Breaking News Editor, Business

News UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Pension scheme

Training & LinkedIn Learning access

Volunteering days

Job summary

The Times and The Sunday Times, part of News UK, seek a Breaking News Editor (Business) to lead digital business coverage. You will work with the Business Editor and Deputy Editors to publish world-class, digital-first content and drive audience engagement.

You will guide breaking news, features and Q&As for digital platforms, oversee editing across formats, and contribute to strategy and day-to-day operations in a fast-paced newsroom.

Qualifications

• Experience as a senior reporter or editor for a leading business or news website or national newspaper.
• Experience delivering digital journalism with a focus on audience growth.
• Knowledge of SEO best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and shape daily business news package for digital products.
• Originate and develop news, features and Q&As for digital audiences.
• Write and commission breaking business stories for digital and print.
• Edit business section across mobile, desktop and print.
• Commission graphs, tables and multimedia elements to enhance coverage.
• Cover 7am stock exchange announcements and other morning stories.
• Develop daily business news list with editors and teams.
• Contribute to morning business emails.
• Assist with budget and people management.
• Stand in for editor in 08:00 and 10:30 conferences.

Skills

Senior reporter/editor

Digital audience growth

SEO

Social media engagement

Autonomy

Editorial compliance

Job description

Job Description

The Times and The Sunday Times represent a combined 400 years of covering news and providing comment and analysis on the UK and the world. We are authoritative, credible, responsible, trusted and a part of the nation’s cultural heritage.

Your role:

The Breaking News Editor (Business) oversees and drives our digital output. Working closely with the Business Editor and Deputy Business Editors they are responsible for ensuring world-class standards of digital journalism as we embrace digital-first commissioning and publishing.

Day to day you will:

• Work closely with the business editor and associate business editors to deliver a distinctive daily business news package on our digital products
• Originate and develop strong news, feature and comment ideas for digital audiences
• Write and commission breaking business news stories, features and Q&As
• Assist in editing the business section on mobile, desktop and in the newspaper
• Commission graphs, tables, video and other elements that can enhance our business coverage digitally and in print
• Work early mornings to cover 7am stock exchange announcements and other breaking stories at the busiest time of day for business news
• Help to develop the daily business news list alongside the business editor, deputy business editor and business news editors
• Assist in the production of the morning business emails
• Assist with budget and people management
• Deputises for editor in 08.00 and 10.30 conference if required

What we’re looking for from you:

• Experience working as a senior reporter or editor for a leading business or news website or national newspaper
• Experience in digital and ideas of how to grow our digital audience
• Knowledge and experience of SEO
• Ability to use social media platforms to engage new audiences for The Times
• Able to work autonomously and to strict deadlines
• A strong understanding of editorial compliance and regulatory issues

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 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 in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 13 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
• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
• Access to exclusive events 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 counselling
• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, as well as an extra anniversary day off
• Up to 3 paid volunteering days per year to support causes you care about

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