Journalist - Online

October 14, 2024

Industry: Private

Employment Type:- Full Time

Work Hours:- 8 Hours

Locations:- USA

Full Job Description:-

Job Purpose

We are looking for a motivated, innovative online journalist based in Sheffield. Part of our new local story hub, you will help shape our digital agenda and roll out our stories across all of our platforms in the most effective way possible, reaching and connecting with our communities across the region.

This will primarily be a digital writing role with an emphasis on digital-first storytelling online, with multimedia opportunities to expand your storytelling even further across online, social media, television and radio channels.

We want driven and passionate journalists who want to help reach new audiences with the news that matters to them.

The role requires someone who will be keen to do more than just look for press releases – we want original ideas that help reflect the diverse audience that lives across the region. Creative treatments, gaining great access to people at the heart of stories and working collaboratively with a wide range of colleagues are essential.

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Key Responsibilities And Accountabilities

Producing and writing local news content for the BBC website and social media accounts for the region and beyond.
Being ready to produce fast, accurate copy when a big story breaks – it’s likely to be on the BBC News front page, so you’ll need to be confident writing quickly.
Responsible for originating and producing stories for the BBC website which can also be used on other outlets, as well as turning around content from wires and press releases.
Working with colleagues to ensure all our journalism works across digital, TV and audio platforms.
Come up with story and feature ideas that help us represent the many different sides of life in the region.
To tailor different news treatments for different audiences ensuring that the output reflects the audiences we serve.
Use social and video to help your journalism travel further either on your own or working with our social and video specialists.
You need to be adept at technology, picking up new skills and adapting to the changing demands of a digital working environment.
The role requires some weekend working and early/late start times.

Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience

The ideal candidate will meet the following criteria; 

Have a professional background exhibiting sound editorial judgement, making decisions on matters of editorial sensitivity under pressure.
Be curious in your approach to delivering original journalism.
Able to write clean, accurate and concise copy with quick turnaround times, for publication on the BBC website.
Substantial professional experience of working in courts and tribunals
Be familiar with social media in a news context and know how to make the most of various platforms to source and reach a range of audiences
Understanding of SEO within a news context to help our stories reach the people most interested in and impacted by them.
A keen eye for strong imagery to make stories standout online and be able do basic photo editing.

About The BBC

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours here .

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here .