Videojournalist – French Services

Position Title:  Videojournalist (French Services) 

Status of Employment:  Permanent 

Position Language Requirement:  English, French 

Language Skills:

English (Reading – B – Intermediate), English (Speaking – B – Intermediate), English (Writing – B – Intermediate), French (Reading – E – Exempt), French (Speaking – E – Exempt), French (Writing – E – Exempt) 

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Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.

Unposting Date:  2025-05-30 11:59 PM 
 

Your role

Get ready to embark on a career-defining experience! This position offers the chance to engage closely with communities and produce original digital storytelling.

ICI Radio-Canada Grand Nord is seeking a cross-platform videojournalist for our Iqaluit station in Nunavut. The working language is French, and the office is located inside the CBC North building in Iqaluit. You bring an understanding of the challenges inherent in the Far North, life within isolated communities and the demands of occasional independent work, demonstrating strong resilience. 

Your role will be to cover territorial news and current affairs as well as the issues that matter to residents of Canada’s Far North. You will tell a wide range of stories, touching on the environment, the economy, politics, social and Indigenous issues, and the French-speaking community. Adopting a collaborative approach, you will attend assignment meetings with CBC North and share gathered information with colleagues from the English network. 

You will be expected to travel across the territory and file for all editorial platforms (web, radio and digital). Your primary focus will be on posting your stories and contributing articles, photos and videos to the ICI Grand Nord web page, as well as participating in Vidéojournal newscasts. Collaboration and close teamwork with ICI Grand Nord colleagues based in Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Kuujjuaq will also be essential.

You will pitch, research, write and present news items for our newscasts, as well as Radio-Canada’s interregional and national programming.

The successful candidate will be a creative idea generator who thrives on reporting breaking news as well as covering original or developing stories.

Key tasks:

• Attend daily assignment meetings.
• Develop and maintain a network of contacts.
• Pitch and develop ideas for cross-platform stories.
• Write online articles.
• Develop a rapport with the CBC North team and local communities.
• Gather and research information on territorial issues and events.
• Arrange and conduct interviews.
   

****In addition to possessing the qualifications below, the ideal person may also be a cross-platform reporter willing to be trained as a videojournalist!

We are looking for a candidate with the following:

• Combination of education and experience equivalent to a university degree plus three (3) years’ practical, relevant experience in the field
• Excellent writing, storytelling and interviewing skills on both digital and broadcast media
• Ease with live reporting
• Solid command of French (oral and written comprehension and communication) and strong proficiency in English (oral comprehension and communication)
• Knowledge of the Far North, local communities, Indigenous Peoples, Canadian politics and related issues is an asset
• High degree of cultural and historical sensitivity toward Nunavut
• Knowledge of CBC/Radio-Canada journalistic and programming policies
• Ability to work with a variety of teams but also be a strong self-starter who can work alone as needed
• Critical mind
• Proven ability to work in a high-stress, tight-deadline environment
• Experience working on multiple stories simultaneously
• Understanding of the public broadcaster’s role and responsibilities
• Experience as a videojournalist is an asset
• Proficient knowledge of photography, video and editing tools and ability to use lighting kits is an asset
• Valid driver’s licence as well as a driving record that meets the minimum requirements of CBC/Radio-Canada’s insurance company
• Familiarity with in-house production tools is an asset (Dalet, MediaCentral, iNews, Scoop, Hindenburg, Adobe Premiere, Avid)

Note: Please provide a link to your online demo and articles.

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

As part of our recruitment process, candidates who advance to the next step will be asked to complete a background check. This includes:  

• A mandatory Criminal record check. 
• Other background checks may be conducted based on the operational requirements of the position.

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity. That’s because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That’s why we, as an employer, 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. For more information, visit the Diversity and Inclusion section of our website. 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.
 
You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our corporate website. All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on conflicts of interest. In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform us, as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.

Primary Location:

101-350 Queen Elizabeth Way, Iqaluit, Nunavut, X0A 2H0 

Number of Openings:  1 

Work Schedule:  Full time

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