Senior Journalist Reporter

Overview

Job Title:

Senior Journalist Reporter. Job Band:

D. Contract Type:
Permanent, Full-time. Department: BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

Location:

Hull. Proposed Salary Range: £41,200 – £51,000 per annum depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. This reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We are happy to discuss flexible working. You can indicate a preference in your application—though there is no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

Do you thrive on getting to the heart of your community and telling the stories that matter most—stories that grab attention, spark conversation and reflect real lives? We’re looking for an ambitious journalist to report on a wide range of stories across East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire: a region rich with diverse urban, rural and coastal communities. You’ll work in a truly multiplatform newsroom, reporting for BBC Look North TV, our digital services, and our local radio stations—BBC Radio Humberside and BBC Radio Lincolnshire.

You’ll build on the BBC’s strong relationships with the communities we serve, ensuring our journalism remains rooted, relevant and closest to our audiences. You will help stories reach as many people as possible across TV, digital, social and radio. The role includes varied working hours, with some evening and weekend shifts, and may involve TV presenting when required.

• Report original, high-impact stories for television, digital and radio, working as part of a multi-skilled editorial team.
• Generate strong story ideas backed by first-class contacts, delivering journalism that surprises, challenges and engages diverse audiences.
• Create powerful, visually compelling TV journalism, grounded in a deep understanding of what matters to local audiences.
• Write clear, creative and accurate scripts that elevate storytelling across all platforms.
• Demonstrate substantial experience in multiplatform reporting, showcasing versatility across TV, digital and radio output.

Essential Criteria:

• Significant journalistic experience, with strong editorial judgement and the ability to make well reasoned decisions under pressure.
• Proven experience in TV reporting and digital storytelling, crafting compelling content for both broadcast and online audiences.
• A confident, engaging and authoritative on-screen presence, capable of delivering live and pre-recorded journalism to a first-class professional standard.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, enabling you to work effectively with colleagues across all BBC Local platforms.
• Thorough understanding of BBC Editorial Guidelines, with a strong grasp of impartiality, accuracy and fairness, as well as solid working knowledge of broadcast law.

• Familiarity with BBC editorial processes, compliance requirements and the wider BBC output.
• Strong knowledge of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire’s issues, communities and audience expectations.
• A proven track record of cross-platform working, ideally spanning TV, digital and radio.
• Experience developing digital-first or social storytelling strategies.
• Ability to adapt quickly to new tools, technologies or production workflows.

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.

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…