Correspondent/Senior Journalist

This role is for a dynamic journalist with an excellent news sense and a track record of breaking new stories as well as an understanding of The News Movement’s editorial aims and needs of our audience. WIth a sharp editorial sense you will contribute original news stories to our output on socials. You will have a demonstrable grasp of how to tell news stories across different social and digital platforms. You will be flexible and adaptable to the needs of a busy, ambitious and reactive newsroom - you will bring a creative mind to investigative, deep dive projects and have a ‘grab and go’ attitude to last minute deployments and breaking stories. The right candidate will be a leading voice in our newsroom, developing original journalism projects, pushing new lines on running stories and contributing to our specialist subject areas of Arts & Entertainment, Sex & Relationships and Life & Style. The successful candidate will also work on the development of long form YouTube documentary formats. The role will be primarily office or location based, ready for reactive deployment and assignment. Within that framework, Work from Home opportunities will be positively considered. Technically competent, you will have an understanding of production for social platforms including video and photo editing.

Responsibilities

Contribute content, ideas and stories to meetings
Spot the social trends that drive conversations and our journalism
Produce on-the-day and longer lead content
To act as an editorial leader on projects - developing and seeing projects through from ideas to completion

Requirements

Dynamic with an excellent news sense and a track record of breaking new stories
Understanding of The News Movement’s editorial aims and the needs of our audience
Sharp editorial sense
Ability to contribute original news stories to our output on socials
Demonstrable grasp of how to tell news stories across different social and digital platforms
Flexibility and adaptability to the needs of a busy, ambitious and reactive newsroom
Creative mind to investigative, deep dive projects
'Grab and go' attitude to last minute deployments and breaking stories
Ability to be a leading voice in our newsroom, developing original journalism projects, pushing new lines on running stories and contributing to our specialist subject areas of Arts & Entertainment, Sex & Relationships and Life & Style
Experience with the development of long form YouTube documentary formats
Understanding of production for social platforms including video and photo editing

Additional information

The role will be primarily office or location based, ready for reactive deployment and assignment. Within that framework, Work from Home opportunities will be positively considered.