Digital News Reporter (Freelance Shifts)

The Sun Online is the biggest mobile news brand in the UK - and still growing! - with a young, talented, diverse team who publish the best coverage of news, sport, TV and showbiz, lifestyle and family value.

Your role: The Sun Online is looking to bring in first class news reporters to join Fleet Street’s most dynamic digital news operation. The role will be based within the news team, working on everything from agenda-setting scoops and exclusives to long-form human interest stories and breaking news coverage of major international and home news events.

Day to day you will:

Produce first-class news content for readers in UK and regions around the world
Interest in lifestyle, showbiz, TV, sport and features is preferred
Turn around stories quickly and accurately; mindful of IPSO and legal issues.
Bring in agenda-setting exclusives that resonate with readers around the world.
Independently build contacts to maintain a steady flow of original news stories.
Write in a concise and entertaining way in keeping with Sun style but free from cliché.
Work closely with our picture and video desk to tell stories in the most impactful way.
Interview people in a range of different circumstances.
Shift between breaking news stories and feature writing over the course of the day.
Keep news desk fully informed of changes that arise as stories develop.

What we’re looking for from you:

Experience of working on breaking news within a fast-paced newsroom.
Unflappable under pressure.
A passion for news and current affairs around the world
Ability to independently identify exclusives and original feature ideas
An awareness of SEO, social audiences and an understanding of how to recirculate readers within The Sun and keep them engaged.
Full time availability across seven days – this is not a part time role.

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, talkRADIO and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. In 2022 we launched TalkTV, a major new TV channel available to everyone across the UK, delivering a schedule of news, current affairs, entertainment and sport, with Piers Morgan in a primetime evening show. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning digital and print, audio and video, events and experiences, our brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.