A UK video website WinkBall, is employing 30 local citizen journalists as well as having
its video reporters travelling from the UK for the forthcoming World Cup.
The reporters, will be tasked with talking to fans, businesses and visitors about the build up to the World Cup as well as cover the games of the tournament. They’ll be concentrating on recording on video the opinions and emotions of supporters from South Africa and overseas.
Fifteen reporters will be based in Johannesburg and another fifteen in Cape Town. They’ll be initially employed on two month contracts – and those demonstrating a love of the job, a rapport with the public and good reporting skills will be offered long term contracts as WinkBall branches out its global network of reporters. WinkBall has reporters working daily from New York and LA and is soon to open offices in Paris and India.
“We want to capture the people, culture, sights and sounds of South Africa’s World Cup – it’s a unique opportunity to get the citizen video view of the tournament,” said Dr James Ohene-Djan, Managing Director of WinkBall. “WinkBall is really excited to be at the World Cup in South Africa.
“Instead of sending a large crew of UK reporters thousands of miles as other media outlets do, we are hiring and training thirty local reporters to get an amazing insight into what’s going on behind the scenes at street
level. This is truly an online World Cup and we want to speak to real fans for their reactions and predictions.”
The contract will include pay equivalent to GBP15 an hour, a camcorder, uniform and training. Enter at: http://www.winkball.com/worldcup
