Job Responsibilities
- As a Journalist, you’ll play a pivotal
role in meeting the needs of BBC Monitoring’s users by identifying news
and key insights based on the monitoring of vernacular sources – TV,
radio, newspapers and social media – across Africa.
- You will produce engaging content in
English and cover many news stories, including breaking news.
- You will work a shift pattern, feed into
the global news agenda, acting as a point of reference on Sub-Saharan
Africa.
- You’ll use a variety of tools and
techniques to mine the media for story ideas, identify emerging trends and
narratives and contribute to advance planning for coverage of key events.
Qualifications
- Excellent knowledge (spoken and written)
of French.
- Experience as a journalist and
exceptional writing skills in idiomatic English.
- You’ll be able to record accurately, to
report impartially, to provide context as necessary and to ensure all
output is consistent with the BBC’s editorial guidelines.
- You’ll have a thorough understanding of
Africa’s media environment, political, cultural, religious and economic
issues
- You’ll be able to track breaking news and
emerging trends on social media.
- You are willing and able to embrace new
ways of working, to continually develop yourself and others around you and
to actively seek feedback.
- You have good inter-personal
communication skills and can work collaboratively with team members and
with other parts of the BBC.
How To Apply
