Bell is a truly Canadian company with over 134 years of success. We are defined by the passion of our team members and their belief in our company’s vast potential.
To ensure we continue to be recognized as Canada’s leading communications company, we’re committed to finding and developing the next generation of leaders. This means creating best-in-class career and development opportunities for our employees.
If you’re passionate, driven and find yourself seeking interesting work, new challenges and continuous learning opportunities, then we want you to join our team.
Bell Media is Canada's premier multimedia company with leading assets in television, radio and digital media, including CTV — Canada's #1 television network, and the country's most-watched specialty channels. It is a critical component of Bell’s commitment to leverage strategic investments in broadband networks to offer Canadians the best available content on any of the four screens they choose: television, smartphone, tablet and computer.
Web Writer, News CP24- UNIFOR 723 – Group F
CP24.com is looking to grow its dynamic team of web writers.
We’re looking for an experienced writer who has a passion for digital journalism and who thrives in a live, breaking news environment. This new team member will have several years of experience writing the news, preferably for a reputable news organization, and will have a strong understanding of the demands of breaking news. Writing quickly and correctly is essential to the job as is a strong
sense of news judgement. A keen interest and proven experience in digital storytelling and social media awareness is also a must. A life in news demands some flexibility with scheduling. Early mornings, weekends and late-night shifts are always a possibility. Some of the responsibilities our new team member will have include:
• Gathering elements from our live broadcast to help develop news stories for CP24.com
• This will include writing, capturing and editing video, and using images that come into the newsroom.
• Monitoring the newswire
• Monitoring CP24’s social media network
• Staying on top of digital storytelling trends.
• Using social media and other tools such as Scribble It Live, Storify, infographics, Geofeedia etc. to enhance our coverage.
• Showing great initiative to produce original content, story features, exclusive video, photo galleries, blogs etc.
• Communicating and sharing information with the rest of the newsroom
Qualifications:
• Minimum 2-3 years’ experience writing news, preferably for online or newspaper.
• A degree/diploma in journalism is strongly suggested
• A highly developed editorial sense -- someone who knows what the top stories are every day
• Capable of turning complex issues into clear, concise copy under tremendous deadline pressures
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with a great respect for team work.
• Knowledge of iNews , Photoshop and Polopoly would be an asset but not required.
• Experience in dealing with breaking news coverage
Internal employees please apply through this link:
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Additional Information:
Position Type: Union
Position Level: Non Management
Job Location (city): Canada : Ontario : Toronto
Application Deadline (MM/DD/YYYY): 03/23/2015
Please apply directly online to be considered for this role. Applications through email will not be accepted.
The masculine and feminine used in this job ad refer equally to employees of both sexes and in no way represent a particular distinction based on gender. Bell is an equal opportunity employer.
Created: Canada, ON, Toronto