020 – December 2020)
Place: Icesa City Campus (Pietermaritzburg)
Position: Tutor
Responsibilities:
- Remain up-to-date with the curriculum and subject-specific content
- Be punctual to all appointments
- Travel to students to provide lessons
- Maintain communication with parents to update them on the student’s progress
- Research learning resources to use during lessons
- Ensure that if any changes need to be made to meeting times, that it is done in a reasonable time frame
- Contributes to student learning
- Facilitate problem solving with a curious mind and critical thinking skills
- Serves a role model for students
- Collaborates effectively with parents and the organization to increase student performance
(January 2019 – June 2019)
Place: Epicnews YouTube Channel
Position: Founder and photo/ video journalist
Responsibilities:
- Performing research for each video
- Finding relevant people to interview when necessary
- Recording footage that has excellent sound and video quality
- Editing footage after it has been recorded to include transitions and text where necessary
- Upload content to a system or website\staying informed about current events
- Keeping abreast of the latest editing software and recording equipment
- As a founder I ensure that the team runs smoothly
- I also report stories as a news anchor on the channel live on the scene
- Conduct in-depth research on the trendy and current topics before every video
- Planning and developing various video segment
- Shooting and selecting best shots
- Determining the location for the video interviews
- Deleting unwanted footages
- Uploading and maintaining a folder with daily footages
- Adhering to the reporting norms and practices when covering stories Place: Highway Radio
Position: Newsreader
Responsibilities:
- Keeping across news agenda, reading newspapers and websites and watching news programmes
- Search variety of stories, cultivating contacts, combing social media and interviewing people
- Research and write bulletins and find relevant audio to illustrate
- Liaising with programme teams about bulletins and any breaking news
- Driving their own desk in the news booth, whilst reading their bulletins on air
- Attend local/ national media briefing events
- Meeting with the news director, reporters and other news anchors
- Collaborating with the news director to select stories to broadcast
- Organize the news to present the most interesting pieces first
- Revise scripts and prepare to deliver them on air
- Engage in commentary
- Introduce news correspondents reporting on scene and ask them relevant questions
- Planning ahead before the time to publish
- Comply with normal code of the journalistic profession
- Stay in contact with industry professional
- Participate in discussion on air
REFERENCES
Mr. S Mkhize
The Gazette (Communications Manager)
Mr. K Zulu
Umgungundlovu FM 107.6 (Sport Editor)
Mr. L Ngubane
Umvoti Aids Centre (Financial Manager)
Mrs K Allenspach
Public Relations Solution (Editor In Chief)
Mr S Khoza
Epicnews Youtube Channel (Team Agency)
Mrs N Mbambo
Highway Radio (News editor)
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