📰Media circle

Summary

• Produce the media in line with our aims and values

• Oversees print and online production

Circle vision

Our high quality journalism reaches diverse audiences in the city and has a powerful impact. We hold power to account. Our work and organisation are strongly valued by our audience, readers and members. We’re respected in the field for our innovative, rigorous approach.

Our reporting, editorial decisions and internal processes uphold our clear values. We are effective in how we work, supported by well-honed editorial, production, collaboration and feedback processes.

The Cable has relationships of trust, respect and collaboration with different communities across the city and good relationships with a network of freelancers. The wider ecosystem of journalists across the city is positively impacted by our work, including through collaboration and development opportunities. We work closely with other Cable circles to run successful events, engagement campaigns and other projects to support key Co-op aims like redefining local journalism. We have a strong product strategy and close collaboration with comms which is leading to higher readership, impact and revenue.

Accountabilities

• Regularly publish thorough and original local journalism which has impact in terms of holding power to account, engaging readers and contributing to public debate.

• Report accurately, in line with our journalistic standards and ethics including sensitivity around framing and what to leave in/leave out based on ethical and political sensitivities

• Manage and oversee the production of our media both in print and online, including managing the production budgets.

• Manage healthy relationships with commissioned and freelance contributors.

• Build the public profile of the Cable and its journalists and represent the Cable in community and industry forums where required.

• Seek out and take opportunities for journalistic and editorial work to contribute to wider Cable aims, including:

  • Growing the Cable’s membership

  • Increasing the Co-op revenue e.g. seeking project funding for specific media team funding

• Redefining local media

• Support the development and diversification of Bristol’s journalism & media ecosystem beyond the Cable where resources allow

Domains

The areas which this circle or role has final decision making power over. They will be expected to ask advice from those with expertise related to this area and/or those who will be particular affected by the decision:

• Print and online production and budgets

• All commissioned content, excluding co-op specific comms (Special Projects’ domain)

• Relationships with freelancers, sources, collaborators and other media organisations