News Anchor

About the Company – CGTN Europe Ltd. is an award winning, multi-cultural and multimedia production centre located in Chiswick Business Park in West London. It operates from a state of the art, purpose-built newsroom, covering international business and politics with a European focus. CGTN Europe uncovers and explains news and trends from within Europe for a worldwide audience while also delivering new perspectives and voices to contextualise global stories. CGTN Europe Ltd. serves as the primary content provider for CGTN, which is an international media organisation launched on December 31, 2016. CGTN strives to deliver objective, balanced, impartial news, and current affairs content, presenting a Chinese perspective.

About the Role – Presenting news stories to the public in a clear, engaging and informative manner.

Responsibilities: As a News Anchor, you will:

• Present scheduled shows on CGTN’s television and digital platforms as well as hosting ad hoc programmes/projects or remote and in-person events.
• Conduct interviews and where necessary pre-interviews both live and pre-recorded, on set and on location.
• Research topics and background information, pitch ideas, write and amend scripts, liaise with other members of the editorial teams.
• Manage breaking news with ease, liaise with on-air producers and gallery staff, and conduct live interviews.
• Deliver live reports to air with fluency and authority across all broadcast and digital platforms for CGTN Europe.
• Be proficient in writing and structuring news packages in a high pressure, deadline-driven environment.
• Contribute to news production by pitching stories, writing scripts and questions, and helping set the editorial agenda.
• Conceive and execute ideas for content tailor-made for digital and social media platforms.
• Perform to the highest professional standards both in the studio and on location, in both presenting and reporting capacities.
• Represent the channel either as a moderator or speaker at third party events, forums and conferences as required.
• Play a team role, with a collaborative approach to producing the highest quality output. This can include identifying and eliminating errors, offering feedback and coaching for colleagues where appropriate.
• Ability to work in a multicultural newsroom alongside team with diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
• Represent the network in a professional manner at all times, whether on air or in interactions on social media or other publicly accessible platforms.
• Be prepared to travel on assignment across the UK, Europe and worldwide.

Qualifications –

Degree in Journalism, Communications, or related field is preferred.

Required Skills:

• At least 10 years of experience as a broadcast and digital news correspondent or presenter with an international media organization.
• Extensive knowledge of current events, geopolitics, and international relations, especially across and within Europe and Asia.
• Experience of reporting/presenting European, Chinese, and international news to a general audience in a clear and compelling way.
• Experience of conducting compelling, news-making interviews, have a wide network of contacts for use as high-profile guests on our news programmes.
• Have a proven history of breaking stories and generating distinctive content for the daily news agenda.
• Have experience of presenting/reporting for both general and business news, and an ability to make complex issues understandable to an international audience.

Equal Opportunity Statement – CGTN Europe Ltd. is committed to achieving a working environment which provides equality of opportunity, value, and respect, regardless of race, religion or belief, national origin, marital or civil partnership status, maternity or pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender or gender reassignment or any other protected group status.

Our diverse employees individually contribute to CGTN Europe’s programming, live output and across a range of online platforms and podcasts. We continue to encourage talented people from all backgrounds to apply to our roles and to welcome into our company.