Cultural Cross-Platform Reporter (French Services)

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At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance. 
 
Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.

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Your role

As a cultural journalist with Radio-Canada, you will provide daily coverage of events and issues related to cultural and artistic life in Abitibi-Témiscamingue. You will work across digital platforms, radio, and occasionally television. The selected candidate will be responsible for covering cultural news in its broadest sense, including its social, identity-related, and economic dimensions.

You will be expected to demonstrate clarity, depth, and rigor while adhering to CBC/Radio-Canada’s Journalistic Standards and Practices. Creativity and originality are also essential in proposing ideas and innovative approaches to content storytelling.

In this role, you will report to the Senior Manager, French Services, Radio-Canada Abitibi-Témiscamingue.

Work schedule: Monday to Friday (9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.). However, hours may vary depending on production needs, including mornings, evenings, and weekends.

We are looking for a curious, dynamic individual who is comfortable presenting live journalistic content and who values teamwork and maintaining a positive work environment.

More specifically, you will:

• Monitor current events using a variety of sources.

• Build and maintain relationships with sources within cultural and social communities.

• Pitch daily news stories, features, interviews, and in-depth reports.

• Research, gather, assess, and verify all elements related to assigned topics.

• Provide on-site coverage of major cultural events.

• Plan your work schedule in collaboration with the assignment editor according to coverage needs.

• Use available digital tools to integrate content elements (text, graphics, audio, video, photography, and/or interactive components) according to project requirements.

• Produce visual content (photos, illustrations, icons, etc.) adapted to multi-screen platforms in line with Radio-Canada’s graphic standards.

• Process, handle, and digitize various file sources.

• Propose editorial angles.

• Script reports, perform audio editing, and provide narration.

• Write content adapted to multiple platforms (radio, television, and web).

• Deliver information through various formats (articles, clips, segments, reports, interviews).

• Present reports on air.

• Notify newsroom leadership of events that may require breaking news coverage or special treatment.

• Ensure required production resources are available for your assignments.

• Drive a reporting vehicle.

• Perform any other related duties necessary to carry out the responsibilities listed above.
  

Job requirements:

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

• Three (3) years of journalism experience or equivalent
  

Skills:

• Strong general knowledge

• Excellent knowledge of current events in Abitibi-Témiscamingue

• Excellent command of French (working language)

• English (an asset)

• Strong knowledge of media-specific communication techniques and interviewing methods

• Knowledge of video production and editing techniques

• Strong initiative and autonomy in digital content creation

• Solid understanding of digital storytelling, digital formats, and social media management

• Ability to produce content tailored to various social media platforms

• Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (an asset)

• Proficiency with content management systems such as WordPress, Scoop (Radio-Canada internal tool), or iNews

• Good knowledge of image editing tools such as Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Lightroom

• Good knowledge of audio-video production tools such as Avid Newscutter, Dalet Plus, or Media Central

• Knowledge of CBC/Radio-Canada Journalistic Standards and Practices

• Valid driver’s licence
  

Selected candidates will be tested as follows:

• Job-related theoretical tests

• Interview

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.
 

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

As part of our recruitment process, candidates who advance to the next

step will be asked to complete a background check. This includes:  

• A mandatory Criminal record check. 

• Other background checks may be conducted based on the operational requirements of the position.

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity. That’s because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That’s why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster. For more information, visit the Diversity and Inclusion section of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to [email protected].
 
You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our corporate website. All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on conflicts of interest. In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform us, as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.

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