Senior Journalist

BBC North East and Cumbria is looking for a talented and enthusiastic Senior Journalist to join the team.

Job Requisition ID: 47236

Job Closing Date: 17 August 2026

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, GBR, NE991RN

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: D

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time

DEPARTMENT: BBC News

LOCATION: Newcastle Upon Tyne

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £42,000 – £50,333 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

BBC North East and Cumbria is looking for a talented and enthusiastic Senior Journalist to join the team. This role will include producing content for TV and digital, planning, producing bulletins and reporting. The successful candidate will also be given the opportunity to develop into producing our flagship 1830 news programme.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM
We cover one of the most diverse regions of the country, from fascinating and beautiful rural areas such as Northumberland and The Lake District, to vibrant major conurbations such as Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Carlisle.

We have a reputation for telling stories that matter, reaching the heart of our communities and producing engaging content that travels far and wide across the BBC. We pride ourselves on a friendly, busy, creative environment with an established and experienced team who will help and support you to be the best you can be.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

Production of TV bulletins and programmes, from lunchtime bulletins developing through to our flagship 1830
Commissioning and selecting relevant materials for output, ensuring they meet expectations of our audiences and adhere to the BBC’s editorial guidelines
Planning and/or undertaking reporting duties, filming and editing material for broadcast where appropriate
Originating and producing stories which may include scripting, editing, outputting, filming and presenting content across a range of multimedia platforms
May be required to present live or recorded content on radio, TV or online.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

A high standard of editorial judgment and production skills based on substantial broadcast journalism experience.
An understanding of production techniques and newsgathering technology.
A strong understanding of our digital platforms and their importance for our news operation and audience growth.
Ability to manage resources and staff to create engaging content in the most cost effective manner.
The flexibility and adaptability to sustain performance, particularly under pressure to meet deadlines and changing priorities. and circumstances.

DESIRABLE:

Experience in maximising opportunities offered by existing and emerging technologies to their fullest extent.
Cross platform, multimedia knowledge, skills and experience.
Ability to write creatively in an engaging manner, adapt, produce and translate with accuracy, clarity and style appropriate to differing audiences and forms of media suitable for multimedia output.

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

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]

We are unable to accept applications via CV and only applications made online will be considered. Please click on the APPLY NOW button to proceed with your application.

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.