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COMMUNITY REPORTER

Newsquest Media Group

COMMUNITY REPORTER

Competitive

Newsquest Media Group, Osney

  • Full time
  • Permanent

Job posting date not available, 7 Feb

Closing date: Job Closed

job Ref: None

Full Job Description

 

COMMUNITY REPORTER

Do you care about what goes on around you, wish your community had a louder voice, and want to make a difference?

The Community News Project needs you. A partnership between Facebook, local news publishers and the National Council for the Training of Journalists, the CNI is creating 82 new community reporter roles around the UK.

Newsquest is looking to hire a reporter/s to work from the following newsrooms:
Evening Times - Glasgow
South Wales Argus - Newport, Wales
Bradford Telegraph & Argus - Bradford
Bournemouth Daily Echo - Bournemouth
Southern Daily Echo - Southampton
Brighton Argus - Brighton
Lancashire Telegraph - Blackburn
Basildon Echo - Basildon
Swindon Advertiser - Swindon
Reading Chronicle - Reading
The Leader - Mold
Western Telegraph - Haverfordwest
Cumbria News & Star - Carlisle
Hereford Times - Hereford
Bucks Free Press - High Wycombe
Northern Echo - Darlington
Worcester News - Worcester
Oxford Mail - Oxford
News Shopper - Sutton

Previous journalism experience or education is not essential. We want people who care about their communities and want to make a difference in local communities.

We're especially keen to hear from people who believe they can help make our newsrooms more representative of the communities they serve.

Flexible arrangements will be considered for the right candidates. Successful candidates in their final year of journalism study will be able to start at the end of the academic course.

About the role: Your main role will be to engage with people in specific communities to curate, collate and create content relevant to them. You will build and act as the point of contact for online communities by engaging with and seeking out content either written by you or from members of those communities.

You will also receive industry-leading digital journalism training which they will then share into your newsrooms, as well as the gold-standard NCTJ journalism training to become a fully-trained journalist.

About you: You do need to have at least 5 GCSEs with Maths and English at a C or above (or equivalent).

We also welcome people who are doing a completely different job - and want to make a career change to become a journalist.

We are offering two routes into journalism as a result of this scheme.

For applicants with no previous journalism experience or education, we are offering journalism apprenticeships, which combine intensive training with on-the-job experience in local communities.

For applicants with previous journalism experience or education, we are offering trainee community reporter roles, where support will be provided to gain the necessary NCTJ qualifications to become a senior reporter.

Salary and Benefits: In addition to competitive salaries, and a contributory pension scheme, Newsquest Media Group offer a whole host of voluntary flexible benefits.

This role is initially a two-year fixed term contract

Details on how to apply: If you feel this job is for you, please click apply to send CV and covering letter explaining why you're the right person for the job and the newsroom you are applying for in the subject by January 31.

We are committed to equal opportunity for all. We may collect relevant data for monitoring as part of our candidate registration process. We will be reviewing applications as they are received so please don't delay in submitting your application.