Digital Journalist

ACM is Australia’s largest independent publishing business with 100+ mastheads that reach 4.6* million Australians every month. Our network includes 14 daily titles, such as The Canberra Times, Newcastle Herald, The Courier in Ballarat and The Examiner in Launceston. We have the country’s best agricultural media business, including The Land in New South Wales, Queensland Country Life, Farm Weekly in Western Australia and Stock Journal in South Australia. We have world-class print centres with an established client base across both newsprint and heat-set products. Our talented people are dedicated to serving their audiences, advertisers and customers. And they are deeply committed to their mastheads and their communities.

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Role Seniority - Junior · A role for someone with some basic skills, good motivation and ability to learn. Typically 1-2 years of experience is required.

More about the Digital Journalist role with ACM

ACM is looking for a digital journalist to work in their high performing national editorial team. This job can be based at one of our offices in Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne, Canberra or other locations all over Australia, or remotely, or a mix.

The national team produces breaking and trending news for the engaged online audiences of all ACM mastheads. From the city to the bush, the country to the coast, our trusted news keeps hundreds of Australian communities informed, connected and strong

The successful candidate will have
Strong news sense - know what stories will do well when
High quality digital news production skills
A passion for news and storytelling that will attract, convert and engage our audiences
Skills to explore innovative ways to value-add to ACM stories
Writing and editing expertise as well as attention to detail in order to produce and edit clean, correct and compelling copy
Ability to work in a fast-paced news environment, to suggest and produce great storytelling to deadline

Please consider applying even if you don't meet 100% of what’s outlined

Key Responsibilities
News Reporting - Write and report on news stories that are accurate, clear, and engaging to their audiences
Event Coverage - Attend events including press conferences, speeches, or public meetings, to gather information for articles

Key Strengths
Creativity - Generates multiple innovative/new/novel ideas to solve a problem
Written communication - Writes in a clear and structured format to convey information and ideas effectively to a target audience
Service orientation - Actively seeks and develops strategies to help key stakeholders

Why ACM is partnering with Hatch on this role - Hatch exists to level the playing field for people as they discover a career that’s right for them. So when you apply you have the chance to show more than just your resume.