Job Description:
The role involves producing detailed coverage plans for key stories and events. You will support teams to prioritise commissioning for digital platforms and ensure efficient use of resources. You will help identify and line up talent for news coverage, and complete multi-platform production tasks as required.
The role will also involve developing and maintaining a solid understanding of current events and issues, monitoring a wide range of media outlets/sources. Under routine direction, you will oversee the futures diary, communicate upcoming events with output platforms and relevant content teams, and initiate early planning process.
You will be responsible for ensuring planning documents are clear, detailed, accurate and up-to-date. In collaboration with senior editors, you will respond to breaking news with appropriate planning detail, calls and follow-up to ensure output needs are met.
Suggest and pitch story ideas that would be of interest to new and underserved audiences and contribute to planning and editorial meetings. Assist in generating stories that are relevant to a broad section of Australians and reflect the cultural, geographic and socio-economic diversity of the country.