Journalist, Digital News - EXTEND

You will work at the heart of the BBC newsroom, producing stories, videos and working on live pages on the biggest daily news, bringing in many millions of users from the UK and around the world. We are based in the heart of the BBC newsroom in London and work with colleagues around the world.

Main Responsibilities

• A Journalist on the Digital News team will be expected to write accurate, pithy news stories, live page posts and produce timely digital video - with flair and context.
• You will have a love of news, sharp writing and editing skills and a thoughtful approach to how we tell a story.
• Tasks could range from jumping on a breaking news live page, to writing a news story and working with a correspondent on analysis, or producing fast turnaround video of key news moments.
• The team needs people with experience in text and video on digital news platforms who can quickly produce clear and accurate copy and identify key news lines and context.
• You will have useful and creative approaches to the big stories in the UK and around the world, including the best formats and visual treatments.
• These shift-based roles will include weekend and nights.

Are you the right person?

• Experience of writing fast-paced, breaking online news stories or live-page posts with attention to accuracy, context and tone.
• Experience of producing and editing news video that will appeal to digital news consumers.
• A proven capacity to generate ideas that will help bring in new audiences and broaden our editorial agenda.
• A track record of working swiftly and making decisions under intense pressure.
• A track record of covering the UK and international news agenda.

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. 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.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.