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About the Role
Join our team at the Guardian and be a part of a diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers fearless, investigative journalism, and holds power to account. Our team of award-winning journalists, cutting-edge commercial professionals, and industry-leading digital experts are committed to making a difference and represent a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. We offer a challenging and exciting environment for career development, with a focus on training, growth and fostering an inclusive culture. We are looking for a senior news reporter to join the National news desk. You will generate news stories and investigations across digital and print platforms and cover breaking news.
Responsibilities
- Deliver news, interviews, features, live blogs, multimedia work and other material to ensure important stories are covered
- Break exclusive news stories with national impact
- Monitor a range of sources and diaries for breaking/developing/upcoming stories
- Participate and shape thinking on key subjects across the newsroom, spotting broader social and political trends as well as being confident in making comment on direction of a subject
- Work with the news editors to identify stories and develop the best possible way of telling them in an engaging way for Guardian readers
- Work on collaborative reporting projects with other reporters, news editors, data specialists and visual journalists
- Use social media as part of the Guardian's commitment to open journalism and engagement of our audience
- Collaborate with the audio and video teams to develop and present video features and content to accompany news stories
Requirements
- Applicants must have a proven track record in covering major stories and breaking exclusives.
- Demonstrable reporting experience, across digital and print, preferably on a national newspaper, website or magazine
- Able to write news, comment, features and punchy copy, independently and as directed by the Editor
- Knowledge and awareness of the demands of digital and social platforms and print
- Proven experience of writing news and features
- Strong understanding of important issues and stories affecting the UK
- Understanding of how to use social media and multimedia
- Good understanding of Guardian values
- Excellent contacts
- Media law knowledge
- Ideally you will have a demonstrable ability to bring a diverse perspective to the role
Skills
- Reporting
- News writing
- Feature writing
- Digital platforms
- Social media
- Multimedia
- Collaboration
- Investigative journalism
Location
- London, UK
Work Type
- Fixed-term contract
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- NCTJ trained (preferred)
Salary/Compensations
- Minimum of £54,239
Benefits
- Six weeks of annual leave per year (plus bank holidays) with the option to purchase an additional 5 days
- Generous pension scheme: if you contribute 5% then we will contribute 8-12%
- 2 volunteering days annually
- Option of payroll giving
- Season ticket loans
- Life cover
- Income protection
- Eye tests
- Optional dental insurance
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies
- IVF, menopause, baby loss, and trans equality policy
- Access to employee benefits platform for tailored support for health and wellbeing
- Free yoga and pilates classes
- Corporate gym membership
- Cycle to work scheme
About the Company
- The Guardian delivers fearless, investigative journalism, and holds power to account.
- Our team of award-winning journalists, cutting-edge commercial professionals, and industry-leading digital experts are committed to making a difference and represent a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives.
- We offer a challenging and exciting environment for career development, with a focus on training, growth and fostering an inclusive culture.
- We became the first major media organisation to achieve B Corp status.
Equal Opportunity
- We actively encourage applications from groups traditionally underrepresented in the UK media.
- All roles at the Guardian are open for everybody to apply.
- It is important to us that you feel supported and comfortable throughout your recruitment process, in order to perform your best. Please let us know if there are any changes we could make to help your application, this includes providing documents in accessible formats or personalising the process to better support your needs.