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About the Role
This key role on a small but growing team will help drive our newsletter expansion in the US and support our 24-hour news operation. You will write time-sensitive components of First Thing, a daily morning newsletter for US readers, provide cover for other newsletter writers, develop evergreen content, conduct research and fact-checking, and report on US national news and politics.
Responsibilities
- Write time-sensitive components of First Thing, a daily morning newsletter for US readers, from Monday to Friday.
- Provide cover for writers of First Thing and additional lifestyle newsletters during absences and leave.
- Develop evergreen newsletter content on news and lifestyle topics.
- Conduct archival research and fact checking as well as original reporting.
- Report and write news stories, live blogs, explainers and news features on US national news and politics, as assigned by a news editor or pitched.
- Produce fast, accurate and well-written stories on some of the major news subject areas, with an emphasis on coverage of politics and foreign affairs.
- Produce accurate and compelling daily news stories with flair, originality and knowledge of Guardian style and tone.
Requirements
- Demonstrable experience in digital reporting, ideally for a prominent newspaper or website.
- Background with reader-centered journalism, particularly with newsletters or social media.
- Excellent knowledge of the US news landscape across multiple topic areas and how that news might also work for a global audience.
- Demonstrable interest in / track record writing about US political news and major national news.
- Awareness of the importance of house style and the Guardian’s high editorial standards.
- Good understanding of media law.
- Enthusiasm for variety; you could be working in a range of formats each day.
- Ideally you will have a demonstrable ability to bring a diverse perspective to the role.
- Flexibility, comfort working with multiple editors in different time zones, knowledge of US current events and familiarity with US reader habits and interests.
- Thrives working at a fast pace, obsesses over the news, and writes clearly and accurately.
Skills
- Digital reporting
- Newsletter writing
- Social media
- US news landscape knowledge
- US political news writing
- Media law understanding
- Guardian style and tone
- Fast writing
- Accurate writing
- Clear writing
Location
- London, UK
Work Type
- Full-time
- 12-month fixed-term contract
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Mid-level
Salary/Compensations
- £58,000 minimum
Benefits
- Six weeks of annual leave per year (plus bank holidays)
- Option to purchase an additional 5 days of annual leave
- Generous pension scheme (5% employee contribution matched with 8-12% employer contribution)
- 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 support
- Access to employee benefits platform for tailored support
- Free yoga and pilates classes
- Corporate gym membership
- Cycle to work scheme
About the Company
- A diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers fearless, investigative journalism and holds power to account.
- Comprised of award-winning journalists, cutting-edge commercial professionals, and industry-leading digital experts.
- Committed to making a difference and representing a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives.
- Offers a challenging and exciting environment for career development, with a focus on training, growth and fostering an inclusive culture.
- Became the first major media organisation to achieve B Corp status.
Equal Opportunity
- Actively encourage applications from groups traditionally underrepresented in the UK media.
- All roles at the Guardian are open for everybody to apply.
- Support throughout the recruitment process, including providing documents in accessible formats or personalising the process to better support needs.