Online Journalist

Location: Hull or Lincoln
Salary range : £26,975 - £36,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Job introduction:

We are looking for a motivated, innovative online journalist to help shape our digital agenda and roll out stories across all of our platforms in the most effective way, reaching and connecting with our local audiences.
It’s a good opportunity for your work to be read by hundreds of thousands, sometimes millions of people. We are in an exciting time of change in our newsrooms, where digital storytelling is being put at the forefront of the operation.
This will be a multimedia role with an emphasis on digital-first storytelling and finding and telling stories which will all run on our digital and social media channels, television and radio. We want driven and passionate journalists who have experience and knowledge of the patch and who want to help reach new audiences with the news that matters to them. The role requires someone who will be keen to do more than just look for press releases – we want original ideas that help reflect the diverse audience that lives across the region. Creative treatments, gaining great access to people at the heart of stories and working collaboratively with a wide range of colleagues are essential.

Key Responsibilities -– What everyday tasks are expected whilst in this role?

As a Core Online Journalist, you will be responsible for the following:
Producing local news content for the BBC website and social media accounts for the region and beyond.
Being ready to produce fast, accurate copy when a big story breaks – it’s likely to be on the BBC News front page, so you’ll need to be confident writing quickly.
Originating and producing stories for the BBC website which can also be used on other outlets, as well as turning around content from wires and press releases.
Working with colleagues to ensure all our journalism works across digital, TV and audio platforms.
Come up with investigation and feature ideas that help us represent the many different sides of life in the region.
To tailor different news treatments for different audiences ensuring that the output reflects the audiences we serve.
Use social and video to help your journalism travel further either on your own or working with our social and video specialists.
You need to be adept at technology, picking up new skills and adapting to the changing demands of a digital working environment.

The role requires some weekend working and early/late start times.

Are you the right candidate?

Have sound editorial judgement, making decisions on matters of editorial sensitivity under pressure.

Able to write clean, accurate and concise copy with quick turnaround times, for publication on the BBC website.
Be familiar with social media in a news context and know how to make the most of various platforms to reach a range of audiences.
Understanding of SEO within a news context to help our stories reach the people most interested in and impacted by them.
A keen eye for strong imagery to make stories standout online and be able do basic photo editing.
Be a self-starter and able to work under pressure.
Attention to detail
Good storyteller