Regional Victoria Reporter
Location: Flexible in Regional Victoria
Ongoing, full-time role
Create engaging rural stories for the ABC
The Role
We are seeking a motivated and multi-skilled Rural Reporter to provide authoritative coverage of the business and politics of Australian farming, livestock, forestry, agriculture, and primary production.
* Creating engaging rural and primary industry news and features across multiple platforms for a diverse local and national audience.
* Preparing digital stories for ABC online, preparing and presenting radio reports for the Rural Report and Country Hour, plus other key programs including ABC's 7pm bulletin and News Channel.
* Contributing new ideas to increase audience reach and engagement.
About You
We are looking for a dynamic Rural Reporter with experience creating content for radio, TV, and online. You should be creative, highly organized, and able to find great rural stories from our community to share for radio, digital, TV, and social media.
* You have strong news writing skills and are not afraid to ask questions, explore the region, look for stories where others haven't, jump in the work car and drive, and work with a team on site and the broader Rural Reporter team in various locations as well as reporting to and working with a dynamic, strong Country Hour Executive Producer who loves seeing her team win.
* You must be able to demonstrate that you have:
o Accomplished editorial skills across multiple platforms, particularly digital reporting.
o A strong understanding of the issues facing the agricultural and primary industries and how they affect the community.
o A creative approach to story construction and delivery.
o Experience in live presentation and broadcast.
o A passion and curiosity to source and create authentic stories which represent the broad diversity of the Australian community.
o The ability to travel to remote locations when required.
What We Can Offer You
We offer a range of benefits including:
* 15.4% ABC Nominated Super.
* Paid parental, carer's and supporting partner leave.
* Salary packaging.
* ABC Mentoring.