Reporter

Reporter - Ayr

£Competitive plus company benefits

The Ayrshire post is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic Junior Reporter, brimming with ideas to join the busy newsroom. This exciting role will focus on delivering high quality, compelling and accurate content that engages with an audience across a wide range of platforms.

Our Business: Trinity Mirror plc

The role will be based in our Ayr newsroom (Media Scotland) which is part of the Trinity Mirror plc group. Trinity Mirror plc, has an award winning portfolio of newspapers, websites and digital products and is one of the UK's largest multimedia companies employing more than six thousand people across more than sixty locations around the country.

None of this would be possible without our dedicated employees driving our business forward.

Package Description

Trinity Mirror plc has a strong benefits package which includes, for this role, a competitive salary and pension, along with an extensive and flexible benefits portfolio (to be discussed at interview).

Trinity Mirror plc is committed to equal opportunity for all. We may collect relevant data for monitoring as part of our candidate registration process.

• Telling stories through pictures, video, audio, live blogs and other interactive digital storytelling tools, using innovative techniques that grow audiences and engagement
• Taking a 'right first-time' approach to all content and have a pedantic attitude to accuracy
• Identifying breaking news by utilising social media as a way to quickly establish further factual information that will support stories
• Using a range of digital formats that will enhance coverage and increase brand visibility
• Providing live coverage of news events for live blogs and breaking news as required
• Writing content responsively, driven by analytics to deliver on audience trends
• Taking responsibility for a content theme such as a geographic area, campaign or other area of interest, as directed
• Effectively build strong contacts for story-gathering in local communities, online, on social and in person

• You'll possess a NCTJ- accredited Journalism qualification
• Excellent writing skills with 1-2 years experience working on a newspaper
• You will be motivated by the challenge of producing stories ready for digital audience spikes
• Ideally, you'll be someone who lives locally or has a good knowledge of our local circulation area
• 100 WPM shorthand
• Recognised training in media law
• Understanding of digital publishing including SEO 8
• Full driving licence