Reporter, Four Corners

Description:

Apply now Job no: 504620
Work type: Contract Full Time
Location: Sydney
Categories: Journalism/Content Making, Presenter/Reporter

• Be a part of Australia's most impactful investigative reporting team
• 12 Month Parental Leave backfill
• Ideally based in Sydney Ultimo, but other locations could be acceptable

About the Role

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to join this high-profile team where excellence in investigative journalism has been recognised with 62 Walkley Awards, and 23 Logies.

You will create and deliver original, news-breaking, agenda-setting reports of the highest standard for broadcast and digital on the ABC's premier investigative current affairs brand. We are seeking an outstanding reporter with a strong track record in investigative journalism who will be responsible for;

• In collaboration with our researchers and producers, researching, writing, and presenting, approximately four to five long form stories per year, for digital and broadcast.
• Generating, investigating and breaking stories that have an impact on the national agenda.
• Creating and generating content for digital and socials.

About You

You will be an outstanding senior reporter with excellent research skills and a strong track record in high quality investigative journalism and will be able to demonstrate:

• A proven ability to originate and deliver major national news-breaking, agenda-setting and award-winning stories.
• Excellent research and writing skills, including the ability to conduct excellent incisive interviews.
• Strong experience in, or demonstrated aptitude for, television and digital presentation and production (a show reel or demo tape is required).
• A sophisticated understanding and mastery of digital story-telling techniques and ability to deliver high quality content for all online and social media platforms.
• A ready supply of strong original story ideas appropriate for 4 Corners.
• The ability to work closely and collegially with a small team in an intense high-pressure environment and under demanding deadlines.
• Extensive contacts and networks and a wide, deep knowledge of major social, economic, political, cultural and international events and issues and a superior command of all current political, economic, social, cultural and international issues and events.

For further details on the role and requirements, please refer to the full position description: 50048129 REPORTER FOUR CORNERS.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 Alice Brennan, Supervising Producer at brennan.alice@abc.NET.au

More Info

In line with our focus on diversity and inclusion, applications are strongly encouraged from Indigenous Australians, people from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability and LGBTQA+ individuals. The ABC also aims to achieve a gender-balanced workforce.

For further information on this position please contact Matthew Carney, Executive Producer via carney.matthew@abc.NET.au

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We respectfully request that Recruitment Agencies do not submit applications for this position.