Senior Journalists, Romanian Team
Senior Journalists, Romanian Team
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Job Description
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
We are looking for Senior Journalists with Romanian language skills to adapt and produce text and video curated from World Service Languages and wider BBC News content for BBC News Romanian Language offer.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
BBC World Service is expanding its reach to serve audiences in Romania and Moldova. BBC News brand is driven by impartiality enriched by the worlds largest network of correspondents and supported by our commitment to combatting misinformation. We will be offering Romanian-speaking audiences verified news and expert analysis of key events shaping the present day in Romania and Moldova as well the wider region. We will prioritise explanatory and analytical content to help audiences make sense of the current developments in Europe and the world to join the dots in a noisy environment of unverified and uncontextualized news bites. This role will work closely with other journalists to select and adapt a curated offer for the Romanian-speaking market.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:
- Content Adaptation & Publishing - translate and edit BBC News text and video content into Romanian ensuring compelling SEO headlines and summaries for the BBC News Romanian website.
- Editorial Oversight - sub-edit content from Journalists and Senior Journalists sign off articles for publication across web and social media and ensure alignment with BBC editorial standards.
- Audience-Centric Editing - shorten and adapt content sensitively considering the needs of the Romanian-speaking audience and BBC editorial guidelines.
- Enhancing Engagement - use additional reporting to enrich BBC News content and propose ideas for original journalism relevant to Romanian-speaking audiences.
- Collaboration & Expertise Sharing - work closely with the Europe team and other BBC departments offering insights on Romanian and Moldovan politics history society and culture.
- Content Planning & Monitoring - track diary events in Romania Moldova and the wider region to identify opportunities for curating and publishing relevant BBC News content.
- Professional Standards & Innovation - uphold journalistic integrity flag editorial issues ensure legal and copyright compliance suggest improvements and act up as requested by the Editor or Senior Journalist Team Manager.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
- First-language proficiency in written and spoken Romanian.
- High proficiency in English.
- Writing text news articles and video scripts in Romanian.
- Producing short videos.
- Producing visual journalism content.
- Sub-editing text and video in Romanian working to the highest linguistic and editorial standards.
- Proven experience of writing compelling text articles and video scripts you will be asked to provide examples of your work on your application form.
- Production of search-engine-optimized (SEO) headlines for Romanian-speaking and wider European regional audiences.
- Understanding of the Romanian and Moldovan as well as wider European media markets and current challenges to factual journalism in the region.
- Understanding of the Romanian-speaking audience needs especially under 35s.
Interview Process: Candidates invited to the next stage of the process will have an interview and Assessment.
JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: 12 month Fixed Term Contract
DEPARTMENT: World Service Global Journalism - Europe
LOCATION: UK OR other locations in Europe where the BBC has an entity (France Germany Italy Belgium Serbia Latvia) and has the right to work.
PROPOSED UK SALARY RANGE: per annum depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Outside the UK: Salary will be reflected where you are based in Europe where the BBCs has an entity listed above on local terms & conditions.
JRN25
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
