Journalist, BBC Sport, Digital
Job Closing Date: 11/02/2025
THE ROLE
* Job Reference: 21365
* Band: C
* Salary: £28,000 - £38,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
* Contract type:
o 2 x Journalist, Newsdesk roles: FTC ending 20/03/2026
o 2 x Journalist, At Your Service roles: FTC ending 20/03/2026
* Location: Salford
We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application.
* Excellent career progression.
* Unrivalled training and development opportunities.
* Benefits - negotiable salary package, flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, defined pension scheme, and discounted dental, health care, and gym.
Job Introduction
Do you want to help BBC Sport deliver the biggest events and sports news stories to digital audiences? We require written journalists to help us deliver market-leading live text pages and news around key events. These roles will be based in Salford, at our production centre.
Main Responsibilities
Responsibilities would include some of the following:
* Being part of a team of writers and digital content makers who spot great stories and generate original journalism.
* Breaking quick, accurate, and engaging written news stories under pressure.
* Helping to make our coverage of events engaging through creative storytelling.
* Working on live sporting events – helping produce live texts, reports, news, and features.
* Suggesting creative content ideas to News Editors.
* Producing concise content or short reports from agency copy or other material.
* Being receptive to feedback and building positive working relationships.
Early morning, evening and weekend work are also features of this role. 4 x 10 hour shifts per week.
Are you the right candidate?
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
* Demonstrable professional experience of finding and generating stories for a digital audience.
* Ability to write quickly, accurately, and succinctly.
* Proven editorial judgement with the ability to make quick decisions under pressure.
* Passion for sports stories and understanding of underserved members of society.
* Engagement with social media and understanding of sports fans' interests.
* Interest in current news and sports news agenda.
* Understanding of optimizing storytelling for mobile phones.
* Collaborative mindset with effective working relationships.
* Commitment to improving diversity in the BBC.
* Specialist sporting knowledge and interest is a plus.
This is not an entry level role, we're looking for candidates with experience within the area.
About the BBC
We care about our values and the way we behave. Diversity matters at the BBC, and we value every individual's unique contribution.
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.
DISCLAIMER
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job and is not intended to be a complete account of all aspects of the duties involved.
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