Senior Writer, Digital News, Casual, English Services, (Hybrid)

CBC/Radio-Canada • Toronto, ON

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

CBC News is looking for experienced digital senior writers to join their team at Canada's leading digital news operation. This role serves audiences on digital, mobile, social, and video news platforms. A key part of this role is quickly and accurately writing daily news stories and for live pages. These are casual, temporary short-term positions, which may include early morning, evening, and weekend shifts, and can be based anywhere in Canada where there is a CBC location. The ideal candidate is an excellent writer with a sharp eye for thoughtful, human-centered stories that reflect and connect with contemporary Canada. They understand digital and social audiences and how to engage them using various media. Experience in a breaking news environment is crucial, along with the ability to thrive under pressure, jump between topics, and learn quickly. A critical thinker with excellent news judgment, the candidate must be comfortable making independent editorial decisions aligned with CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices (JSP) and the CBC News strategy. This role requires a self-starter who can work collaboratively with minimal supervision and values diversity, inclusion, and a respectful work culture.

Requirements

• Minimum five years recent experience in a digital news environment.
• Excellent news judgement.
• Substantial experience writing, researching, fact-checking and packaging digital news content.
• Knowledge of legal and ethical issues related to journalism.
• Cultural awareness and sensitivity.
• Open mindset.
• Proven ability to work effectively under 24/7 deadline pressures and file same-day stories and breaking news posts.
• Knowledge of digital audience habits, breaking news industry trends.
• Stellar communication and interpersonal skills.
• Aptitude with text and video content management systems.
• Experience in Search Engine Optimization and Social Media Optimization.
• University degree or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with live pages is an asset.
• Knowledge of CBCNews.ca style is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Write short, engaging entries for live story pages.
• Identify and summarize key events, distilling information down to the essentials.
• File daily digital stories, including researching, reporting, interviewing, writing and fact-checking.
• Package digital stories according to mobile-first considerations, with an emphasis on increasing audience engagement, including relevant videos, audio and photo galleries.
• Pitch stories that align with growing new audiences.
• Jump on breaking news and file into and/or curate live story pages.
• Work with senior producers to develop story focus and structure.
• Work collaboratively with editors to sharpen headlines and text.
• Identify and pursue a diverse range of sources.

Benefits

• Flexibility to work different shifts, including early mornings, nights and holidays to respond to the demands of a live programming cycle.
• Overtime work may be requested based on operational requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees