A senior data journalist post in the data team of BBC Verify, which sits within BBC News and covers stories from across the whole news agenda. The role centres on finding original data-led stories, visualising the figures behind the headlines and supporting the team's daily and investigative output. It is a full-time, one-year fixed-term contract within a team of data journalists, data scientists, designers and statisticians, working across the BBC newsroom. Applicants must submit four to six examples of published work.
What the job involves
- Work on short-term graphic and data requests, live page posts and longer-term projects and investigations
- Come up with original data-based story ideas and pitch them with compelling treatments
- Work swiftly with data to find simple, striking ways to explain and visualise the figures behind headlines
- Support the daily and investigative output of BBC Verify
- Collaborate with teams across the BBC newsroom
What’s required
Experience
- Demonstrable experience in a specialist data journalism role, including bylined projects and original stories
- Demonstrable experience advising non-specialists on understanding and interpreting data
- Demonstrable experience leading informal project teams with design and development colleagues
Skills & knowledge
- Proven ability to develop news stories and interactives using R or Python, spreadsheet software, Flourish and GIS software
- Familiarity with using AI responsibly
- Demonstrable ability to combine data from unstructured sources and structured sources such as APIs, databases and spreadsheets
Other
- Four to six examples of published work, submitted with the application
Nice to have
- Strong story pitching skills
- Writing skills
- Statistical knowledge
- Ability to spot the opportunities and dangers of using AI in data projects and workflows
- Knowledge of data visualisation best practice
- Broadcast experience
- Ability to plan across many projects and daily requests
- Willingness to train others and share skills
What’s offered
- Flexible working to be discussed, with a preference optionally noted in the application
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The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
