Senior News Reporter

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We are hiring a sharp, politically fluent Multimedia Reporter to report, chase, break and explain politics for 4PM News Network. This role is for a reporter who lives politics, understands political operating systems deeply (party structures, election machinery, policy, parliament, secretariat, bureaucracy, lobbying, power networks) and can convert this into daily video + desk copy + live hits digital output.

This is a front-line on-ground reporting role.

• daily on ground political reporting — Mumbai, Maharashtra and National beats
• source building across parties / strategists / consultants / IAS / media ops / data teams
• go live, front camera / standups / explainers / quick hits
• ideate + pitch + script + write + VO own stories end-to-end
• package content optimized for digital break formats
• track narrative manipulation / data fraud / messaging engineering in political ecosystem
• real time newsroom response to breaking political news
• generate original exclusives, scoops, docs + leak based stories
• collaborate with newsroom, video, research, graphics, social to push impact
• ensure accuracy, compliance, legal safe reporting

• 4–8 years political reporting / political journalism preferred
• strong on-camera presence + writing clarity
• deep grounding in real Indian politics (not meme / not influencer political takes)
• understands election number science
• strong sourcing and field reporting instinct
• comfort with fast news cycles + long hours in election seasons
• can handle pressure, ambiguity, high velocity decision making

• Hindi preferred
• previous digital-first newsroom experience
• previous election desk or party beat experience

• high velocity political newsroom with real reach
• extremely high impact environment
• independence + ownership over stories
• career scale + election cycle scale exposure at national level

4pmnewsteam@gmail.com