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Role Overview
The Media Scan & Insight Gatherer (Punjabi) will be responsible for continuously monitoring Punjab's news media, digital platforms and social media to identify important political developments, emerging narratives, public reactions, controversies and content opportunities.
The role will support the Media, Social Media, Research and Campaign teams by converting large volumes of media information into short, relevant and actionable insights.
Key Responsibilities
- Daily monitoring of Punjabi newspapers, TV news, digital news portals and social media.
- Track news and statements related to political parties, leaders, MLAs, MPs and government departments.
- Identify important political developments, controversies and emerging issues.
- Monitor what is trending across Punjab's political and social media ecosystem.
- Identify issues receiving high public attention or criticism.
- Track statements, speeches, interviews and social media posts of important political leaders.
- Monitor opposition narratives and counter-narratives.
- Identify positive, negative and neutral narratives around key political personalities and issues.
- Track public reactions and discussions in Punjabi digital media and social platforms.
- Identify potential topics for graphics, reels, videos, social media posts and campaign communication.
- Share important news and developments with the relevant team on a daily/real-time basis.
- Maintain a structured database of important news, issues, statements and sources.
- Verify important information before circulating it internally.
- Prepare short daily/weekly media scan reports.
What You Need to Deliver
The researcher should be able to convert media monitoring into a simple format:
What happened?
Who said/did it?
Why is it important?
What is the public/media reaction?
What is the political implication?
Can this become a content opportunity?
Source/link?
Daily Output
The role may include preparing:
- Daily Punjab Political Media Scan
- Breaking News Alerts
- Important Political Statements
- Trending Issues
- Political Controversies
- Leader-wise Media Monitoring
- Party-wise Media Monitoring
- Positive/Negative Narrative Tracking
- Public Sentiment/Reaction Notes
- Content Opportunities
- Opposition Narrative Tracking
- Weekly Media Insights
Required Skills
- Strong understanding of Punjab politics and current affairs.
- Excellent Punjabi reading and comprehension.
- Ability to read and understand Punjabi news quickly.
- Strong internet and social media research skills.
- Good understanding of political news and narratives.
- Ability to identify what is important vs. what is merely noise.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Good English communication for reporting insights to the wider team.
- Ability to work quickly during breaking news and political events.
Preferred
- Experience in political research, journalism, media monitoring, social media or political consulting.
- Familiarity with Punjab's major newspapers and digital news platforms.
- Understanding of Punjab's political parties, leaders and regional issues.
- Experience using Google Sheets/Excel for tracking information.
- Basic understanding of social media trends and analytics.
Ideal Candidate
We are looking for someone who reads the news every day, understands Punjab politics, knows what people are talking about, and can quickly tell the team why a particular development matters.
This is not a simple news-copying role. The candidate should be able to move from:
News → Context → Insight → Political Implication → Content Opportunity
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