Insider is hiring a junior reporter to join our weekend team in the UK to cover news.
Our mission is to be the most influential and beloved journalism company for the digital generation. We cover the people, companies, and ideas changing our world. Our team members embody and uphold Insider’s three core values: we are all one team, we are effective, and we strive to get better every day.
The Role & Team:
The weekend news team is part of the UK news desk, contributing a mixture of breaking-news coverage and deeper work. The ideal candidate is someone with an intense interest in news and who is happy in a fast-paced environment. This person should be particularly enthusiastic about US and international news, and the prospect of working with Insider’s bureaus around the world.
Key Responsibilities:
- Spotting and covering news events as they unfold
- Driving major stories forward
- Pursuing longer features and investigations
- Writing accurate and clean copy
The ideal candidate has:
- A passion for news (with a focus on US and international news)
- A journalism background and some experience of news reporting online
- An ability to write quickly and accurately
- A self-starter attitude and excellent organisational skills
- A love of Insider and what we do
- A desire to work as part of a global team in a fast-paced environment
- Knowledge of social media and SEO
This role has a working schedule Wednesday-Sunday, with Monday and Tuesday off.
Here are some samples of articles you can expect to work on:
- How a fleet of aging farm pickup trucks from Britain is fooling Russian snipers
- Trump treated my family like disposable pawns and tore us apart, says daughter of convicted Jan. 6 rioter
- A US veteran joined Ukraine’s International Legion, then made a shock defection to Russia. Ex-comrades say he was incompetent and left behind a trail of chaos.
- The Russian missile that wiped out an apartment block was designed to sink aircraft carriers and can’t be shot down by Ukraine, says its air force
- Mother takes Pornhub parent company to court over ‘traumatizing’ rape videos of her teenage son uploaded
- Meet President Baugh — the self-proclaimed ‘dictator’ of a micronation in Nevada you’ve probably never heard of
Salary: Competitive salary based on skills and experience. This role has a minimum salary of £35,000.
If this sounds like your dream job, apply here with your CV and cover letter. Please also include links to five pieces of work in your cover letter.
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