Digital Travel Reporter
Digital Travel Reporter
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Job Description
The Sun is the biggest news brand in the UK publishing hundreds of stories a day and reaching over 170m unique users digitally every month. Its exclusives set the news agenda and its campaigns have changed the lives of many. Delivering news entertainment and sports coverage to millions of readers every day. With a rich history spanning decades we are dedicated to providing accurate insightful and engaging content across print and digital platforms.
The Sun has a massmarket audience and aims to appeal to a diverse audience in the UK and beyond.
Your Role: Are you a digital reporter looking to break into Travel
The Sun Online is looking for a digital journalist to work on the Travel Desk. The role will be five days a week 8am5pm. It will cover everything from breaking news and features to SEO content and exclusives.
No travel experience is necessary but online journalism is a must.
This job is a mix of officebased and working from home with three days in the London Bridge office a week.
The Purpose of the role: To build the travel audience of The Sun by producing outstanding engaging stories for online. To bring in exclusives and original story ideas as well as developing breaking stories.
Day to day you will:
Cover topical travel stories and generate agendaleading exclusives
Turn around copy and content quickly and accurately
Identify travel stories which will work online and develop them well
Work as part of a team and be able to contribute across a range of subjects
Pitch and produce exclusive stories and work up original ideas and features
Have an instinct for how to sell a digital story to get maximum impact on The Suns platforms and also on social media
Be able to write in a concise and entertaining way in keeping with Sun style but free from cliche
Understand how to recirculate readers within The Sun and keep them engaged with our content
Produce video content
Work with video desk and picture desk to maximum effect
Live reporting and ability to work under pressure covering breaking news
Keep newsdesk informed on changes that arise as stories develop
What were looking for from you:
Excellent writing skills with the ability to deliver vibrant clean copy to very tight deadlines
Reporting experience in a newsroom and ability to keep calm under pressure
Excellent fast writing and basic subbing skills
Passion for all things travel
Flexible attitude to working hours across seven days
An understanding of The Sun brand both print and digital
Thorough knowledge of the IPSO Code of Conduct media law and ethical considerations
Knowledge of social media SEO and online publishing
Positive cando attitude and good team player
We are The Sun: The Sun is the most popular newsbrand in the UK reaching 26.5million people a month across digital and print. The Sun is at the heart of the nations conversation blending serious investigations agendasetting campaigns political scoops and celebrity gossip. More than a newspaper. The Sun is an instigator an entertainer a cultural reference point a finger on the pulse a daily relationship.We have a talented diverse team who publish the best coverage of news sport lifestyle and showbiz in print and digital.
Life at News
Driven by passion guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent reflect and reach the nation telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.
To do this we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individuals potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Equity and Inclusion Strategy which focuses on three main priorities attracting talent from a wider more representative pool developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 12 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.
Benefits
Some of our benefits include:
Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
Wide range of training available plus full LinkedIn Learning access
Private medical insurance including coverage for preexisting conditions
Discounted gym memberships free ClassPass at Home weekly virtual yoga classes
Bikes for Work and Electric Car scheme
Access to exclusive events Up to 60 discount on Harper Collins books and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP physio/massage and counselling
A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5
30 days holiday plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year
We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you apply for any of our roles please contact us on emailprotected.
Employment Type
Full-Time
