13 Oct 2023 1:58 PM GMT
Live Law is hiring for the following positions:
• Associate Editor
• Correspondent, Gujarat High Court
• Correspondent, Madhya Pradesh High Court
• Correspondent, Rajasthan High Court
Eligibility:
Candidates applying for Associate Editor role must have a degree in Law. Should have at least five years experience in legal journalism. Excellent writing skills, sharp legal acumen, good news sense, ability to manage CMS & SEO are necessary.
Candidates applying for Correspondent role must have a degree in Law. Freshers can also apply. A person with prior writing experience and/or ability to live-tweet hearings will be preferred.
Job profile (Associate Editor):
1. Editing reports about judgments and court hearings. The editing process involves fact-checking, proof-reading, improving readability, choosing the apt heading, highlighting important and news-worthy angles.
2. Coordinating with the reporting team to follow important legal developments. Identify reportable case hearings and judgments.
3. Tracking breaking legal news.
4. Researching about significant legal topics of news value and preparing simple explainers about them.
5. Working on analytical and opinion pieces about major court developments.
Job profile (Correspondent):
1. Keep track of all the developments from the courts and submit timely news reports after attending the hearings. Keep track of orders/judgments uploaded by Courts and make factual and concise reports as quickly as possible.
3. Live-tweet important matters of public interest.
4. It is a full-time job where you will be expected to remain abreast of all the latest happenings, both inside and outside courts. Since we are a digital medium, both speed and accuracy is a must.
Location: Nature of work is online. Remote working is possible.
Salary: Remuneration will be commensurate with experience and proven ability.
Send your resume to [email protected] and a brief statement explaining why you should be hired for the role for which you are applying.
Please also specify the role you are applying for in the subject of your email [eg: Correspondent, Gujarat High Court].