Journalist - Monitoring / MENA

4 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom BBC Full time
Job introduction

BBC Monitoring (BBCM) provides news and information based on our monitoring of open source media from over 150 countries in more than 100 languages and across all platforms. It is a centre of expertise and an important part of the BBC's newsgathering operation with journalists based in the UK and international bureaux. Our extensive operation enables us to provide insightful and reliable coverage of political, economic, security and media news. Our round -the-clock reporting of TV, radio, press, online and social media is also provided to commercial clients, partners and the UK Government.

Main responsibilities

As Journalist, you will produce engaging content in English in a range of different formats, on insights gained through monitoring TV, radio, newspapers and social media in the target area.

You will tell stories, integrating video, images, graphics and data into BBC Monitoring products in order to have a powerful visual impact.

Feed into the news agenda for the day, identifying new ways to deliver content relevant to all BBCM's audience.

Contribute to the development of new products/services, generating ideas for how stories can be best told to serve BBCM's audience.

Are you the right candidate?

You will have an excellent understanding of both Arabic and French languages, OR both Arabic and Kurdish. You'll also have:
  • Ability to write about developments in Arab media in idiomatic English, in a way that is engaging and relevant for the intended audience, and suitable for delivery on multiple platforms
  • A thorough knowledge and understanding of the news and current affairs of the Arab World and in-depth subject matter expertise on the local media environment.
It would be advantageous if you have:
  • Knowledge of the geopolitics of North Africa
  • Understanding of BBCM's user groups and target markets
  • Digital skills (eg social media analysis skills, data skills, coding)
  • Broadcast experience
  • Content creation and video shooting/editing skills
About the BBC

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.

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