Trainee Reporter
Application Deadline: 31 March 2025
Department: Editorial
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: High Wycombe
Description
Award-winning newspaper the Bucks Free Press is looking for a talented Trainee News Reporter to join our team. We are seeking an ambitious, digitally skilled and versatile journalist to unearth the best breaking news, features, leisure, and trending stories on an incredibly lively patch.
A big part of the job will also be immersing yourself in social media, developing relationships, and understanding what matters to the community. We want to tell the stories our audiences care about - from covering crime and local politics to telling powerful human interests and championing the best of our local communities. You’ll also ask the questions that hold power to account and want to play a part in helping communities build back following the pandemic.
Ideally, you will be an outstanding trainee with gold standard NCTJ preliminary qualifications and 100wpm or a fully qualified senior reporter. If you have a journalism degree that is not NCTJ-accredited, we will provide the relevant additional training for you to become a fully NCTJ-qualified journalist.
A driving licence is essential, as is access to a car. We work on a rota basis with some early and late shifts as well as some weekend work.
Key Responsibilities
This represents a rare opportunity to join one of the UK’s strongest titles.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
* Excellent knowledge of relevant media law
* A versatile, fresh and energetic writing style
* Exceptional attention to detail
* The ability to write – and think – quickly under pressure
* An adaptable style to produce everything from live blogs and listicles to long reads and features
* Skills with shooting and editing video as well as online tools and apps for producing images and audio
* Bags of ideas for how stories can be presented in the best possible way for our audiences
* Knowledge of SEO and its importance to digital journalism
* Excellent social media skills and the ability to spot stories and trending topics
* Great people skills and the ability to get on with a wide range of people in the community
* A high level of organisation and the ability to manage your diary
* Collaborative skills to pool ideas with the wider digital reporting team and take on board suggestions
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