Position Title:Status of Employment: PermanentPosition Language Requirement:Language Skills:Work at CBC/Radio-CanadaAt CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance.Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.Unposting Date: 2025-03-30 11:59 PMYOUR ROLEAre you an ambitious self-starter and collaborative team player who is passionate about local news and current events and has a strong interest in uncovering issues that matter to your audience?CBC News is looking for experienced multiplatform journalists to join our team as part of an expansion in approximately two dozen communities across the country. These full time permanent roles, which are based in one or two-person bureaus, are focused on broadening CBCs news coverage in Canada, ensuring stories and voices from these communities are reflected in our journalism across digital, radio, social, streaming and TV.In these roles, you will operate independently under the direction of the assignment desk in your regional station. As such, youll need to be someone with a lot of initiative, who is comfortable working solo to get things done, and is able to build collaborative relationships with your producers and teammates in the regional station.You will put audience needs at the centre of your journalism, ensuring your work highlights a broad range of perspectives, experiences and points of view, especially those from people who have been traditionally underrepresented in the media. You will regularly find opportunities to meet new people and expand your network of contacts.You will ensure that all CBC journalistic standards are met and that our stories are fair, balanced, accurate, thoughtful, immediate and resonate with the communities we serve.NOTE: Before submitting an application, please ensure youve read the full description of these jobs and locations .We are hiring in these communities, under this recruitment:Quebec (2 Positions): North Shore of Montreal/LaurentiansNew Brunswick (1 Position): Northern New Brunswick (Campbellton).These positions may require you to work from home or from a shared office space. These positions require you to regularly travel to the areas you cover.TASKS:Keep up with current events by consulting various sources.Establish and maintain links with different sources.Propose and receive topics for news stories.Research, gather, evaluate and verify all elements of the topics addressed.Plan reports around the story to be told. Conduct interviews and assess their relevance. Direct TV shoots. Direct recordings on the radio or for new media. Take photographs or direct photo shoots for new media.Listen to audio and view visuals. Select the appropriate clips. Provide information for the graphic illustration of the topics addressed.Decide on story angles. Draft various documents (reports, titles, briefs, texts with or without clips, presentation documents, ticker headlines) in a style that suits the medium and update them to reflect current events. Adapt the content of information programs. Depending on the position, translate or adapt copy or interviews into the broadcast language.Script and narrate reports.Submit texts for approval.Oversee the editing process. Retrieve and assemble audio and visual clips for television. Perform rough editing for radio. Prepare audio and visual elements for new media.Prepare live broadcasts. Propose questions and clips and suggest their order.Deliver the news or reports on air.Publish texts, reports as well as audio and visual elements on new media.Inform newsroom coordinators of any event requiring immediate broadcasting or special treatment.On request, review the texts of other journalists and contribute to their reports.Provide host journalists with written information (notes, dispatch) during special programs.Ensure the availability of the resources (studio, booth, technician) required to produce your reports.Drive a news vehicle.For new media, select and update relevant hyperlinks. File and archive website content. Help organize and participate in interactive activities (moderating talkbacks, chats, forums). Follow up on e-mails from readers.Carry out all other related tasks as needed.QUALIFICATIONS:KNOWLEDGE:Bachelors degree and three years of journalism experience or the equivalent.Extensive general knowledge.Excellent knowledge of current events.Fluent in English.Very good working knowledge of French.Solid command of communication techniques specific to the medium (radio, television or new media) as well as interview techniques.Valid drivers licence.Familiarity with CBC/Radio-CanadaSKILLS:Initiative.Comfortable on air.Able to present a subject clearly and concisely.Able to use electronic and computer tools with ease.Excellent diction.Able to analyze, synthesize and think critically.Able to work under pressure.Selected candidates will be subject to the testing:Assignment.Interview.Please include a letter of interest detailing how your experience would be an asset to us, and tell us what contribution youd like to make at CBC. Please include examples of your best work.Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our countrys diversity. Thats because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. Thats why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canadas public broadcaster. For more information, visit the of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to .You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our . All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on . In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform us, as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.Primary Location: 1000, Avenue Papineau, Montreal, Quebec, H2K 0C2Work Schedule: Full time
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