Journalist – Derby

As an experienced text journalist, you will take charge of stories and write quick, accurate, copy that conforms to the style of the BBC News website.

Job Requisition ID: 44496

Job Closing Date: 12 May 2026

Derby, GBR, DE1 3HY
| Derby, GBR, DE1 3HY

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC News
LOCATION: Derby
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £27,300 to £35,000, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. If you’d like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there’s no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The BBC East Midlands region covers the biggest and best stories from the counties of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire – including vast parts of the Peak District – Leicestershire and Rutland. We are a multi-platform news operation with an approach that prioritises digital first, and seeks to achieve maximum impact across online, TV and radio.

As an experienced text journalist, you will take charge of stories and write quick, accurate, copy that conforms to the style of the BBC News website. You will look to tell your stories across online, radio, social media and television, and aim to get as many eyes on your journalism as possible, utilising the BBC’s resources and reach to access millions of viewers.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

Writing text stories for the BBC News website to the highest standard
Generating story ideas and ideas for follow-ups that will work for audio and TV, as well as for digital audiences
Ensuring accuracy and due impartiality with all content
Being a collegiate and collaborative colleague, with the ability to network and foster relationships across the BBC’s teams locally and nationally
Being a self-motivated self-starter who can thrive as an individual as well as part of a team

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

Experience working in daily news
Editorial experience and sound news judgement
Significant experience working efficiently and accurately to rolling deadlines and breaking news. The ability to deliver high quality copy that demonstrates the BBC’s values of impartiality and fairness is compulsory
You will have demonstrable experience of embracing technology, adopting up new skills and adapting to the changing demands of a digital working environment
An understanding of digital news platforms and how to engage audiences

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

For further information about the role, please contact Alex Smith on [email protected]

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Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

For any general queries, please contact: [email protected]

Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.