Journalist (North East & Cumbria) - EXTEND

BBC Group and Public Services; London; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

The BBC is seeking an experienced Journalist for the North East & Cumbria team, responsible for creating engaging digital content. This role involves reporting original stories while utilizing a variety of platforms including radio and TV, contributing to impactful journalism in the region.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

25 days annual leave plus 5 extra days

Defined pension scheme

Discounted healthcare and gym access

Qualifications

• Experience in a daily news environment.
• Ability to write accurate and concise copy quickly.
• Understanding of media law and BBC guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Produce news content for BBC's website and social media.
• Maintain high editorial standards and accuracy under tight deadlines.
• Collaborate across digital, TV, and radio platforms for story development.

Skills

Original journalism

Editorial judgement

Social media proficiency

SEO knowledge

Audience analytics

Job description

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JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time.
DEPARTMENT: North East Online
LOCATION: Either the BBC’s Newcastle, Middlesbrough or Carlisle office – Hybrid.
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £27,300 - £33,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

The role requires weekend working and early and late shifts and is a mixture of office and remote working

BBC EXTEND

This role is advertised as part of ourBBC Extend programme for disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010) , or the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) if applying in Northern Ireland. You’re broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. This definition includes both apparent and non-apparent conditions and impairments, and medical conditions such as Cancer, HIV or Multiple Sclerosis.

We are committed to making the process of applying for this role as accessible as possible. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the application process, or have any questions about our Extend programme, please [e-mail] .

The BBC are fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workface that disabled people face. To do this, we have our own dedicated BBC Access and Disability Service that provides assessments and support throughout employment with us. If you are successful in applying for this role and require workplace adjustments, we will work with you to get your adjustments in place.

If you’d like more information on BBC Extend, please visit theBBC Extend webpage . (EXTEND code: EX2324).

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

We are looking for an experienced and driven journalist to join the North East & Cumbria digital team, producing engaging and impactful content for both local audiences and broader national and international platforms via the BBC News website and social media. This is a digital-first storytelling role, requiring substantial experience in daily news environments. While the core of your work will be online, you'll also have opportunities to develop your skills across radio and TV—with training provided if needed—to help share your stories in the most effective and creative ways.

This role is ideal for a journalist with a passion for uncovering original, audience-focused stories that reflect the diversity of the North East and Cumbria. We’re looking for someone who thrives on generating ideas beyond the press release, with the instinct to find and tell the stories that truly resonate with people across the region.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

Join a creative, ambitious, and welcoming team at the forefront of digital storytelling in the North East and Cumbria. Working here means being part of a newsroom that values original journalism, diverse voices, and stories that make an impact—both locally and beyond. You'll have the opportunity to grow your skills across digital, radio, and TV platforms, supported by colleagues who are collaborative, driven, and passionate about reaching new audiences. If you're excited by the idea of finding untold stories, trying new treatments, and creating meaningful content that truly connects, this is the team for you.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Producing and writing news content for the BBC website and social media accounts for the North East & Cumbria and beyond
• Producing fast, accurate copy to tight deadlines and understanding how to use images, video and headlines to enhance your copy and make it appealing to our audience
• Responsible for originating and producing stories for the BBC website which can also be used on other outlets, as well as turning around content from wires and press releases
• Working with colleagues to ensure all our journalism works across digital, TV and radio platforms. Coming up with story and feature ideas which help us represent the many different sides of life in the region
• Using different news treatments to ensure that our output reflects and appeals to the audiences we serve.
• Use social and video to help your journalism travel further either on your own or working with our social and video specialists
• You need to be adept at technology, picking up new skills and adapting to the changing demands of a digital working environment

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Have substantial experience of working in a daily news environment and an ability to deliver original journalism
• The ability to write clean, accurate and concise copy with quick turnaround times
• Have sound editorial judgement, making decisions on matters of editorial sensitivity under pressure
• A good understanding of media law and the BBC’s editorial guidelines
• Be familiar with social media in a news context and know how to make the most of various platforms to reach a range of audiences
• Understanding of SEO within a news context to help our stories reach the people most interested in and impacted by them
• An understanding of using audience analytics to inform our journalism and a keen eye for strong imagery to make stories stand out online and be able do basic photo editing

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

For any general queries, please contact: [e-mail]

Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

Information at a Glance

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Life at BBC

Here you will benefit from:

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pensionscheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis.

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We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

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Disability confident

We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we’d be happy to discuss: [e-mail]

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