AddressThe 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 mass-market audience and aims to appeal to a diverse audience in the UK and beyond.
Your role: We are looking for a reporter to join our award-winning Consumer team.You will have a keen eye for detail and a passion for uncovering stories that impact consumers' everyday lives. You will be responsible for investigating consumer issues, reporting on the latest trends, and providing our readers with insightful and actionable information. The role will cover a wide range of personal finance topics, including money saving and business stories.
Day to day you will:
Have a hunger to beat our rivals day in day out, by breaking news and writing exclusive news stories and features online and in print
Bags of ideas and the ability to generate exclusives from your own sources and contacts
Write brilliant headlines and copy at speed in the famous Sun style
Work with the audience, video and picture desk to produce brilliant stories
Work as part of a team and adapting to finding new ways to tell stories
Help tell stories through video and new formats
What we are looking for from you:
Online or print reporting experience in a newsroom
Experience using Wordpress or similar CMS system to build content digitally
Excellent writing skills with the ability to write clean copy to tight deadlines
A passion for The Sun and understanding of the brand in print and online
Being a self-starter is key – and you will need to thrive under the pressure of a busy newsroom
Enthusiasm, imagination and a notebook full of ideas are all essential
Unflappable under pressure and delivers work at a consistently high standard
Positive attitude and good team player
Experience working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams
Have a thorough knowledge of the IPSO Code of Conduct, media law and ethical considerations
We are News UK: One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.
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 individual’s 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 pre-existing 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 counseling
A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
25 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 [email protected].
