London, UK: Senior Journalist, Digital Live - BBC
Job Vacancy: Senior Journalist, Digital Live - BBC
Location: London, UK
Closing Date: 20th August 2025
This senior role is within the Digital Live team, which brings the biggest news stories to huge BBC audiences across the world in a real-time, live format (often known elsewhere as a “live blog”).
Our content is highly trusted and valued by audiences for its speed, accuracy and on-the-ground access.
You’ll work on the BBC News website helping to manage a team of writers and producers to break news, showcase the best images and videos and bring fast analysis on a wide range of stories and events.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
A Senior Journalist on the Digital Live team takes charge of live pages on the BBC News website, running on-the-day updates of major news stories and planned events, ensuring the content is accurate, rich, accessible and up to the minute.
Senior Journalists on Live are also involved in the forward planning of live coverage and can occasional be deployed to cover events.
Working within the wider BBC digital team they are also called upon to work on the website news desks on certain shifts, including news editing and story writing.
#J-18808-Ljbffr