Journalist – Travel & Tourism (B2B)
Journalist Travel & Tourism (B2B)
Join an editorial team providing accurate, timely and operationally relevant reporting for travel professionals. Johannesburg | Travel and Tourism | 8:00 - 17:00 | R15 000 - R35 000 Junior and Senior salary range
About Our Client
Our client is a print and online publications company with a business-to-business focus. They write for niche trade industries such as travel, tourism, energy, agriculture, and freight.
The Role: Journalist Travel & Tourism (B2B)
The purpose of this role is to join the editorial team of Travel News and Tourism Update to serve travel professionals with business-to-business journalism. The role focuses on delivering news that readers rely on for accuracy and operational relevance while requiring the journalist to become an industry expert.
Key Responsibilities- Demonstrate journalism experience with published work.
- Produce daily trade-focused news articles.
- Conduct interviews with operators and tourism boards.
- Analyse policy and regulatory developments.
- Attend industry events and press briefings.
- Deliver work within agreed deadlines.
- Adopt a business-to-business mindset rather than a business-to-consumer approach.
- Demonstrated journalism experience with published work.
- Strong writing and analytical skills.
- Valid driver''s licence and own vehicle.
- Strong news acumen and global awareness.
- Ability to write compelling lead stories and a desire to be first with industry news.
- Deadline-driven and organised.
- Professional confidence in interviews and industry engagement.
- Driven and commercially aware.