World Service- Future Voices
Job
Introduction
We’re starting a work experience scheme
based in the World Service languages. The World Service is one of the
world’s leading news broadcasters – we have twenty-nine languages at the
moment, including English. The World Service Group, all the international
parts of the BBC, has a weekly audience of over 265 million people around the
world. The BBC reports from more locations than any other international
broadcaster, and increasingly we’re training up bilingual reporters, who can
bring us the story in English and another language. We’re trusted
and respected by our audiences, and we’re a multi-media broadcaster, on radio,
TV, online and via mobiles. In 2014, we launched TV bulletins in ten
languages, in addition to our long-established Persian channel and 24 hour
Arabic TV. We’re a dynamic, ambitious, challenging news organisation
bringing the world’s stories to BBC News, at New Broadcasting House in the
heart of London.
Role Responsibility
We’ll give you the chance to work at BBC
News in two languages, English and another World Service language. You
don’t necessarily need journalism skills before you start; we’ll give you a
week’s training in radio, tv and online reporting. You’ll spend the next
three weeks in a language service, and in other BBC News and Current Affairs
programmes across BBC News, getting a taste of what it’s like to be a bilingual
reporter at the BBC. You’ll meet a whole range of people here, from
producers, editors, presenters, camera operators to online and social media
journalists. You’ll come out with a good idea of the wide-ranging
journalism that goes at the BBC World Service and across the rest of BBC
News.
You must be fluent in speaking, reading and
writing in both English and one of the following languages:
Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (Mandarin and
Cantonese), Dari, English, French, Kinyarwanda/Kirundi, Kiswahili, Kyrgyz,
Hausa, Hindi, Indonesian, Nepali, Pashto, Persian, Portuguese, Russian,
Sinhala, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek,
Vietnamese
The Ideal Candidate
You’ll be bilingual in English and one
other language. You’ll be proficient in writing and reading in your
second language, as well as a totally fluent speaker. You’ll be obsessed
with international news, and keep up with what’s going on around the
world. You’ll be a great communicator, curious about the world, and good
at getting your message across. You’ll be willing to travel around the UK
and abroad as part of your reporting duties if necessary, and you’ll probably
have some idea of the output of the BBC World Service.
We’re not looking for lots of
qualifications, in fact there are no minimum entry requirements, but you must
be able to show that you’re passionate about news, and about pursuing a career
in the media industry.
You must be over 18, and available to work
on the dates stated. The placements are all at New Broadcasting House in
London. We want you to have a great experience with us, so from day one
you’ll be involved in our programmes, contributing, suggesting, developing
ideas, and we hope demonstrating your reporting skills in two
languages. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and
from every corner of the UK.
Package Description
You must
be available to come to New Broadcasting House for four weeks inclusive on one
of the following course dates: Monday
2 March – Friday 27 March and Monday 22 June – Friday 17 July.
You won’t be paid, but if you are from
outside London, we will give you accommodation, and pay your living
expenses. If you are from London, we will pay for your travel and lunch
expenses.
You will have a mentor during your time at
the BBC World Service, and we’ll do our best to make it a challenging and
productive work experience for you.
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