Journalist, BBC Verify

JOB DETAILSJOB BAND: CCONTRACT TYPE: Full Time, PermanentDEPARTMENT: BBC News & Current Affairs, BBC VerifyLOCATION: London Broadcasting House, W1A 1AAPROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £36,500 - £46,500 +LW depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.JRN25PURPOSE OF THE ROLETransparency is an essential element in ensuring audiences feel they can trust the BBC's journalism. There has never been a more important time to ensure news consumers understand not just what we know, but how we know it – and BBC Verify is at the heart of this as we find new ways to share more of the important, thoughtful work that goes into verifying, fact checking and sourcing our journalism. The unit brings together the BBC's best analysts, fact-checkers, data specialists and designers from across domestic and global teams with expertise in data journalism, disinformation and the latest Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and verification techniques.This role supports a range of open-source journalism within BBC Verify, working with the wider team to help tell exciting stories using innovative and impactful formats. The successful candidate will have a wide range of open-source journalism skills that are relevant to both on-the-day verification and medium-term investigations. You should be able to generate ideas that feature innovative forensic storytelling.The role will report to the Open-Source Journalism team leader within BBC Verify.WHY JOIN THE TEAMJoin the Open-Source Journalism and Verification team and help shape the future of transparent journalism. You’ll work side by side with some of the best open-source journalists in the business – working on daily verification and longer-term investigations.Together, we’ll create stories that really matter and reach audiences around the world. Plus, you’ll have access to outstanding training and development opportunities to keep growing your skills and career.Your Key Responsibilities And ImpactDaily gathering and verification of video, audio and stills, including logging and communication of verification work Analysis of satellite imageryUse of ship/plane tracking toolsContributing to complex open-source journalism projects Generating ideas for open-source journalism-related projects, including longer-term storiesWriting articles and live page posts for online and scripting for television and radioProducing or contributing to the production of social videos related to open-source journalism and verificationEssential CriteriaYOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCEExtensive understanding of a range of OSINT techniques and experience of using them in daily and longer-term journalismExperience of verification of video, audio and stills in a fast-paced news environmentExcellent geolocation and chronolocation skills; solid grounding in a range of social media platforms including TelegramExperience of satellite image analysisExperience of writing stories for onlineDESIRABLEExperience of ship/plane tracking toolsExtensive knowledge of tools and processes used around verificationUnderstanding of AI generated media and use of AI tools in open-source journalismHave an OSINT specialism that you are working to developGood knowledge of recent global conflictsGood understanding of law and editorial guidelinesIf you can bring some of these skills and experiences, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.