Merseyside Football Reporter

The Telegraph; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK media company in Knowsley is looking for a journalist to lead their football coverage on Merseyside. This role involves breaking news, carrying out insightful match coverage, and producing content across various platforms, including video and social media. Candidates must have a strong background in journalism and a successful track record in digital storytelling. The position offers flexible benefits and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Medical cover

Training and development opportunities

Flexible benefits including parental leave

Qualifications

• Previous journalistic experience with a strong track record of breaking exclusive news stories, preferably in football.
• Confidence in prosecuting ideas across various formats.
• A history of delivering video content is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead coverage of football on Merseyside, producing content for various platforms.
• Break exclusive news stories and keep updated on major developments.
• Provide insightful match coverage and timely reporting.

Skills

Breaking exclusive news

Content production

Digital storytelling

Social media use

Interview writing

Job description

A key role as part of the award-winning Telegraph Sport team. You will lead our coverage of football on Merseyside, producing content that serves our digital audience. That will involve traditional disciplines such as live coverage, news gathering, feature and interview writing, opinion/analysis pieces and investigations. We will also work with you to find new ways of telling stories, be it through video, social media or off-platform. This role is for a self-starter who comes up with strong ideas but is also a team player, working with the desk and the other reporters in our team to generate a strong digital offering for our subscribers.

• Working with the sports desk to set the agenda on Merseyside across a seven-day rota
• Break exclusive news stories and ensure you are across all major developments on your patch
• Provide insightful match coverage, be it blog contributions, filing reports, comment or analysis on games in a timely fashion as guided by the desk
• Generate unique and interesting feature, analysis and interview ideas that will serve our digital audience

• Produce content across all Telegraph platforms, including video and on social media

  Previous journalistic experience with a strong track record of breaking exclusive news stories - preferably on the Merseyside football beat

• A strong news sense with proven expertise in developing stories and ideas for a digital audience
• Confidence in prosecuting ideas across a variety of formats
• An understanding of digital storytelling and optimisation of content through social media
• A history of being able to deliver video would be desirable

• The nature of our industry means life at the Telegraph Media Group is fast-paced, demanding, and interesting. We also want it to be rewarding for everyone who works here by creating a suite of benefits that contribute to lifestyle choices and leisure activities. From dynamic working opportunities, medical cover, and parental leave (six months fully paid maternity leave and enhanced paternity/partner leave), to life assurance and season ticket loans, you can choose from a range of flexible benefits, designed to support your lifestyle and help you achieve a healthy work-life balance.

• Training and development With support from your manager and colleagues, you'll also have access to a variety of training and development opportunities through The Academy. Covering a range of personal and professional skills, our courses enable you to develop an enjoyable and rewarding career. Our commitment to inclusion At Telegraph Media Group, we foster a diverse and inclusive workplace and we are committed to building a team that reflects a wide variety of skills, perspectives and backgrounds. We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.