News Editor
The role reports to the Head of Newsgathering, Nick Seymour and is a key part of the Newsdesk team. The main responsibilities are to gather news, deploy reporters and ENG crews to cover stories for our multi-platform output, and to liaise with the programming teams to ensure that our coverage meets programming needs. There are also planning shifts where the successful applicant will be required to build a news agenda and assign resources.
Key responsibilities and main tasks:
- Deploy reporters and cameras to cover news stories
- Ensure that reporters in the office and out in the field are gathering information and delivering content
- Ensure that packages are of high quality and delivered by deadline
- Come up with original story ideas
- Develop and make new contacts to break original stories
- Monitor wire services and other sources to keep the newsroom abreast of breaking news and story developments
- Plan coverage and deployments for future news stories
- Liaise with programmes and reporters to ensure that live crosses are informative and contain good content
- Manage daily coverage of the UK political pool
- Hold engaging editorial meetings that explain GBN’s daily news coverage to the rest of the organization
- Book incoming and outgoing feeds
- Be available to be deployed to conduct interviews when needed
- Take on other appropriate duties as required.
- Be an ambassador for GB News
- Be committed to Health and Safety requirements of self and others in the workplace
- Be committed to the equality and diversity values of GB News
What you will bring to GB News
GB News is committed to equality & diversity and welcomes applications from everyone regardless of background, origin, gender, religion, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability.
We value drive, professionalism and integrity and strive to ensure we hold ourselves and our partners to these qualities.
We’re positive thinkers with the resilience to thrive on rapid change and the strength of character to face challenges with good humour and determination.
Above all, we place people at the heart of all we do, whether it’s our audiences or each other.
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About GB News
We are proud to be the United Kingdom’s News Channel.
We place all its communities at the heart of everything we do. We tackle the issues that matter across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland not just the nation’s metropolitan centres. We are balanced and fair in our coverage and ensure conversations are insightful, respectful and set an example by treating others the way would we expect to be treated.
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News Editor
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