Broadcast Journalist
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Job Description
Broadcast Journalist - Glasgow
Reporting of the Role
This role reports to the News Editor, Regions
Overview of job
A fantastic opportunity for a dedicated journalist to join our passionate, hardworking team based in Glasgow on a full-time basis.
Reporting to our News Editor, Regions, you'll be delivering local news bulletins for our Heart, Capital and Smooth Radio stations in Scotland and North East England, as well as providing on-air and online content for Global’s national brands like LBC, LBC News, and Classic FM.
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.
We need to hear what you sound like, so please include a link to a bulletin demo in your application.
3 best things about the job
Working on some of the UK’s largest and most prestigious radio brands.
A varied and challenging role with plenty of development opportunity in an exciting, ambitious company.
The opportunity to create outstanding and exclusive content both on-air and online.
Measures of success –
In the first few months, you would have:
Created and presented news bulletins across our Heart, Capital and Smooth Radio stations in Scotland and North East England.
Produced creative and engaging content for LBC and LBC News.
Sourced and produced original, exclusive content.
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 phenomenal voice, write creatively and be able to deliver outstanding quality, relevant, timely and accurate local news and current affairs content.
You’ll be part of ensuring stories from our patches are heard on our national news talk brand, LBC, and on our rolling news station, LBC News.
You’ll understand the importance of the full range of social and multi-media tools available in delivering a successful multi-platform news experience for our audiences.
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 regions.
You’ll have the flexibility to tackle bulletin reading, content gathering and reporting shifts as required.
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 be passionate about news, and eager to investigate and create your own outstanding and exclusive stories.
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 Scotland and North East England.
You will have an excellent knowledge of media law and the Ofcom Broadcasting Code.
You will have a full, clean driving licence.