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Job no: 504276
Work type: Ongoing Full Time
Location: Port Macquarie
Categories: Journalism/Content Making, Presenter/Reporter
- Permanent, Full-time position
- Build strong engagement with local audiences
- Location: Port Macquarie, NSW
- Base salary $70K - $87K plus 15.4% ABC nominated super
About the Role
Bring your creativity and your ability to find and tell great stories and join the team at Port Macquarie as a new reporter with a rural focus.
Under direction of the Editor, and in collaboration with colleagues your will be involved in;
- Creating content with a rural focus, for multiple platforms to engage local and national audiences.
- Producing and presenting rural content, Q&A’s, interviews and packages across all platforms, including breaking stories.
- Contribute to planning and commissioning processes to develop and distribute new content ideas to achieve strong reach and engagement with audiences.
- In collaboration with colleagues, identify and develop local content that can be shared with other content teams in Regional & Local and across the ABC on multiple platforms.
About You
Are you passionate about rural issues and have proficient editorial skills? Do you have a passion to source and tell authentic stories that will engage our diverse audience? This exciting opportunity will allow you to get out and about to find and tell stories with a rural flavour.
Your skills and experience will include:
- Demonstrated experience in delivering breaking and original content for multiple platforms
- Strong understanding of the issues that affect and interest the local audience.
- Good time management and communication skills.
A current driver's license is essential.
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 LGBTIQA+ individuals. The ABC also aims to achieve a gender-balanced workforce.
For more information about working at the ABC, please feel free to explore our careers page at https://www.abc.net.au/careers/
For further details on the role and requirements, please refer to the full position description: 
50059447 REPORTER.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 Claudia Jambor, Local Editor on 02 6650 3635 or jambor.claudia@abc.net.au
We are unable to accept email applications, please ensure that you submit your application via the online portal.
Applications Close: 11:55 pm, Monday 30 September
Advertised: AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: AUS Eastern Standard Time
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