Freelance Digital Journalist

1 month ago

London Area, United Kingdom Global Full time

We are Global


We think big, work hard and never stand still. It’s our talented and passionate people that make us leaders in creativity and innovation and the proud home to the best media and entertainment on the planet.


We’re here to make everyone’s day brighter. That’s everyone from our Globallers, to our audiences, every partner we work with and every community we work in. Whether we’re making shows or making headlines, making everyone’s day brighter is behind everything we do.


Whether we’re in the studio, building a world-class Global Player app, or producing fast-moving digital content, we’re at our best when we’re working together. It’s why we show up, deliver great work and above all, it’s the reason we all love to work here.


Description

Freelance Digital Journalist


Reporting of the Role


This role reports to Senior Digital News Editor


Overview of job

Come join Global’s newsroom, as we evolve and expand our digital offering across our market leading apps and websites. We are looking for bright, hard-working news journalists who want to excel at writing, editing, curating, SEO and social media


3 best things about the job


  • Working on one of the UK’s leading news brands
  • Utilising a variety of skills to bring your journalism to a wide audience
  • Covering a wide variety of news for LBC’s digital audience


Measures of success –

In the first few months, you would have:

  • Covered multiple stories for LBC’s website
  • Pitched ideas and carried out interviews
  • Written live blogs
  • Created multiple articles, video clips and social posts to highlight the best of LBC’s opinion and presenter content
  • Live streamed in-vision programmes across our digital platform
  • Pitched content ideas and developed them through to publication
  • Reacted to breaking news and amplified LBC’s ability to respond to developing stories around the world


Responsibilities of the role

  • Write and distribute the news across our digital and social platforms, including desktop and mobile web, apps, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube
  • Report news as it happens online with strong breaking news skills and generate web traffic through application of advanced social media showcasing skills
  • Keep users up-to-date with the latest news stories
  • Work with Global’s Newsrooms across the UK to create digital version of their exclusive stories
  • Identify compelling, outstanding stories and user-generated content of interest to our readers


What you will need


The ideal candidate will be proactive and willing to develop and implement innovative solutions, capable of the following:


  • Experience of working in a newsroom
  • All the skills needed to be an online journalist
  • This will require overnight and weekend work
  • You will be working from our London office, in Leicester Square


To apply, please email Asher.McShane@lbc.co.uk


Everyone is welcome at Global


Just like our media and entertainment platforms are for everyone, so are our workplaces. We know that we can’t possibly serve our diverse audiences without first nurturing and celebrating it in our people and that’s why we work hard to create an inclusive culture for everyone. We believe that diversity will set us apart, so no matter what you look like, where you come from or what your favourite radio station is, we want to hear from you.


We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to the recruitment process and workplace to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles. If you require us to make any reasonable adjustments for you or to disclose a condition, please email recruitment@global.com

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