
Journalist, Bbc Tamil
4 days ago
Job Introduction
BBC World Service is an international multimedia broadcaster, part of BBC News, delivering a wide range of language and regional services and working increasingly with other parts of BBC News to serve global audiences. BBC Tamil is one of the oldest language services in BBC World Service, along with BBC Hindi. As part of a historic and exciting expansion, the BBC World Service launched four new language services serving audiences in India - Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Telugu.
All six Indian language services are based predominantly in the BBC’s Delhi bureau, working closely and collaboratively with all teams in the Delhi office and as well as with teams in BBC’s headquarters in London, to deliver an editorial output of the highest standard.
All Language Services are multiplatform and have a multimedia website with a focus on digital video, text, interactivity for both desktop and mobile platforms, and a daily TV news programme for the Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, and Gujarati services. Each service aims to make international news relevant to the Indian audience, and bring international perspectives to bear on Indian and global developments.
Main Responsibilities
The Digital Journalist will be responsible for error-free writing, editing and producing a range of digital content - in text, video, and audio formats for our Website, TV, Social Platforms and podcasts, to the highest professional standards.
You will be required to present content in video and audio formats for BBC Tamil. This can be via Live or recorded formats. You will also be required to exercise editorial judgement of the highest standards in developing story ideas and producing accurate and impartial journalism.
- You will have an excellent command over written and spoken Tamil, and a good understanding of English. You will be able to translate from English to Tamil swiftly and accurately, to produce error-free content that is relevant to BBC Tamil audiences.
- You will have significant experience of production techniques for Digital, Social and Video platforms.
- You will have significant experience of managing social media channels, including planning and implementation of daily and long term strategy to build engagement and increase referrals back to the website. You will have the ability to curate content for BBC Tamil’s social media pages and respond in a timely manner to trends using different social media formats.
- You will also have the ability to write scripts, produce and present digital videos, and adapt these with accuracy, clarity and style for different platforms and formats.
- You will have the ability to work in a high pressure news environment, delivering to tight deadlines while maintaining the highest editorial standards. You will also be able to liaise with other team members and with other departments in the BBC, to ensure that output is shared, duplication is avoided, and best practices upheld.
About the BBC
We don’t focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below.
Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC - whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here
Package Description
Continuing contract
Local terms and conditions apply
Role based in New Delhi / Chennai
**Any offer of employment with the BBC will be conditional upon you having the right to work in India.
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