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About the Role

CBC News is seeking a creative editorial leader with strong news judgment and programming skills to lead The National, an award-winning nightly newscast. This role involves overseeing editorial and visual storytelling, supervising team members, and managing live breaking news coverage and newscast production across all platforms.

Responsibilities

• Determine story priorities, develop creative treatments, and guide teams through live, breaking, and ongoing news coverage.
• Exercise editorial responsibility over daily production and live broadcasting.
• Coordinate resources and determine the look, style, and pace of the lineup.
• Drive continuous improvement and lead transitions in newsroom structures.
• Facilitate open, inclusive meetings and communication.
• Collaborate across CBC News platforms to coordinate content and planning.
• Actively support staff development, provide ongoing constructive feedback and coaching.
• Connect regularly with senior leadership about staffing and scheduling requirements and team culture.
• Translate insights and data to guide content decisions to expand reach to new and younger news consumers.
• Strictly uphold CBC’s Journalistic Standards and Practices at all times.
• Step in to perform all or part of the functions of an equivalent or lower classification as needed.

Requirements

• Minimum of seven years in broadcast journalism.
• Proven experience directing live and breaking news programming.
• Demonstrated ability as a programmer with a keen ear for pacing, tone, and visual presentation.
• Mandatory experience taking programs to air in an automated control room.
• Highly developed production skills for a variety of formats.
• Clear grasp on original, video and graphic storytelling techniques, including writing, editing and post-production.
• Excellent writing, vetting and production skills.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills to navigate fast-moving, high-pressure news situations.
• Adept at verifying and fact-checking content.
• Deep interest and understanding across topics such as politics, world affairs, business, science, sports, entertainment, and health.
• Superior coaching abilities to support developing journalists, veteran staff, and on-air hosts.
• Exceptional communication, organizational, and feedback skills.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of, and/or connection to underrepresented communities across Canada.
• Demonstrates a deep understanding and appreciation of the different cultures, opinions and experiences that make up the country.
• Elevates diverse perspectives, ideas and differing points of view.
• A deep commitment to public broadcasting.
• Understanding of modern industry trends.
• Ability to identify legal and ethical issues in journalism.
• Application of CBC’s Journalistic Standards and Practices.
• Ability to work on-site in the CBC Toronto Broadcast Centre.
• Willingness to work overtime, including early mornings, evenings, and weekends if news is breaking.
• Familiarity with technology including iNews toolbar, DTV, Avid Media Central, Ross Overdrive, and Google tools for content creation, distribution, and planning.
• Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.
• A mandatory Criminal record check.
• Other background checks may be conducted based on the operational requirements of the position.
• Adherence to CBC’s Code of Conduct.
• Disclosure of any potential conflicts of interest.

Skills

• Sharp news judgment
• Outstanding programming skills
• Audience-first mindset
• Creative thinking
• Ability to originate and develop innovative program concepts or treatments
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to mentor, motivate, inspire and support a programming team with clear feedback
• Proven collaborator
• English (Reading - P - Professional)
• English (Speaking - P - Professional)
• English (Writing - P - Professional)

Location

• Toronto, Ontario

Work Type

• Permanent
• Full-time
• 4 days compressed
• On-site

Experience Level

• Senior
• Minimum of seven years in broadcast journalism

Education Level

• University degree or college diploma in journalism, video production, or a related field

About the Company

• 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.
• We are a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.

Equal Opportunity

• CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity.
• We create and tell stories that connect Canadians by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country.
• As an employer, we 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.
• 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 recruitment@cbc.ca.