Weekend Local Newsreader: Live Bulletins & Local Stories

BBC Group and Public Services; Worcester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job summary

BBC Group and Public Services in Worcester is seeking a weekend newsreader to prepare and read bulletins and chase breaking stories, supporting the wider Hereford and Worcester Local Story Team across radio, online and TV in the region. You’ll read live bulletins on air and contribute to local coverage in a flexible, part-time schedule.

This 14-hour per week role offers opportunities for additional work and development within the BBC’s public service broadcasting network.

Qualifications

• Experience of reading live bulletins with a broadcasting voice.
• Editorial skills to understand priorities and pitfalls of story selection.
• Social media experience to reach our audience.
• Video/audio production and editing knowledge.
• Creativity to generate great story ideas for local radio and digital spaces.

Responsibilities

• Read live bulletins into radio programmes.
• Record bespoke local bulletins for Smart Speakers.
• Cover breaking local stories and chase information and interviews.
• Flag strongest stories to TV, social media and online teams.

Skills

Live newsreading

Editorial skills

Social media experience

Video/audio production

Story ideas creativity

Job description

BBC Group and Public Services in Worcester is seeking a weekend newsreader to prepare and read bulletins and chase breaking stories, supporting the wider Hereford and Worcester Local Story Team across radio, online and TV in the region. You’ll read live bulletins on air and contribute to local coverage in a flexible, part-time schedule.

This 14-hour per week role offers opportunities for additional work and development within the BBC’s public service broadcasting network.