Senior Data Journalist — Investigations & Visualizations

BBC; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 47 000 - 57 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

BBC Verify is seeking a senior data journalist to join its data team at Broadcasting House, London. This one-year fixed-term contract covers the full news agenda from domestic to international coverage. You will develop original data-driven stories and support daily investigations across BBC Verify and the wider BBC newsroom.

You will craft engaging visuals, work with data, APIs and datasets, and pitch ideas with compelling treatments to inform audiences across TV, online and radio.

Qualifications

• Specialist data journalism experience with bylined projects.
• Ability to combine data from multiple sources and APIs.
• Experience guiding non-specialists to interpret data.
• Experience leading informal project teams.

Responsabilités

• Work on short-term graphic or data requests, live page posts and longer projects.
• Explain and visualise the figures driving the headlines clearly.
• Pitch original data-based stories with compelling treatments.
• Collaborate with BBC Verify and other newsroom teams.

Connaissances

Data journalism

Story pitching

Team leadership

Original reporting

Outils

R

Python

Flourish

GIS

Spreadsheets

Description du poste

BBC Verify is seeking a senior data journalist to join its data team at Broadcasting House, London. This one-year fixed-term contract covers the full news agenda from domestic to international coverage. You will develop original data-driven stories and support daily investigations across BBC Verify and the wider BBC newsroom.

You will craft engaging visuals, work with data, APIs and datasets, and pitch ideas with compelling treatments to inform audiences across TV, online and radio.