BBC Bangla is Looking for Senior Journalist (Digital) 2022 in Dhaka
Job Responsibilities:
- Accountable for supervising the production of text, video and social content and innovative editorial projects to serve BBC News Bangla’s audiences.
- Commissioning and selecting relevant material ensuring they meet expectations of our audiences and adhere to the BBC’s editorial guidelines.
- To be an in-house authority on best practice production of digital and social content, particularly as it relates to the BBC News Bangla’s context, to test and report back on digital initiatives and stay abreast of trends and developments.
- Actively seek ways to reach young and female audiences and introduce and implement strategies to improve engagement with them.
- To lead a team of journalists in producing and reversioning impactful and accurate digital content relevant to the target audiences.
- Deliver journalism of the highest standard and within the required timeframe using available resources.
- To act as a facilitator of change, clearly communicating and distributing best practices between teams.
- Delivering to tight deadlines while maintaining the highest editorial standards.
BBC World Service is an international news provider, part of BBC News, delivering a wide range of language and regional services on digital, TV and radio. It reaches a weekly audience of around 364 million around the world, helping them make sense of the world we live in.BBC News Bangla brings quality, impartial, original journalism to Bengali-speaking audiences in Bangladesh and around the world on digital and TV. Its multimedia content, available on www.bbc.com/bengali and on social media platforms, reaches on average 2.9 million people on a weekly basis. BBC News Bangla TV programmes are watched by an average of 8.5 million people each week through co-productions with Channel i.
Location:
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Eligibilities
- Significant recent experience of journalism about Bangladesh, Asia and global news and current affairs.
- A full command and up to date knowledge of written and spoken Bengali as first (or equivalent) language as well as complete comprehension of written and spoken English and the ability to communicate effectively.
- In-depth knowledge of data analytics and experience of using it to shape the content and meet the needs of different audience groups.
- Demonstrable knowledge of Bangladesh and Asia affairs and the ability to lead the production of impactful original digital content as well as the coverage of major breaking news.
- Experience of commissioning, editing, structuring and writing sharp, engaging news and current affairs in a range of digital formats and generating ideas to reach wider audiences.
- To be able to write quickly, clearly and engagingly and sub-edit or rework scripts in Bengali that can be used by all platforms.
- A successful track record of working in a digital production environment with demonstrable experience in social media and interactivity.
