Online Health Reporter

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Canberra - Australia

profile Monthly Salary: $ 96 - 105
Posted on: 12 hours ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job no: 505145
Work type: Ongoing Full Time
Location: Various
Categories: Social Media/ Digital Production/Content

  • Location Flexible
  • Ongoing full-time role
  • Base salary $96K-$105K

Position Description: ONLINE HEALTH

The Role

ABC Radio Nationals Science team is looking for an Online Health Reporter with highly developed writing and editing skills to join the digital team.

This is a rare opportunity for an experienced specialist health reporter to join one of Australias leading science teams.

Reporting to the EP Science digital you will:

  • Source research write and produce audience-focused health and medical research stories for the ABC News website and other social platforms.
  • Write and produce the ABC Health weekly newsletter.
  • Produce and edit a range of digital content across the Science team on a regular basis.
  • Develop and maintain contacts in the health and medical research community.
  • Work collaboratively with your colleagues in the digital team and other teams across the ABC.
  • Deliver stories which resonate and reflect the experience of Australian audiences including outer-suburban CALD First Nations and disability communities.

About You

This is a role for an experienced journalist with a passion for telling evidence-based stories about health. You will have significant track record sourcing and writing high-quality health and medical research news and unpacking health concepts that are important to the Australian public.

You will bring:

  • Advanced research writing editing and production skills.
  • Highly developed editorial judgement.
  • A proven ability to meet tight deadlines with minimal supervision.
  • A deep understanding of the health sector and contacts in the health and medical research community.
  • A strong focus on teamwork and maintaining positive working relationships with other team members reporters and other ABC staff and contacts.
  • Story ideas that resonate with an Australian audience including people in outer-suburban CALD First Nations and disability communities.

***We would love to see your your applicationplease attach three of your best written pieces of evidence-based consumer health/medical research reporting.

What we can offer you:

  • 15.4% ABC Nominated Super.
  • Paid parental carers and supporting partner leave.
  • Salary packaging.
  • ABC Mentoring.

More info:

In line with our focus on diversity and inclusion applications are strongly encouraged from Indigenous Australians people from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds people with disability and LGBTQIA individuals. The ABC also aims to achieve a gender-balanced workforce.

To request recruitment and selection information in alternate formats request adjustments or if you have accessibility requirements please contact

If you want to know more please contact Genelle WeuleExecutive Producer - Radio National Science Digital at

We are unable to accept email applications please ensure that you submit your application via the online portal.

We respectfully request that Recruitment Agencies do not submit applications for this position.


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Job no: 505145Work type: Ongoing Full TimeLocation: VariousCategories: Social Media/ Digital Production/ContentLocation FlexibleOngoing full-time roleBase salary $96K-$105KPosition Description: ONLINE HEALTH The RoleABC Radio Nationals Science team is looking for an Online Health Reporter with highl...
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