Your Role: Broadcast Journalist (London)
Global’s Newsroom in London needs a journalist with a fantastic broadcast voice and exceptional writing skills to be part of our team. The successful candidate should have plenty of broadcast journalism experience in a radio newsroom, including writing and reading news bulletins, selecting and pushing key news from guest interviews, and audio editing. You will also need a solid understanding of key aspects of media law.
As a Broadcast Journalist at Global, you will:
Key Responsibilities
- You’ll be writing and reading news bulletins for LBC – Britain’s biggest commercial news talk brand
- Curating original content for our rolling news station LBC News, alongside bulletins for the UK’s biggest radio brands like Heart, Capital, and Smooth.
What You’ll Love About This Role
Think Big: We tell the biggest stories of the day in engaging and creative ways for audiences across Global’s platforms
Own It: Pushing our original and exclusive stories, building on our track record for delivering standout journalism
Keep it Simple: Telling stories in an accessible, concise and conversational way for our audiences
Better Together: Working alongside a talented team of newsreaders, producers and presenters to create outstanding broadcast and digital content
What Success Looks Like
In your first few months, you’ll have:
- Grasped the news agenda and produced stand-out content on some of the nation’s biggest radio brands
- Established yourself as a trusted voice to our audiences
- Set the standard in the quality of output across our newsroom, having learnt the Global's Newsroom style.
What You’ll Need
The ideal candidate will be proactive and willing to develop and implement innovative solutions, capable of the following:
- Content: Delivering standout, OFCOM-compliant content which routinely meets and exceeds Global standards
- Ownership: Understanding the importance of tailored content across our brand portfolio and be capable of taking ownership for all editorial decisions with those diverse audiences in mind
- Fast thinking: Responding to changing situations and problem-solving under pressure, to ensure our output is always of the highest standard in all circumstances
- Flexibility: News happens 24/7 - this isn’t a ‘normal’ office job and flexibility is key. This role will include working across weekends and regular overnight shifts.
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What We Do
The UK and Europe’s largest Radio & Outdoor company, Global is home to respected, national market-leading media brands broadcasting across the UK on DAB & FM and around the world on Global Player, including Heart, Capital, LBC, Capital XTRA, Capital Dance, Classic FM, Smooth, Radio X and Gold.
Global Player allows listeners to enjoy all of Global’s radio brands, award-winning podcasts, and expertly curated playlists, in one place in app, on web and on smart speakers.
Global is also one of the leading Outdoor companies in both the UK & Europe, with over 253,000 sites reaching 95% of the UK population. Global’s extensive and diverse outdoor portfolio encompasses Transport for London’s Underground network, almost all major UK airports including Gatwick, the UK’s largest portfolio of roadside posters and premium digital screens in prime locations, as well as the UK’s largest network of buses including all major cities.
On-air, on Global Player and with our outdoor platforms combined, Global reaches 51 million individuals across the UK every week, including 26.3 million on the radio alone.
