Trainee Reporter at The Bolton News covering breaking news and digital storytelling. Involves social media engagement and AI utilization to tell audience-centered stories.
Responsibilities
Immersing yourself in social media, developing relationships and understanding what matters to the local community.
Open-minded and willing to utilise AI as part of the role.
Telling the stories our audiences care about - from covering crime and local politics to sharing powerful human interest pieces and championing the causes our readers are passionate about.
Primarily based at our friendly regional newsroom in Bolton, with flexibility about home working.
Requirements
Ideally, you will be a fully qualified reporter with gold-standard NCTJ with 100wpm.
Brimming with ideas on how to tackle the remit and get the most out of it digitally
Fully across what digital readers want from local news coverage
Excellent at developing relationships with key contacts to improve coverage
Driven to succeed using the digital analytics tools at your disposal
A self-starter, brilliant with time management
Passionate about social media
Have an excellent knowledge of relevant media law
Have a versatile, fresh, and energetic writing style with 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
Knowledge of SEO and its importance to digital journalism
Have collaborative skills to pool ideas with the wider digital reporting team and take on board suggestions
A driving licence is preferred, as is access to a car.
We work on a rota basis with some early and late shifts as well as some weekend work.
Benefits
25 days holiday + bank holidays + your birthday off
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