Accepting Applications Until
17 September 2025
Job Description
Broadcast Journalist - Bristol
Reporting of the role
This role reports to the Regional News Editor (West)
Overview Of Job
* A fantastic opportunity for a dedicated journalist to join our passionate, hardworking team based in Bristol.
* You'll be gathering content and delivering local news bulletins for Heart and Capital stations across the West and South of England.
* You’ll be creative, have a fantastic voice, and great writing skills. Experience of producing multiple news bulletins in a busy environment would be ideal.
3 Best Things About The Job
* Working on some of the UK’s largest and most prestigious radio brands.
* A varied and challenging role.
* Plenty of development opportunity in an exciting, ambitious company.
Measures of success –
In The First Few Months, You Would Have
* Produced and presented local Heart and/or Capital news bulletins.
* Produced news content for Global's national news brand LBC.
* Actively engaged with one-to-one coaching.
* Responded professionally to a big breaking story.
* Developed a full understanding of the different Global brands
Responsibilities Of The Role
* As a bulletin reader you’ll have a great voice, be able to write creatively and to deliver quality, relevant, timely and accurate local news and current affairs content.
* You’ll be part of ensuring stories from our region are heard on our national news brand, LBC, and on our rolling news station, LBC News.
* You’ll have sound legal judgement and be proficient in Ofcom’s broadcast regulations and guidelines.
* You’ll understand the importance of developing relationships with key contacts across our region.
* You’ll have the flexibility to tackle both bulletin reading and content generating shifts.
What You Will Need
The ideal candidate will be proactive and willing to develop and implement innovative solutions, capable of the following:
* You will be confident working on your own and under the guidance of your Senior colleagues to provide on-target, agenda-setting, news content.
* You will have a commanding on-air presence and be confident in your ability to, if required, report live into LBC and LBC News.
* You will have experience of producing and presenting multiple news bulletins each hour.
* You will enjoy working flexible hours and always strive to complete a task to a high standard.
* A knowledge and understanding of the key issues affecting the lives of people in the area you are covering.
* You’ll have an excellent knowledge of media law and the OFCOM Broadcast Code.
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 different 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.
Although we cannot make guarantees, we welcome conversations about flexible working for all roles at Global.
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