Journalist - Bbc Yorkshire

Job Introduction
We are looking for a driven and passionate journalist to join the BBC Yorkshire team, working primarily towards the flagship regional TV programme Look North (Yorkshire). You’ll be a journalist with experience or interest in working in television production who can turn work to tight deadlines. Working in a multimedia newsroom you’ll be comfortable with switching to other platforms such as online / digital. The job requires someone who is curious, passionate about the patch, and wants to help reflect the region’s diversity with a focus on younger and underserved audiences. You’ll be working in a lively and friendly newsroom alongside online and radio journalists and digital video specialists The role is based in Leeds and involves shift work including late and weekend working.

**This is primarily a production role**

Main Responsibilities
You will be responsible for researching and writing stories, sourcing contributors and pictures, producing television and digital content and responding to breaking news. Working as part of a team, you’ll help to explain the big stories, get behind the headlines and tell the stories that will engage and inform our audience.

Other responsibilities include:

- Work as an integral part of the BBC Yorkshire team, working alongside producers, correspondents and reporters, as well as the wider BBC.
- Delivering to tight deadlines while maintaining the highest editorial standards.
- Work with a team to quickly and accurately report the news stories of the day - from breaking news to social issues.
- Produce original journalism by using a wide range of contacts and sources and identify innovative story ideas and treatments for an audiences on a variety of platforms.
- Come up with story ideas and treatments that help us represent different audiences in the region
- Work on news stories in the field and from the office, conduct interviews, attend media conferences and live events, and report from court.
- May be required to film and edit material for broadcast where appropriate.
- May include the production of live or recorded programmes.
- Use social and video to help your journalism travel further either on your own or working with our video specialists.
- A high standard of editorial judgment, writing ability and production skills based on existing broadcast journalism experience.
- Demonstrates a commitment to improving diversity in the BBC and understands how individual differences can benefit the BBC.
- Prioritises and plans activities taking into account all the relevant issues and factors such as deadlines and resources.
- Maximises opportunities offered by existing and emerging technologies to their fullest extent.

About the BBC
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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.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here

Package Description
Band: C

Contract: 2 x 6 Months Fixed Term Contracts

Location: Leeds - Broadcasting Centre

**This is primarily a production role**
- **_Excellent career progression _**- the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
- **_Unrivalled training and development opportunities_** - our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
- **_Benefits_** - We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days holiday with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

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