Journalist, Arts and Culture (French Services) (On Site)

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Work at CBC/Radio-Canada

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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This role requires full time on site presence.

Your role

Based in Sept-Îles and reporting to the Senior Manager, News & Current Affairs and Content Development, for Quebec’s North Shore (TV/radio/digital), you will work as a journalist assigned to cover the arts and culture scene for Radio-Canada’s digital platforms.

You will develop your own stories covering a wide range of topics, ensuring content adheres to CBC/Radio-Canada’s Journalistic Standards and Practices. As a journalist, you will provide daily coverage of North Shore arts/cultural issues and events with clarity, depth, originality and accuracy.

You must also be able to work well in a team and on several stories at once, have strong organizational skills and be an excellent writer.

Flexibility is required, as shifts may vary.

You must maintain a large network of contacts, pitch story ideas related to the North Shore region and provide in-depth and follow-up reporting.

What you bring?

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

• Three years’ journalism experience or equivalent.

Skills:

• Good general and current-events knowledge.

• Good knowledge of the local, provincial, national and international creative scenes.

• Solid command of writing and story research techniques.

• Creative, enterprising and inquisitive approach to fact-gathering.

• Strong knowledge of the North Shore region and its key players.

• Superior French-language skills (language of work), with outstanding spelling and grammar; advanced oral and writing proficiency.

• Good communication skills.

• Ability to work well under pressure to tight deadlines.

• Ability to thrive in a team environment while being a resourceful self-starter.

• Team-playing skills, along with an excellent attitude and work ethic.

• Strong personal initiative and independence in creating digital content.

• Social media knowledge.

• Understanding of and commitment to upholding CBC/Radio-Canada’s Journalistic Standards and Practices.

Shortlisted candidates will be tested as follows:

• Interview.

• Editorial tests.

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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