BBC Sport vacancy for a trainee woman reporter University of Manchester Careers Blog

BBC Sport vacancy for a trainee woman reporter University of Manchester Careers Blog Women are currently under-represented in BBC Sport and this positive action initiative (as defined under the Equality Act 2010) is part of their commitment to address that. The BBC has said: This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with strong and demonstrable interest in sports journalism (through a qualification and/or experience) to join BBC Sport for twelve months and work in a trainee capacity across our multi-platform output. This opportunity is not a guarantee of a job and is aimed at those who are at the early stages of their career. We are passionate about recruiting and developing the best journalists to work for BBC Sport and we have brilliant teams working on some of the best sporting events in the world. We have created this traineeship as we want to continue to provide award winning content and services and can only keep doing that if we remain at the forefront of sports programming â€" and part of achieving that is to have fresh and diverse voices in our teams. Full details are online http://careerssearch.bbc.co.uk/jobs/job/Female-Trainee-Reporter/4749 All Media