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Freelance Broadcast Journalist

A freelance and contract journalism job at Global Radio in Birmingham and Nottingham
Posted 21 July 2017, 10.21am edt





Freelance Broadcast Journalist Brand Global Job Area News Region Midlands Location Birmingham & Nottingham Contract type Freelancer

Global’s Newsroom is looking for experienced Freelance Broadcast Journalists with a fantastic voice and great writing skills to produce and present news bulletins across the Midlands brands, Heart, Smooth and Capital.

What you will be doing:

You’ll be generating news stories and bulletins for Heart, Capital, and Smooth Radio in the Midlands as part of Global, which is the UK’s number one commercial radio company with 30 million people now tuning into one of Global’s stations each week.

You will regularly provide content for Global’s brands, including our national talk stations LBC and LBC London News. Knowledge of what makes a local story interesting to a national audience is useful, and you will have the confidence to do live hits into these stations.

You will also be confident in using a full range of social and multi-media tools to deliver a successful multi-platform news experience for audiences across Global’s brands - on-air, on-line and across social media.

What we expect of you:

  • You should have an excellent broadcast voice and have at least one year of professional experience in creating and presenting live, pre-recorded and timed bulletins.

  • You'll have strong editorial judgment and writing skills. You'll be able to develop original story ideas and creative treatments. You will ensure that everything you do is compliant with legal and broadcast regulations, and consistent with Global’s values and standards.

  • It's essential that you are flexible with shift patterns and able to work on your own as well as part of a team.

  • You must have a clean driving licence and have been driving for a minimum of a year.

Who you will work with:

·         Regional News Editor  ·         Deputy Regional News Editor  ·         Other Broadcast Journalists  ·         Managing Editors & Managing Directors  ·         News Editor Regions ·         Head of News Operations ·         Head of News Gathering

This job closed on 4 August, 2017 so we’re afraid you can no longer apply for this role.
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