Junior Journalist Apprenticeship - Level 5 - BBC Radio Somerset - Taunton

 As a Junior Journalist apprentice, this is a brilliant opportunity to learn, grow and contribute. On this team you can expect to:

• Work alongside experienced journalists developing your skills while creating high-quality content.
• Get hands on experience including researching stories, booking guests and writing briefs. 
• Discover and develop compelling stories, assisting with interviews that bring important issues to life for diverse audiences.
• Learn from industry experts at the world's largest public service broadcaster. 

You’ll study for your industry-recognised apprenticeship qualification, learning both on and off the job. 

This involves weekly virtual webinars + in-person bootcamps at PA Media Academy in London.

You’ll cover a range of modules for the NCTJ Diploma including:

• Media Law
• Essential Journalism
• Broadcast Journalism
• Journalism for a Digital Audience
• Video Journalism 

Modules will be assessed through exams, coursework and a portfolio of work.  

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To be eligible for an apprenticeship at the BBC, you must: 

• Be 18 years old or over by the time the apprenticeship begins in September 2027. The BBC operates a minimum age of 18 on all Apprenticeship schemes for Health and Safety and Child Protection reasons.
• Have lived in the UK continuously for the last three years prior to the start of the apprenticeship.
• Be legally eligible to work full-time in the UK for the entire duration of the apprenticeship. 
• Not currently be enrolled in another apprenticeship programme, whether with the BBC or another organisation.
• Not already hold a qualification in the same subject area at the same or a higher level than this apprenticeship. 

 To apply for this scheme, you must also:

• Not have completed or be studying for the NCTJ diploma or a journalism qualification at the same level or higher.
• Have achieved English GCSE at Grade 4/C or above, or National 5 (Scotland) at C or Functional Skills Level 2 or equivalent qualification.

For candidates under the age of 19 years at the start of the apprenticeship: To complete the apprenticeship, you must have achieved Maths and English GCSE at Grade 4/C or above or National 5 (Scotland) at C or Functional Skills Level 2 or equivalent qualification to pass the apprenticeship.   

We are a leading early careers employer and hire more than 250 apprentices each year. We are committed to skills and talent development both inside and outside the BBC and, as one of the world’s most creative and technologically-advanced organisations for the last 100 years, a career at the BBC means learning from the best. We want people who show potential to join us at the BBC. Don’t worry if you don’t have extensive experience, it’s your passion and values we are interested in.