Journalist Apprenticeship - Level 5 - Truro

The Bbc; Truro; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading public service broadcaster is offering a Junior Journalist Apprenticeship in Truro, allowing candidates to learn and grow in journalism. Responsibilities include developing content, working with news teams, conducting interviews, and adhering to ethical standards. Ideal for those who are creative, motivated, and eager to work in news across various media platforms. A Level 5 Journalist Apprenticeship standard is followed, leading to a recognized qualification.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside news teams to develop journalistic skills and deliver quality content.
• Get involved with newsroom activities and shooting/editing films.
• Find and create stories for diverse audiences through research and interviews.
• Produce content adhering to industry standards and legal requirements.
• Use audience analytics to evaluate content success.

Skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Organisation skills

Problem-solving skills

Presentation skills

Logical thinking

Team working

Creative thinking

Initiative

Non-judgemental attitude

Patience

Education

GCSE in English and Maths (grade 4/C or above)

Job description

As a Junior Journalist Apprentice, this is a brilliant opportunity to learn, grow, and contribute – you will:

Responsibilities

• Work alongside news and current affairs teams to develop your journalistic skills, creating and delivering quality content for the BBC.
• Get involved with all newsroom activities, such as sourcing and securing compelling contributors or guests, writing briefs for your team, or shooting and editing films.
• Find and create stories for diverse audiences – including coming up with new ideas, carrying out in‑depth research and assisting with interviews.
• Learn from and work with experts in the field at the largest public service broadcaster in the world. Undertake research before reporting to ensure that journalistic content/material published or broadcast is accurate, impartial, balanced, engages the audience, and is verifiable with industry standard use of English.
• Identify, select, and verify multiple sources of information, including people, reports, data and social media, cross‑checking and corroborating when necessary.
• Take accurate, relevant notes when and where needed, using shorthand where required by your employer.
• Assess the strengths and weaknesses of available platforms and determine where and when journalistic content is likely to work best.
• Produce journalistic content in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements, ethical issues and organisational specifications, alerting senior managers when necessary.
• Make decisions and judgments at speed and under pressure, on the way stories are researched and presented, aiming to lead when breaking news.
• Find and use contacts to create journalistic content and exclusive stories which meet the needs of the target audience, verifying information and critically reviewing its short‑ and long‑term implications.
• Use audience analytics to evaluate the success of the journalistic content and inform future decision‑making.
• Monitor relevant social media systematically, proactively seeking, verifying and curating user‑generated content that improves targeted content, grows the audience and deepens engagement.
• Produce journalistic content using language that resonates with the audience, measured by audience analytics, social media interaction and reach, or other internal "tools" used by employers to understand audience sentiment.
• Produce journalistic content in multimedia combinations as required, drawing in the viewer/listener/user to tell the complete story.
• Report live to the audience from the scene of an event using remote technologies.
• Publish journalistic content, using all available tools to enhance the user experience.
• Undertake different types of interviews to extract information, selecting the right interviewing technique for the interviewee and making a connection with the subject.
• Evaluate interview answers to inform further questioning, probing for detail and inconsistencies, and identify other people to speak to if needed.
• Check and evaluate own work in relation to industry standards, adhering to employer guidelines, to maintain the organisation’s reputation.
• Seek constructive feedback from relevant people about your performance, taking action as required.
• Consider the impact of equality and diversity practices on individuals and groups and ensure those practices are inclusive.
• Locate, clean and interrogate datasets to inform content generation.

Candidate profile

• Intensely curious about people and what is going on in the world.
• Brimming with creative ideas and imaginative ways to tell stories.
• Passionate about producing content in news and current affairs across TV, audio, online and social media.
• Excited by writing.
• Flexible, motivated and adaptable in the fast pace of a newsroom.

Qualifications

• GCSE in English and Maths (grade 4/C or above). Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience – the apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
• Communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Problem‑solving skills
• Presentation skills
• Logical thinking
• Team working
• Creative thinking
• Initiative
• Non‑judgemental attitude
• Patience

Training & Progression

This apprenticeship follows the Level 5 Journalist Apprenticeship standard (curriculum) and works towards an industry‑recognised qualification, the NCTJ Diploma in Journalism. The apprenticeship is assessed through exams and coursework.

About the BBC

We are a leading early‑careers employer and hire more than 250 apprentices each year. We are committed to skills and talent development both inside and outside the BBC, and as one of the world’s most creative and technologically‑advanced organisations for the last 100 years, a career at the BBC means learning from the best. We want people who show potential to join us. Don’t worry if you don’t have extensive experience – it’s your passion and values we are interested in.