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Reporter, Creative Economy & Media Business

Location: Remote (based in Nigeria)

Reports To: Founder

Job Type: Full-Time
Level: Mid-senior
Start Date: September 2026

About Communiqué

At Communiqué, we’re passionate about highlighting Africa’s vibrant media and creative economy. We produce a high-quality newsletter, insightful reports, and engaging multimedia content that explore the dynamic intersections of media, culture, business, and innovation across the continent. With over 5,000 subscribers worldwide, we’re proud to be part of shaping important conversations about Africa’s future.

Our focus is on the business of culture and media in Africa. We don’t chase entertainment coverage or the drama around it; others do that well. Our goal is to help people and companies grasp the business aspects of the media and creative sectors and become trusted experts and partners. Our stories tend to be constructive and analytical, primarily covering topics such as the creator economy, streaming, film, music, gaming, and the exciting technologies behind these industries. We also explore sports when they align with our media focus, maintaining discipline in where we direct our attention.

Role Overview

We’re looking for a sharp, ambitious business reporter to cover the companies, deals, and people shaping Africa’s media and creative economy—think Variety or The Hollywood Reporter, but for Africa and through Communiqué’s rigorous, analytical lens. You’ll deliver 6–8 deeply reported stories every month, working sources and finding exclusives. Our analyst covers these sectors at a high, structural level; your job is to go deeper and uncover the stories beneath the surface—the specific deals, decisions, people, and companies the broader analysis can’t reach. You bring the sources, the scoops, and the on-the-ground reporting.

You’ll learn and help advance the Communiqué Method, our standard for rigorous, original, and genuinely insightful storytelling. Our standards are high, and we want someone who cares about excellence, finds genuine enjoyment in the craft, and has the instincts, network, and discipline to produce consistently at a high level. Beyond writing, you’ll represent Communiqué on industry panels and in TV and radio interviews. Bonus points if you already know and engage deeply with the Communiqué community.

You’ll report across three core areas that share a common spine: how creative work in Africa gets financed, distributed, and monetised. That business lens is the heart of the role. In film, that means the deals, financing, and operators behind African cinema distribution and box-office economics, filmmaker strategy, IP, policy, and how new formats like AI and microdrama are reshaping the business. In music, it’s industry structure and economics, the real terms behind streaming and touring deals, live events, and global deal flows. And across media and the creator economy, it’s the businesses being built, media models from advertising to subscriptions, the economics of journalism, platform monetisation, creator brand deals and their actual worth, and the tools and agencies powering the space.

Key Responsibilities

- Deliver 6–8 original feature stories each month covering the media and creative economy.

- Develop and work a strong network of sources across these sectors: financiers, executives, founders, creators, distributors, and the operators who make the deals.

- Break news, find exclusives, identify trends, and pursue stories others miss.

Conduct thorough interviews, verify facts rigorously, and ground every story in specifics.

- Keep stories constructive and analytical to help readers understand the business behind the media and culture in Africa.

- Learn, implement, and help improve the Communiqué Method for top-tier reporting.

- Uphold high standards of accuracy, clarity, and depth in every piece.

- Represent Communiqué at industry events, panels, and media interviews, articulating our perspectives confidently.

- Partner with our analyst and research team to turn structural insight into sourced, reported stories—and feed your on-the-ground findings back into the bigger picture.

- Coordinate with design and engagement teams so stories land well across formats.

What We're Looking For

- At least 5 years of reporting experience, especially in business, culture, media, or the creative economy.

- Proven ability to produce a steady stream of well-researched, original stories.

- A deep and verifiable network of sources and industry contacts. You have strong reporting muscles for source development, interviewing, fact-checking, and news judgment.

- Strong business-reporting instincts. You’re comfortable with deals, financing, and the economics behind a story.

- Confident in public speaking for panels and media appearances.

- Based in Nigeria, preferably Lagos.

- Comfortable working with a remote team. Show up reliably for your teammates and over-communicate when it counts.

- A genuine care for excellence and a willingness to learn the Communiqué Method.

Compensation & Benefits

As a startup, we offer a fixed salary of N5.4 million annually (gross). Our benefits include:

- Flexible working arrangements

- Remote work setup and allowances (laptop, internet up to N20,000 per month, co-working space allowance up to N20,000)

- Annual performance bonus

- Up to 20% annual rent contribution (up to N1 million) after one year

- Maternity and paternity leave aligned with industry standards

Tell us about yourself

How did you hear about this role?

How did you hear about this role?

Pitch us one story you would report in your first month. Who would you talk to, and why does it matter to our audience? (max: 1,000 characters)

We publish constructive, analytical journalism about the business behind the media and culture. Not entertainment coverage or drama. Tell us about a story you’ve reported (or would report) that fits this lens. (max: 1,000 characters)

Share links to 2–3 published stories you’re most proud of. (Paste URLs; if anything is paywalled or unpublished, you can attach a link to a PDF or document.)

This role requires you to deliver 6–8 deeply reported stories a month. Tell us how you organise your reporting and manage your time to produce consistently at a high standard. Tell us about your network too — which sources, sectors, or relationships would you bring to this beat? (max: 1,500 characters)

This role involves representing Communiqué in public—on panels and in TV/radio interviews. Tell us about your experience speaking publicly or on camera (links welcome).

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