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Work type: Ongoing Full Time
Location:Port Macquarie
Categories: Presenter/Reporter
- Be a part of Australia's independent national broadcaster
- Permanent, Full-time position
- Build strong engagement with local audiences
- Location: Port Macquarie
About ABCNews
ABC News is the most respected name in news and current affairs and the nation's leading independent news service on television, radio, digital and social media. Our flagship brands and services include Four Corners, 7.30, Australian Story, AM, PM, Foreign Correspondent, Insiders, Q&A, ABC News 7PM, ABC News on digital and social media and ABC news channels on radio and television.
About the Role
Bring your creativity and your ability to find and tell great stories and join the team at Port Macquarie as a new reporter with a rural focus.
Under direction of the Editor, and in collaboration with colleagues your will be involved in;
- Creating content with a rural focus, for multiple platforms to engage local and national audiences.
- Producing and presenting rural content, Q&A’s, interviews and packages across all platforms, including breaking stories.
- Contribute to planning and commissioning processes to develop and distribute new content ideas to achieve strong reach and engagement with audiences.
- In collaboration with colleagues, identify and develop local content that can be shared with other content teams in Regional & Local and across the ABC on multiple platforms.
About You
Are you passionate about rural issues and have proficient editorial skills? You will also have a passion to source and create authentic content which represents the broad diversity of the Australian community. This exciting opportunity will allow you to use your tertiary qualifications in journalism or demonstrated equivalent skills, knowledge and experience in sourcing and analysing information and exercising reliable judgement. You will also have:
- Demonstrated experience in delivering breaking and original content for multiple platforms
- Demonstrated understanding of the issues that affect and interest the local audience.
- Good time management and communication skills.
A current drivers license is essential.
The ABC strives for diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and to promote a culture of opportunity. Through its services the ABC seeks to represent, connect and engage with all of the Australian community. In line with our focus on diversity, applications are strongly encouraged from Indigenous Australians, people from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability and LGBTIQA+ individuals. The ABC also aims to achieve a gender-balanced workforce.
For further details on the role and requirements, please refer to the full position description: 50059447 REPORTER.pdf
We would love to see your work. Please submit material with your application online (include examples, links to websites or attach audio/video files up to 5MB).
For further information on this position please contact Claudia Jambor, Local Editor on 02 6650 3635.
Please feel free to contact accessibility@abc.net.au or 02 8333 2348 where you can request recruitment and selection information in alternate formats, request adjustments, or have accessibility requirements met wherever possible.
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.
Advertised: 18 Mar 2024 12:00 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 31 Mar 2024 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time
