Journalist at BBC Monitoring

• As a Journalist, you'll play a pivotal role in meeting the needs of BBC Monitoring's users by identifying news and key insights based on the monitoring of vernacular sources – TV, radio, newspapers and social media – across Africa.
• You will produce engaging content in English and cover many news stories, including breaking news.
• You will work a shift pattern, feed into the global news agenda, acting as a point of reference on Sub-Saharan Africa.
• You’ll use a variety of tools and techniques to mine the media for story ideas, identify emerging trends and narratives and contribute to advance planning for coverage of key events.

• Excellent knowledge (spoken and written) of at least one main language spoken in Africa (Amharic, Somali, Swahili, French, Arabic, Hausa, Portuguese etc), experience as a journalist and exceptional writing skills in idiomatic English.
• You'll be able to record accurately, to report impartially, to provide context as necessary and to ensure all output is consistent with the BBC's editorial guidelines.
• You'll have a thorough understanding of Africa's media environment, political, cultural, religious and economic issues
• You'll be able to track breaking news and emerging trends on social media.
• You are willing and able to embrace new ways of working, to continually develop yourself and others around you and to actively seek feedback.
• You have good inter-personal communication skills and can work collaboratively with team members and with other parts of the BBC.

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