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Washington DC, USA: Freelance Senior Producer - BBC
Job Vacancy: Freelance Senior Producer - BBC |
Location: Washington DC, USA |
Closing Date: 31st October 2024 |
Job Introduction The BBC is the world’s leading public broadcaster and BBC News is at the heart of it. We provide trusted news and analysis output to a global audience millions per week, making us the largest broadcast news operation in the world. It is an exciting time right now as we have expanded our teams in North America. As part of this expansion, we are looking to recruit a Freelance Senior Producer to produce our primetime evening and weekend news coverage. Based in Washington, DC you will bring the latest in international breaking news and headlines to worldwide audiences on our news channel. Role Responsibility As Freelance Senior Producer you will be responsible for building the rundowns and producing several hours of weekday and weekend live news coverage with the highest level of editorial and production standards, and help oversee a team of Journalists who are booking and segment producing the programs. You will help redefine and reimagine the relationship between digital and linear news on every platform, understand the power of visual storytelling both on air and online, the essential role of social media as a means of newsgathering and sourcing stories, and the importance of transparency in every aspect of our journalism as an integral part of news verification and authenticity. You will create a competitive live news program and provide comprehensive coverage of global events that define the editorial brand of the network by making full use of the breadth of the BBC newsroom and field resources around the world. You are calm under pressure in the control room, and a clear communicator. Your output will be seen on weekday nights and weekends on a streaming channel that will also air on linear TV. Our Freelance Senior Producers will be based in Washington, DC and work primetime evenings (until midnight) including weekends. |
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