HUB_MultiMedia_Editor_SOW_FINAL.pdf

STATEMENT OF WORK

“Multimedia (Hub Editor)”

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

BACKGROUND

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

(1) General Responsibilities of Contractor.

- Contractor shall provide services for VOA News Center to edit scripts for all platforms on breaking and longer form news and storytelling.

-Contractor will make updates and quick edits to content in the VOA CMS.

- Contractor shall set the news lineup in the newsroom management system.

- Contractor shall vet, reformat, edit, proofread and publish VOA radio and television scripts, correspondent reports, wire rewrites, original reporting and content from sister-agencies such as rferl.org (Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty) and rfa.org (Radio Free Asia), graphics, social posts, transcripts, and other content.

- The contractor shall also view and confirm as appropriate, complete, comprehensive and balanced all produced tv, digital and social video and photo stories, audio and graphics.

- Contractor shall, when necessary, collaborate with editors, reporters, producers, designers and developers to optimize and ensure the best possible reporting, writing and production of content for all platforms.

- Contractor shall rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, and when possible, work in concert with other VOA editors, correspondents and contributors regarding changes in content, style or logical narrative organization, and to verify facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources, and contribute reporting as needed; contractor shall collaborate to conceptualize, plan, line-edit and proof incoming news stories and blogs entries.

- Contractor shall, when necessary, make use of appropriate sources and materials to create fresh and relevant stories that conform to VOA style and guidelines

- Contractor shall monitor wires, feeds and social media to alert other editors, writers, producers and staff to developing or breaking news. .

(2) Required expertise.

- Expertise with news writing and storytelling

- Experience vetting, reformatting, editing, proofreading and fact-checking television scripts, radio, digital, social media scripts and graphics.

- Experience researching news content for accuracy and verification

- Experience collaborating with editors, reporters, producers, artists and vjs

- Ability to multitask and work quickly while paying attention to details

- Possess core journalism skills (reporting, writing and editing).

- Experience working in a print or online newsroom preferred

DELIVERABLES, INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE, AND PAYMENT TERMS

DELIVERABLES

The Contractor shall provide deliverables that are responsive to the statement of work / specifications described in the task order and that conform to the Deliverables Inspection and Acceptance Criteria section of this task order. The Contractor shall submit all deliverables to the COR identified herein for dissemination to USAGM subject matter expert(s) for review and comments. Final inspection and acceptance of all work performed and deliverables will be performed by the COR.

The following deliverables are essential to the successful completion of this contract:

� Properly edited scripts: Text has been edited formatted correctly, including the addition of appropriate subheads, script notes. Story has been copy edited, spell checked, names verified, fact-checked and checked for balance, comprehensiveness, that it is up to date, and meets criteria when assigned to journalist. The headline and teaser have been carefully written to entice readers.

� Updated content: When required, collaborates with editors, reporter, writers and artists to make updates and other changes to articles and other content to make sure it is up to date.

site has the latest, most accurate, verified news; monitors other news sources (TV, wires, original sources, etc.) and coordinates with newsroom editors to update VOA content.

� News Monitoring: monitors news sources (TV, wires, original sources, social media etc.)

and coordinates with newsroom editors to update VOA content.

� Content Creation: As required, writes and reports news stories out of the News Center or updates existing stories if developments occur.

� Communication and coordination: When serving as editor, maintains regular communication with editors and staff on all platforms in News Center to make sure the latest news is being addressed and that scripts and requests are being edited and fulfilled.

Communicates directions for production and editing of pieces, emails edited pieces to reporters for approval, alerts other editors and management of issues, answers hub phone and assists with requests.

DELIVERABLE SCHEDULE

The Contractor shall submit the required deliverables to the COR in accordance with the following schedule:

Deliverables Schedule

Deliverables Due Date

Properly edited scripts As assigned

Updated content As assigned

News Monitoring As assigned

Content Creation As assigned

Communication and coordination As assigned

F.4 PLACE OF DELIVERY FOR DELIVERABLES

Item(s) to be delivered under this contract shall be delivered electronically to:

Deliverable Item #

# of Copies Address

All items 1 COR or Hub/ Web Editor News Center 330 Independence Ave SW Washington DC 20237

The COR will specify the place of delivery for items to be delivered under this contract that have not been listed in the preceding table upon their assignment.

DELIVERABLE INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA

Inspection The COR will review, for completeness and quality, all deliverables submitted by the Contractor, and may return them to the Contractor for correction. The Contracting Officer may delegate responsibility for review to other employees with appropriate expertise. Absence of any comments by the COR will not relieve the Contractor of the responsibility for complying with the requirements of the contract. Final approval and acceptance of deliverables will be provided to the Contractor in writing by the COR. The COR will have up to two days to inspect deliverables and return them to the Contractor for correction.

Acceptance Criteria All contractor-produced documents and documentation (‘deliverables) shall meet the following general acceptance criteria. Final inspection and acceptance of all work performed, reports and other deliverables, will be performed at the place of delivery by the USAGM’s COR.

• Clarity Deliverables and technical content shall be relevant and unambiguous, and shall adhere to accepted elements of style. Presentations, if any, shall be easy to understand and be relevant to the supporting narrative.

• Adherence to Requirements All deliverables must satisfy the requirements of this statement of work and must contribute to the overall success of the tasks.

• Format Deliverables shall be submitted in the format specified on the Deliverables section of the contract (if applicable), or as specified by the COR. If format is not specified in the Deliverables section of the contract, the Contractor shall submit all work products in formats compatible with Microsoft.

• Completeness Deliverables shall be comprehensive and entirely developed (i.e. have all required parts and elements).

• Timeliness –Deliverables shall be available at the time required and generated on or before specified and mutually agreed to due dates or in accordance with a later mutually agreed to scheduled date.

• Significant Deficiencies - Deliverables shall be free of significant deficiencies.

Significant deficiencies are findings by reviewing officials of serious omissions, inaccuracies, noncompliance with contract requirements and standards.

PAYMENT

The Contractor shall submit invoices only for work that has been submitted to the COR, and inspected and accepted by the COR.

SECURITY

All candidates must undergo a public trust background investigation prior to reporting on-site.

This process may take 30-45 days after selection. Candidates will not be allowed to work until such investigation is complete.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The contract will commence on or about July 01, 2019, with work described concluding on or about June 30, 2020

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

The work on this contract shall be conducted at the US Agency for Global Media, 330 Independence Ave, SW, Washington, DC 20237 or contractor’s worksite.

CONTRACT TYPE/VEHICLE

Firm Fixed Price to be awarded under a Commercial contract.

SUBMISSION OF INVOICES

1952.232-91 Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Payment Platform (IPP) (April 2016) Payment requests for all new awards must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Payment Platform System (IPP). "Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in FAR 32.905(b), "Payment documentation and process" and the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in this contract. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov.

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