News Reporter

Location:

Glasgow

Department:

The Times & The Sunday Times

Salary Details:

Not Specified

Advertising End Date:

13 Oct 2024

Job Description

News Reporter

The news reporter is responsible for producing high quality journalism, breaking exclusive stories and pitching and delivering long form ideas and investigations across a broad range of areas. This job will work as an integral part of the Scottish editorial team in a digital-first environment.

Responsibilities

• Cover major news stories across a broad range of areas

• Write accurate and engaging copy to strict deadlines for digital and print audiences

• Consistently pitch agenda-setting exclusive stories and investigations to the news desk as well as exclusive video, polls, interactive graphics and picture gallery ideas to engage our digital audience and plan how these stories are shared and promoted online

• Build and maintain excellent contacts

• Use social networking and other digital platforms for content generation and to promote The Times and The Sunday Times Scotland content

• Successfully manage productive relationships with senior editors and the editorial team in Scotland and with digital and print journalists in London

Skills and experience

• Experience writing for a national newspaper, magazine or major digital news publisher

• Demonstrable experience writing and pitching ideas for a digital audience

• Strong contacts and a proven ability to bring in exclusive stories

• An understanding of how audience data supports pitching and how to promote a story on social media and through search engines

• An ability to work under pressure, to tight deadlines

• Reliable and prepared to put in extra time and effort where necessary

• Keen attention to detail and meticulous fact-checking

• Experience of working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams

• A strong understanding of editorial compliance and regulatory issues

We are News UK : One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

Life at News

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through ourDiversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy (https://www.news.co.uk/more-than-the-news/diversity-inclusion/) , which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have12 employee led networks and groups (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMCi-KiMlL4&t=2s) that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

• Maternityleave up to 18 weeks full basic salary &paternityleave up to 2 weeks

• Wide range oftrainingavailable, plus full LinkedIn Learning access

• Private medical insuranceincluding coverage for pre-existing conditions

• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes

• ‘Bikes for Work’and ‘Electric Car’ scheme

• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books

• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities

• Access towellbeing benefitssuch as EAP, physio/massage and counselling

• A generouspensionscheme with employer contributions of up to 5%

• 30 daysholiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4volunteeringdays per year

We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you apply for any of our roles please contact us on [email protected] .