Assistant Editor Sports News

Job Ref. No

967971

Location

Salford Quays

Contract Type

Attachment/Fixed Term

Contract Duration

12 months

Job Category:

Journalism

Closing date for applications

6 January 2013 at 11:59pm

Department

 

BBC Sports News is looking for an Assistant Editor to help manage and lead the TV and radio bulletin teams at MediaCity in Salford Quays.

Sports News is the part of BBC Sport that provides the daily sports journalism and news stories for the whole of the BBC. Most of Sports News is based in the Sports centre on the ground floor of Quay House in the BBC’s offices at MediaCity, Salford Quays. The area provides multiplatform content for TV, radio and online teams and also generates sports news bulletins for Radio 5Live, network TV news and the News Channel and BBC World Service and World TV News.

Role

 

Managing the bulletin teams you will take responsibility to identify and drive breaking stories and ensure accurate, impartial and comprehensive sports news coverage across sports news output. You will play a key role in managing sports news teams on a daily basis with a particular emphasis on the TV Sports News operation whilst working closely with the Multimedia Output Editor to ensure that TV and radio bulletin services are effectively run.

Requirements

 

As part of the Sports news editorial and management team you will have a track record of delivering high quality news programming and possesses a passion for sports news. In a 24/7 sports news environment you will make prompt and well informed editorial decisions and have demonstrable experience of working in a newsroom environment. With previous team leader experience, you will be a flexible and self-motivated individual with excellent communication and organisation skills.

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