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Job Description
Digital News Editor

Reporting of the Role

This role reports to Senior Digital News Editor

Overview of job


Come and join LBC, as we expand our digital offering across our market-leading apps and site.

We're looking for online journalists who live and breathe news. People who know their ERGs from their DUPs. As an all-rounder - you'll be a dab hand at writing, editing, curating, SEO, video and social media.

3 best things about the job

Working on one of the UK's leading news and opinion brands

Utilising a variety of skills to bring your journalism to a wide audience

Covering a wide variety of news for LBC's digital audience

Measures of success -

In the first few months, you would have


Covered multiple stories for LBC's website and social platforms

Pitched ideas, carried out interviews

Reacted to breaking news

Written live blogs

Built partnerships with multiple internal stakeholders in the London and regional newsrooms

Contributed towards LBC's digital readership targets

Responsibilities of the role

Write and distribute the news across our digital and social platforms, including desktop and mobile web, apps, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

Report news as it happens online with strong breaking news skills and generate web traffic through application of advanced social media showcasing skills.

Keep users up-to-date with the latest news stories.

Work with Global's Newsrooms across the UK to create digital version of their exclusive stories.

Formulate a well-rounded daily coverage plan that gives people the news that interests them.

Identify compelling, unique stories and user-generated content of interest to our audience.

What you will need

The ideal candidate will be proactive and willing to develop and implement innovative solutions, capable of the following:

Experience of working in a newsroom, though this position would suit entry level candidates or those with 1-2 years experience

All the skills needed to be an online journalist including legal training

This will require overnight and weekend work.

You'll be working from our London office, in Leicester Square when covid restrictions are lifted, with options for some days working from home

Everyone is welcome at Global

Just like our media and entertainment platforms are for everyone, so are our workplaces. We know that we can't possibly serve our diverse audiences without first nurturing and celebrating it in our people and that's why we work hard to create an inclusive culture for everyone. We believe that different will set us apart, so no matter what you look like, where you come from or what your favourite radio station is, we want to hear from you.

Although we cannot make guarantees, we welcome conversations about flexible working for all roles at Global