Thandeka Tshabalala

Newzroom Afrika is a premier South African 24-hour news and information service.

Role:

• Generate news content by cutting soundbytes from studio guests, press briefings, court proceedings, and live reporter crossings.
• Write clear, accurate news scripts, anchor intros, and voice-overs in line with editorial standards.
• Convert press statements, interviews, and briefings into broadcast-ready news packages.
• Continuously update stories as developments unfold, ensuring factual accuracy and relevance.
• Transcribe interviews accurately.
• Utilised exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills to produce engaging and error-free content.
• Follow company policies and editorial guidelines to craft thorough, well-written content.

The Big Debate - The Big Debate South Africa is a South African television debate series with a focus on pertinent contemporary political topics to South Africa. It is conducted in a "town hall debate" style

Role:

• Produced 3-minutes editorial inserts aligned with live studio debates on national political and social issues.
• Researched topics and sourced relevant guests, analysts, lobby groups, and vox pop contributors.
• Conducted on-camera interviews and field vox pops.
• Collaborated closely with the Series Producer to ensure editorial balance and narrative coherence.
• Coordinated logistics and schedules.
• Planned remote video shoots by managing production through stages to completion.

Daily Thetha -Daily Thetha is an educational TV talk show that empowers the youth through engaging dialogue.

Role:

• Developed engaging, youth-focused educational content for a national TV talk show.
• Researched topics and case studies.
• Craft plan on the running order of the show.
• Wrote scripts, interview questions and conducted presenter briefs.
• Coordinated inserts with video editors and production team.
• Conducted briefs with guests and audience members.
• Directed presenter during live show.
• Identified gaps in existing content offerings, proposing new topics to address audience needs and interests.
• Assisted in the video production process from pre-production planning through post-production editing stages.

eNCA is a 24-hour television news broadcaster focusing on South African and African stories. The broadcaster made history when it launched on 1 June 2008, becoming South Africa's first 24-hour news service.

Role:

• Generate news content by cutting soundbytes from studio guests, press briefings, court proceedings, and live reporter crossings.
• Write clear, accurate news scripts, anchor intros and voice-overs in line with editorial standards.
• Convert press statements, interviews and briefings into broadcast-ready news packages.
• Continuously update stories as developments unfold, ensuring factual accuracy and relevance.
• Transcribed interviews accurately.

Africa Tonight -Africa Tonight is a 30-minutes news bulletin that focuses on stories from the African Continent. The show features the top stories of the day, providing in-depth analysis on the biggest stories from the African continent.

Role:

• Produced news inserts and packages.
• Sourced, rewrote and packaged wire stories to match channel style and editorial tone.
• Wrote scrips, anchor links, and voice-overs under strict deadlines.
• Researched, booked, and coordinated guests.
• Prepared anchor with background briefs, research notes and key discussion points.
• Wrote headlines and compiled running order for live broadcast.
• Ensured a smooth, efficient execution of live broadcasts in a fast-paced newsroom environment.
• Oversaw post-production processes, including video editing and sound mixing, to ensure a polished final product.

I Am South African - I am South African is a talk show that celebrates ordinary South Africans doing extra ordinary things. The show profiled some of the country’s most celebrated personalities and was a build up to the ANN7 South African of the year awards.

Role:

• Researched and and brainstormed engaging, editorially relevant content for broadcast.
• Coordinated with guest relations team to secure and manage guests.
• Researched and compiled presenter scripts in line with the show's editorial angle.
• Prepared presenter with background information, research notes and structured interview questions.
• Wrote editorial inserts, providing context on discussion topics and featured guests.
• Ensured inserts were accurately voiced, and edited to broadcast standards.
• Briefed presenter, guest relations and directors on the show's running order and objectives.

SA Decides -SA Decides gives ordinary people across South Africa a platform to share stories on their daily challenges and/or stories about developments in their communities. Reporters are deployed in all nine provinces of South Africa to document people's daily lived experiences as a build up to the 2014 national elections. The show features a panel of analysts to discuss various issues such as service delivery, development issues and the economy.

Role:

• Edited news inserts and interviews recorded by field reporters.
• Coordinated closely with video editors to ensure accurate and timely packaging.
• Communicated daily editorial briefs to reporters, outlining the topic, angle, and objective of the show.
• Transcribed interviews accurately.

The South African Broadcasting Corporation is a public broadcaster, with a mandate to inform, educate and entertain the public of South Africa.

Role:

• Attended press briefings and events, compiling of scripts for television and radio broadcasts.
• Organised and conducted interviews with key sources and stakeholders.
• Researched news stories and supported reporters in developing accurate, compelling news content.
• Worked closely with camera operators during field reporting and outside broadcasts.
• Maintained constant communication with news editors, providing live updates from the field.
• Delivered news updates for SABC Radio as required.

Kasie Talk - Student Intern Assistant Producer

• Assisted in radio show production.
• Conducted research, compiled scripts, and coordinated guests.