Freelance Producer / Assistant producer will be responsible for error-free writing, editing and producing a range of digital content - in text, video, and audio formats for our Website, TV, Social Platforms and podcasts, to the highest professional standards. You will also be required to exercise editorial judgement of the highest standards in developing story ideas and producing accurate and impartial journalism.

Who We Are

From April 2024, the majority of the BBC’s Indian operations are moving to the Collective Newsroom which has been set up by some of the BBC’s most experienced journalists in India. It has more than 250 journalists and operational staff, bringing you distinctive, impartial and world-class content and is the BBC’s sole provider of content for its Indian language websites and social media platforms including English. Based in the BBC’s largest international market, we bring you the best of Indian journalism guided by the world’s biggest and most reputable news organisation. We provide digital, audio and television content in Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, Marathi,



Punjabi and Telugu as well as English.

Our Vision: “Home to India’s most credible, creative and courageous journalism.”

Our Mission: “To lead with facts bringing diverse voices through innovative and impactful journalism in the public interest.”

We are an equal-prospect employer, that strongly supports diversity and inclusion at the workplace, and encourages female candidates and persons from other diverse groups such as marginalised, under-privileged communities and differently-abled people, to apply.

To know more about us, visit our website : https://collectivenewsroom.com/

Last Date to apply: 7 December 25

Key responsibilities and accountabilities
- Reporting to the Editor, the Producer / Assistant Producer is responsible for originating and producing original stories from the ground. The role includes ideation, scripting, editing, outputting, filming content across a range of digi

📌 Freelance Producer, BBC News Tamil (Chennai)
🏢 Collective Newsroom
📍 Chennai