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Job no: 504007
Work type: Ongoing Full Time
Location: Melbourne
Categories: Journalism/Content Making, Social Media/ Digital, Production/Content
- Generate original story ideas for your relevant target audience
- Full Time, Permanent Role
- Southbank, Melbourne
- $90K to $96K plus 15.4% ABC Nominated Super Fund
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ABC News is the most respected name in news and current affairs and the nation's leading independent news service on television, radio, digital and social media. Our flagship brands and services include Four Corners, 7.30, Australian Story, AM, PM, Foreign Correspondent, Insiders, Q&A, ABC News 7PM, ABC News on digital and social media and ABC news channels on radio and television.
About the Role
Have you got a sharp mind for data analysis and the ability to translate complex concepts into compelling, accessible stories? Then this role might be the place to use your skillset to bolster digital journalism in the ABC's busy Melbourne newsroom.
As part of a tight-knit and supportive team, you'll be covering big and breaking stories to produce content relevant to a broad cross-section of Australians, reflecting the cultural, geographic, and socio-economic diversity of the country.
The role will involve:
- Researching, gathering, preparing and writing stories that engage and inform a variety of diverse audiences across Victoria
- Collaborating with senior journalists, from breaking news to in-depth investigations
- Generating and conducting interviews with your own original story ideas and angles
- Using audience analytics to inform story treatments, headlines, and presentation.
About You
We are seeking an energetic, inquisitive self-starter with sound working experience in news scenarios, in particular news writing and digital production in a newsroom.
You will also have:
- Experience sub-editing articles written by other journalists and working with them to perfect copy.
- Demonstrated interest in data journalism and using data to tell and illustrate stories.
- A thorough understanding of the way news stories are presented online, including on social media and digital platforms
For further details on the role and requirements, please refer to the full position description: 
50061922 DATA JOURNALIST.pdf
We would love to see your work. Please submit material with your application online (include examples, links to websites or attach audio/video files up to 5MB).
For further information on this position please contact Joseph Dunstan, Deputy Digital Editor via dunstan.joseph@abc.net.au or call on (03) 8646 1665
We are unable to accept email applications, please ensure that you submit your application via the online portal.
We respectfully request that Recruitment Agencies do not submit applications for this position.
Applications Close: 11:55 pm, Sunday 12 May
Advertised: AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: AUS Eastern Standard Time
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