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About the Role
The Head of News is a senior editorial leadership role responsible for overseeing The Daily Telegraph’s news desk operations, newsroom content generation, and daily news curation. This role leads the planning, commissioning, and execution of high-impact journalism to meet the needs of The Daily Telegraph’s growing subscriber audience and support the masthead’s editorial and commercial objectives. The position is accountable for the effective day-to-day leadership of the news desk and the chiefs of staff team, who manage reporters, photographers, and video teams across a seven-day roster. The Head of News ensures newsroom resources align with editorial priorities, breaking news demands, planned coverage, and major projects throughout the year. A core component is the strategic planning and delivery of set plays, editorial campaigns, and major newsroom projects across the annual calendar. The Head of News collaborates with senior editorial leaders to identify opportunities for distinctive, subscriber-led journalism, strengthen newsroom performance, and support long-term audience growth.
Responsibilities
- Lead the day-to-day operations of the news desk
- Manage and develop the chiefs of staff function
- Oversee content planning and commissioning across news, photography, and video teams
- Ensure clear newsroom workflows and effective cross-team communication
- Lead editorial responses to major breaking news events and significant coverage moments
- Develop and execute forward plans for key news periods, campaigns, and special projects
- Manage content in print production, including backbenching key news assignments
- Use audience insights, performance data, and editorial judgment to inform content strategy
- Contribute to broader editorial leadership discussions and organizational planning
- Provide clear editorial direction and operational leadership
- Build trust, accountability, and strong team performance
- Coach and develop direct reports and broader newsroom talent
- Lead with urgency, sound judgment, and professionalism
- Contribute positively to the culture, values, and strategic goals of The Daily Telegraph and News Corp Australia
Requirements
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in newsroom environments, including substantial leadership experience
- Demonstrated success in leading editorial teams within a large, fast-paced metropolitan news operation
- Strong experience in news editing, commissioning, newsroom management, and content planning in our publishing system
- Proven capability in managing complex editorial rosters and multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience delivering major editorial projects, set plays, and campaign-led coverage
- Strong understanding of audience strategy and subscriber-focused publishing models
- Well-developed strategic planning and operational leadership skills
- High-level communication, stakeholder management, and decision-making capability
- Strong knowledge of digital publishing, newsroom workflows, and multi-platform storytelling
Work Type
- Hybrid work environment
Experience Level
- Senior leadership experience
- Minimum 10 years’ experience
Benefits
- Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family
- Exclusive offers across a range of products and services
- Health & wellbeing advice, support, and facilities (including an onsite gym at Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)
- Parental leave
- Birthday leave
- Volunteer leave
- Career break
- Compassionate leave
- Support on making the most of your money
- Tailored development opportunities, including leadership programs
- Volunteer opportunities and company-organised charity drives
- Engagement through employee-resource groups
- Accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents’ rooms
About the Company
- News Corp Australia is a culture where innovation is the operating rhythm. You’ll work on a diverse portfolio of Australia’s most loved brands and play a pivotal role in leading the technological shift in how we create commercial content.
- The Daily Telegraph is more than a newspaper. It is more than a website. It is Sydney and NSW in words, images and video. It is a constantly updated snapshot of the brilliant, vibrant, pulsing metropolis of Sydney (and the state) and all of its people and ideas.
- With a total monthly cross-platform audience of 4.8 million, The Daily Telegraph provides readers with all the news and sport they need, anytime and in any place.
- As the #1 newspaper in NSW Monday to Friday, The Daily Telegraph has a proud reputation as a trusted news-breaking brand that sets the agenda and gets the rest of the country talking.
- It gives advertisers the opportunity to reach a highly engaged mass audience, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with the Saturday edition enabling advertisers to own the weekend with targeted liftouts and sections including the At Home and Real Estate flip book.
Equal Opportunity
- Diversity strengthens our national teams and newsroom as we seek to tell stories that represent the communities of Australia.
- Our people make us unique, and so we are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability or gender identity.
- Applicants of diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply!
- We are committed to ensuring an accessible and supportive recruitment process.
- If you require any adjustments or accommodations at any stage, please do not hesitate to let us know here.
- In order for us to assist you, please ensure you include the role title you are applying for in the subject line.
- For more information regarding Diversity at NewsCorp Australia please visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers under the Diversity@News section.