Apprentice Journalist - NottinghamshireLive

Apprentice Journalist - NottinghamshireLive (Fully funded training available!)


Nottingham

£Competitive + excellent company benefits

Full-time

Closing date: 25/06/2021

Come and work with the friendly and dedicated team at Nottinghamshire Live. We've got an unrivalled reputation of being at the centre of the biggest stories here for the last 150 years.

Recently we launched Reach Boost, a fully funded training scheme that is paying for aspiring journalists to train while in full-time employment in newsrooms across London and the South East region. The scheme was designed to improve representation in our newsroom and involves partnering with NCTJ-accredited course providers to take on and support students to achieve formal journalism training.

Following on from the success of Reach Boost we are now bringing this unique opportunity to Nottingham! We will be offering a passionate and creative aspiring journalist a full time position working at NottinghamshireLive where they will also complete an apprenticeship NCTJ accredited journalism course.

Is this opportunity right for you? Has becoming a journalist always been a dream of yours but you haven't been able to access formal journalism training? Perhaps writing has always been a hobby of yours? We are passionate about serving our diverse communities better and would love to hear from you. Whether you are finishing up your college course or if you are working in another industry but deep down have always dreamed of becoming a journalist, then please get in touch. We believe that together we can improve how we cover our areas and offer opportunities to people who may not have considered this as a career before.

This role will be a mix of home and office working. Due to the nature of the position this candidate will need to live in the local area.

Key Responsibilities

• You will be working as part of a team to cover live news
• You will build strong contacts for story-gathering in our existing and underserved communities
• You will learn feature writing and interviewing skills

The Ideal Candidate

• We're looking for someone who is extremely passionate about becoming a journalist
• You will have strong local knowledge of Nottingham
• You will understand social media and storytelling across social platforms
• We want you to be passionate about the stories you believe are important from our many diverse communities as we seek to grow new audiences
• You will have at least 5 GCSEs grade C or above including Maths and English.
• Unfortunately due to the apprenticeship course, we are unable to accept candidates who have completed Journalism University Degrees.

So, who are we?

NottinghamshireLive is part of Reach plc. You might not have heard of us but we have probably met without you even realising it. We are home to the UK and Ireland's most iconic digital platforms, magazines and newspapers. From the Mirror, Daily Express and OK!, to our regional titles such as the Liverpool Echo, BirminghamLive and the Manchester Evening News (plus lots more), our brands and the stories we cover are as varied as our people. We help all kinds of people share experiences through our stories because we believe this is what makes us human. Oh, and we should probably also mention that with a monthly readership of 47 million people, Reach is the largest commercial publisher in the UK. At Reach, not only will you feel better understood, you will also feel you understand other people better too.

Package Description

We are offering fully-funded NCTJ journalism training, a competitive starting salary and benefits including;

• 25 days holiday per annum
• Mentoring and support
• Free wellbeing apps and coaching support
• Simply Health Healthcare Cashplan
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Lots of high street discounts!

Reach plc believes diversity brings benefits for our customers, our business and our people. This is why we are committed to being an inclusive employer and encourage applications from all suitable applicants irrespective of background, circumstances, age, disability, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation.