We are looking for talents for the exciting project of Taiwan's first English-language news and programming platform Taiwan Plus, which is funded by the Ministry of Culture. Applicants please send an English (or Chinese) resume and/or coverletter to the following email address.

Email/Inquiry: personnel-video@mail.cna.com.tw
Salary: Negotiable
Benefits: In compliance with Taiwan's Labor Standards Act

About Us

Taiwan Plus (國際影音串流平台) is Taiwan's first English-language news and programming platform targeted at the international audience. https://t.co/lFra9DDrpW?amp=1 / https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202105050008

This important effort aims to present Taiwan’s perspectives and voice in the world, and elevate Taiwan's visibility and influence in the international community. It will provide news and programming about, relevant to and beyond Taiwan. It aims to be the most influential voice leading the global conversations on topics relevant to Taiwan, regional developments and all the values that Taiwan represents, including democracy, human rights, openness, innovation, among others.

We are building a world-class A team with top talent from around the world. We are looking for the best people in your field, who are committed to the values that Taiwan represents and want to make a difference.

Available Positions

**A1 Assignment / Feature reporters

Job Description:
1. Up to date on daily news and recent developments and conducting on-the-spot interviews for major news and feature stories.
2. Independently conduct English interviews; news/feature script writing, subscripting, conducting voiceovers, and basic audio-video shooting.
3. Occasional offsite interviews (business trips).
4. Working shifts to accommodate news/reporting needs.
Qualifications:
1. College degree or higher; communications majors preferred (but not a requirement).
2. At least 3 years of experience in English-language media (or English video related).
3. Proficient in Microsoft Office (e.g., Word), script writing; familiarity with news shooting and video editing workflows preferred.
4. Proficient in both Chinese and English (level equivalent to TOEIC score of 900 or above). Please include in your resume your language proficiency level in listening, speaking, reading, and writing (rate from a score of 1-5, with 1 being native).
5. Passionate about reporting news on Taiwan to foreign audiences, regional and international major developments, and covering news on various places in and stories about Taiwan.

Please also attach to your resume your work portfolio (links) or professional social media accounts (e.g., Twitter).

**A2 Videographers

Job Description:
1. Filming (including aerial views) and editing of news clips.
2. Live broadcast of news interviews.
3. Independently conduct stand-alone reporting/shooting.
4. Occasional offsite interviews (business trips).
5. Working shifts to accommodate news/reporting needs.
Qualifications:
1. College degree or higher; communications majors preferred (but not a requirement).
2. At least 3 years of experience in filming (shooting).
3. Ability to lead shootings and clip editing processes; including precisely managing overall story flows and screen narrations.
4. Proficient in Chinese and basic command of English (level equivalent to TOEIC score of 400 or above). Please include in your resume your language proficiency level in listening, speaking, reading, and writing (rate from a score of 1-5, with 1 being native).
5. Ability to work overtime to accommodate shooting schedules.
Please also attach to your resume your work portfolio (links).

**A3 Supervisors, Copy Editing Team

Job Description:
1. Understanding and familiarity with translation, script, format, and check/approval requirements of all units on the platform; simultaneous coordination of the needs of all units on the platform.
2. Assigning of work and final review of the final output (copy edited work) of the team.
3. Supervise and manage work quality of all copy editors to ensure that the quality of the copy edits is on par with global media standards.
Qualifications:
1. College degree or higher; communications majors preferred (but not a requirement).
2. At least 5 years of experience in English-language media, English video related experience preferred.
3. Proficient in Microsoft Office (e.g., Word) and news release and editing workflows; familiarity with video editing and post-production workflows.
4. Proficient in both Chinese and English (level equivalent to TOEIC score of 900 or above). Please include in your resume your language proficiency level in listening, speaking, reading, and writing (rate from a score of 1-5, with 1 being native).
5. Passionate about reporting news on Taiwan to foreign audiences, regional and international major developments, and covering news on various places in and stories about Taiwan.
Please also attach to your resume your work portfolio (links).

**A4 Copy Editor

Job Description:
1. Proofread text, correct spelling and grammar errors of all video scripts
2. Fact-check information
3. Rewrite stories if required
4. Chinese-to-English translation if required
5. Full-time in-house position
Qualifications:
1. College degree or higher
2. Native English speaker. Preferably good command in Chinese, especially reading
a. Preferably having previous experiences in copy editing and journalism
b. Preferably knowledgeable about Taiwanese culture, politics and current affairs
c. Experience in re-versioning videos & reworking story narratives is a plus

《女性的復仇》最新專訪，刊登於藝術電影平台 MUBI。文章中也呈現了一些開拍前的分鏡手稿。
An interview/review by #MattTurner now on MUBI.

“In his recent “reshooting” series, Taiwanese artist-filmmaker Su Hui-yu takes forgotten or forbidden artifacts from Taiwanese’s cultural collective consciousness and brings them vividly back into the present, re-staging and reworking elements of the source materials into elaborate, expressive new scenarios that involve careful, considered choreography of both the camera and performers, bright, bold color and costuming, and no shortage of sexual or violent imagery. The result is something like a speculative remake, not so much a re-imaging but more a reimagining: a new work that bears ghost-traces of the original, related to it but unshackled from its limitations.”

https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/an-interview-with-su-hui-yu-ghost-traces-of-the-original-in-the-woman-s-revenge

CNA is looking for the following talents for Taiwan’s new online English video channel, which is soon to be established as a pathway and aggregation platform to raise Taiwan’s profile in cyberspace.

WANTED: Copy editors

Job Description:
1. Proofread text, correct spelling and grammar errors of all video scripts
2. Fact-check information
3. Rewrite stories if required
4. Chinese-to-English translation if required
5. Full-time in-house position

Qualifications:
1. College degree or higher
2. Proficiency in both English and Chinese
3. Preferably having previous experiences in copy editing and journalism
4. Preferably knowledgeable about Taiwanese culture, domestic politics and current affairs
5. Experience in re-versioning videos & reworking story narratives is a plus

Applicants please send resume and/or portfolio to personnel-video@mail.cna.com.tw before Dec. 5, 2020.

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Bangkok is a city of malls, markets and endless shopping … but most of those malls are selling clothes, and really how many clothes does a person need. Every Wednesday, the weekend chatuchak market transforms into a heaven for plant lovers. Designed for professionals looking to buy stuff for landscape jobs, it’s also a way for all of us to get our hands on really cool stuff for next to nothing. Prices are beyond cheap and there’s enough plants to keep you entertained all day long.

Come with us as we start reworking our balcony garden, shopping for plants and seeing what takes at home. Keep watching too, because I have feeling we’ll be heading back for more and more plants. One can never have enough:)

http://www.chatuchakmarket.org/
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