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We are looking for a driven and passionate journalist to join the online team in Yorkshire. You’ll be an experienced digital journalist who knows what online audiences expect and can turn around copy under tight deadlines. This job requires someone who can do more than just look for press releases – we want original journalism that helps reflect the region’s diversity with a focus on younger and underserved audiences. The role is based in Sheffield and involves shift work including late, early and weekend working.

You will cover the full range of news stories from Yorkshire and Lincolnshire online. You will be responsible for researching and writing news articles and headlines, sourcing pictures, cutting video clips and dealing with breaking news. You will get behind the headlines, explaining issues and producing features to engage and inform our audiences.

Other responsibilities include:

• Report quickly and accurately the news stories of the day – from breaking news to social issues.
• Produce original journalism by using a wide range of contacts and sources and identify innovative story ideas and treatments for an online audience.
• Come up with investigation and feature ideas that help us represent different audiences in the region
• Report on news stories in the field and from the office, conduct interviews, attend media conferences and live events, and report from court.
• Use social and video to help your journalism travel further either on your own or working with our video specialists.
• Work as an integral part of the BBC Yorkshire team, working alongside producers, correspondents and reporters, as well as the wider BBC.
• Delivering to tight deadlines while maintaining the highest editorial standards.

We are looking for people who have;

• Sound editorial judgement and can make decisions on matters of editorial sensitivity under pressure.
• Proven ability to deliver original journalism.
• The ability to work quickly and accurately to a rolling deadline and respond to breaking news, producing high quality copy that demonstrates the BBC’s values of impartiality and fairness.
• The ability to tell complex stories in an engaging way using a variety of text, video, and social media.
• The ability to build and maintain a range of contacts and sources.
• A demonstrable understanding of the law in relation to online journalism and the BBC's editorial guidelines.
• An understanding of the web and social media, ability to identify shareable content, create, package and sell it.
• A willingness to experiment and try different approaches in digital storytelling to reach new and different audiences.

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below.

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality, social background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here

Band: C

Contract: Fixed Term Full time

Location: Sheffield

Application process: You will be asked to fill in a diversity questionnaire which is confidential and not seen by the hiring manager. You will then be asked to:

• upload your CV

• complete an eligibility questionnaire

• answer questions specific to the role

You are eligible to apply for an internal role if you are either on a BBC Continuing (Permanent) contract, a BBC Fixed Term contract, a casual contract or freelance contract and you have worked continuously for 6 months.

Only internal staff are eligible to apply for the role on an attachment basis. You need to be on a continuing (permanent) or fixed-term contract. You need to have worked for the BBC for more than one year and will also need permission from your line manager. You can find out more on our attachments page.

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

• Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits - We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days holiday with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

Please note that the application process will require you to upload a CV and complete the online questionnaire(s). There is no requirement to attach a covering letter or complete the additional careers hub fields (Personal Statement/Skills/Portfolio sections).

The BBC is keen to continue to ensure the safety and wellbeing of people across our sites. Until further notice, all assessments and interviews will be conducted remotely. For more information go to https://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/

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