Multi Skilled Journalist creating engaging content for CBS Sacramento's Community Journalism initiative. Reporting scripted and unscripted news across multiple platforms with a focus on accountability.
About the role
- Reporter for Newsquest Scotland covering local news in the Scottish Borders. Seeking a digitally skilled, versatile journalist passionate about storytelling across platforms.
Responsibilities
- passionate about digital storytelling, hard-working, full of ideas and innovative
- adept at presenting stories across various platforms
- cover breaking news, and unearth and write engaging stories for our two titles, the **Border Telegraph** and the **Peeblesshire News**
- developing relationships and understanding what matters to the local community
- immersing yourself in social media
- open-minded and willing to utilise the benefits of AI
- covering crime and local politics to sharing powerful human interest pieces and championing the causes readers are passionate about
- cover sport and assist our content editor with our print editions
- primarily based at our office in Galashiels, with some home working possible
Requirements
- Ideally, you will be a fully qualified reporter with gold-standard NCTJ accreditation, 100wpm shorthand, and some experience in a busy news publication.
- Be brimming with ideas on how to tackle the remit and get the most out of it digitally
- Have a full understanding of what digital readers want from local news coverage
- Be excellent at developing relationships with key contacts to improve coverage
- Be driven to succeed using the digital analytics tools at your disposal
- Be a self-starter, brilliant with time management
- Be passionate about social media
- Have an excellent knowledge of media law
- Have a versatile, fresh and energetic writing style, with exceptional attention to detail
- Have the ability to write – and think – quickly under pressure
- Have an adaptable style to produce everything from live blogs and listicles to long reads and features
- Have knowledge of SEO and its importance to digital journalism
- Have collaborative skills to pool ideas with the wider digital reporting team and take on board suggestions
- A driving licence is preferred, as is access to a car.
Benefits
- **25 days holiday** + bank holidays + **your birthday off**
- **Holiday buy scheme** for extra flexibility
- **Structured career progression** & ongoing training
- **Pension plan**
- **Employee Helpline** counselling and advice
- **Perks & discounts** including:
- Gym membership
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye care
- Retail discounts
- **Team building days** & annual **volunteer charity day**
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