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Job Title: Journalist and Newsreader
Contract: Permanent Part-Time (Weekdays plus Saturdays and Sundays) 0.8 (4 days a week)
Location: Swindon (Office Based)
Band: C
Job Reference: 20811
Salary: £27,300 - £32,500 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
Job Closing Date: 13/02/2025
THE ROLE
BBC Local in Wiltshire is looking for a journalist who is also an experienced newsreader to work across audio and the Local Story Team. Duties will include reading audio bulletins on BBC Radio Wiltshire, reporting, finding stories and producing content for live radio and digital platforms. You’ll also have experience of setting up and producing interesting stories and have a passion for creating great content across all platforms. Creativity is really important – you’ll have the ability to tell stories in a dynamic way to engage our audience. You’ll be a good team player, brimming with ideas, contacts and story treatments to share with the audience.
Main Responsibilities
As an experienced newsreader, a great voice is essential, as is a passion and a natural flair for storytelling. You’ll have good local knowledge or demonstrate an ability to get up to speed very quickly. You’ll know how to get the best out of interviews and know how to write the engaging top lines. As a journalist, you’ll be able to identify and develop stories for multiple platforms which include a range of opinions, perspectives and treatments while also meeting high journalistic standards and observing the BBC Editorial Guidelines. You will be reporting to the Executive Editor.
Are you the right candidate?
You’ll have excellent writing skills, be able to edit audio quickly and effectively and have a keen sense of what makes a good story. You’ll know how to construct a well-balanced bulletin, have loads of creative tricks up your sleeve and know how to tell the story for a broadcast audience. You’ll understand the digital landscape and be aware of the separate needs of different platforms. You’ll recognise opportunities to connect with underserved audiences and consumers of content. You’ll be a team player but comfortable working on tasks on your own. In a continually evolving media landscape, we need creative journalists and reporters who embrace change, are flexible and open-minded, willing to think differently and be bold in trying new approaches to their work.
As a part of the application process, you are required to send a bulletin demo of 3 mins and also a story idea for BBC Radio Wiltshire of no more than 300 words.
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