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Lead, ABC News Verify
About ABC News
ABC News is the most respected name in news and current affairs and the nation's leading independent news service on television, radio, digital and social media. Our flagship brands and services include Four Corners, 7.30, Australian Story, AM, PM, Foreign Correspondent, Insiders, Q&A, ABC News 7PM, ABC News on digital and social media and ABC news channels on radio and television.
About the Role
This newly created role will see you lead a team of highly skilled, dedicated verification journalists, investigating and producing original verification reporting. You will provide editorial leadership and direction in open-source intelligence and other verification practices and stories across the ABC News network.
This great opportunity will also see you:
About You
You are a highly experienced journalist with proven leadership skills, reliable editorial judgement and skills in verification reporting. You are effective in building and leading a capable, skilled and motivated team in a positive, collegial environment.
You also have:
The ABC strives for diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and to promote a culture of opportunity. Through its services the ABC seeks to represent, connect and engage with all of the Australian community. In line with our focus on diversity, 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: 50068467 LEAD, ABC NEWS VERIFY.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 Clare Blumer, Editor, Innovative Storytelling via blumer.clare@abc.net.au.
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