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DEPARTMENT: BBC Technology & Innovation Story Team
LOCATION: Glasgow
We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
Purpose of the Role
This is an opportunity for an experience and creative online journalist to write technology stories for domestic and international audiences. The BBC News website is one of the world’s largest and most popular sites. It attracts millions of readers every day and we lead the way in breaking news and providing analysis on the biggest events happening around the world. Our aim is to tell and break important technology stories in a way that a broad audience understand.
Why join the team
This is a varied role combining covering breaking news stories and pitching original tech stories to attract a younger and more diverse audience. You will be part of a team of 20 journalists based in Glasgow – the wider team work across TV, radio and digital. We have built a hub of journalistic excellence, broadcasting to the world with a particular remit to explain how technology is impacting all of our lives in an accessible way.
Your Key Responsibilities and Impact
-It’s a fun and varied job, where you’ll write and report on a range of stories from straight news to analysis, features and live page posts.
- You must be able to make sense of tech stories and identify the strong top line which will resonate with a non-tech specialist.
-You will need to be able to work at pace, getting the first draft of important stories written and published in minutes.
-You will be expected to come up with original ideas for stories as well as how to treat them and suggest and carry out interviews with relevant people to make our technology stories distinctive.
-This is primarily a digital role writing stories for the BBC website – but there will be opportunities to develop other reporting skills from time to time.
Your Skills and Experience
- At least three years’ experience of writing and editing fast-paced, breaking news for digital audiences with attention to accuracy, context and tone
- Proven ability to cut through jargon, and make complex stories appealing and understandable to a broad audience
-Experience of writing in a variety of formats to tight deadlines from breaking news and explainers to live page posts and analysis
- Proven ability to come up with angles and approaches to the big stories of the day that will help us reach new and diverse audiences
-- Excellent and demonstrable knowledge of technology and innovation in the UK and globally
Disclaimer
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.
Information at a Glance
This is your BBC
At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world’s best loved content, and the BBC’s mission to inform, educate and entertain.
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Life at BBC
Here you will benefit from:
• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pensionscheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.
Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis.
Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.
Candidate pack
You belong
We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.
Diversity, inclusion & belonging strategy
Disability confident
We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we’d be happy to discuss: reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk
BBC Group and Public Services, Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, United Kingdom, W1A 1AA. BBC Studios Distribution Limited, company no: 01420028, registered address: 1 Television Centre, 101 Wood Lane, London, United Kingdom W12 7FA.
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