Journalist (Sport)

Stuff; Auckland; On-site; NZD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Stuff Digital in Auckland is seeking a sports journalist to break news, live blog major events, and write sharp analysis for a digital audience across Stuff and Three News.

You'll front video content, engage readers in live blogs and comments, and help shape fast, accurate reporting for the biggest sports stories.

The role emphasizes storytelling, versatility across text, video, audio, and social, and a keen eye for editorial quality and audience engagement.

Qualifications

• Newsroom or reporting experience.
• Sound news sense and strong, accurate writing for a digital audience.
• Ability to report and file quickly and accurately on deadline.
• Confidence across formats: text, video, audio and social.
• Curiosity about AI and digital newsroom tools, with sound editorial judgement.
• Good understanding of digital audiences.
• Knowledge of media law and journalistic ethics.
• Strong research and interviewing skills; adapt stories for multiple platforms.
• Collaborative and adaptable team player.

Responsibilities

• Cover live and breaking sport, report quickly and accurately on big stories, and live blog major events with authority.
• Write sharp analysis across multimedia formats.
• Drive high-quality video content; engage on camera.
• Engage with audiences through live blogs, chats, and comments.
• Gather data, visuals, transcripts, documents and expert insights for fast cross-format storytelling.
• Use AI tools to support work while maintaining editorial and legal standards.

Skills

News reporting

Digital writing

Deadline reporting

Video & audio

AI curiosity

Audience understanding

Media law & ethics

Research & interviewing

Collaborative

Job description

Stuff Digital | Auckland Love sport and telling stories about it? The Stuff Sports team is the leading provider for live sports news and analysis. We cover the big events and stories of the day for audiences across Stuff and Three News.

Stuff Digital | Auckland Love sport and telling stories about it? The Stuff Sports team is the leading provider for live sports news and analysis. We cover the big events and stories of the day for audiences across Stuff and Three News. We're looking for a sports journalist who can break news, live blog the big events, write authoritative analysis, and front video content. Sport is fun - your content should be too. You'll talk with our audience in live blogs, find new ways to get them involved, and be part of the team that makes Stuff the go-to destination for live coverage of the biggest sports events.

What You’ll Do

• Cover live and breaking sport, reporting quickly and accurately on the big stories of the day, and live blogging major events with authority and personality.
• Write sharp analysis, producing your own ideas and analysis across multimedia formats.
• Drive high quality video, be engaging in front of the lens, and pitch fresh ways to do sport video.
• Engage with our audience through live blogs, live chats, and comments.
• Gather and organise data, visuals, transcripts, documents and expert insight so stories flow quickly across multiple formats.
• Use AI tools to support your work, while verifying everything and keeping our editorial and legal standards high.

What you’ll bring

• Newsroom or reporting experience.
• Sound news sense and strong, accurate writing for a digital audience.
• The ability to report and file quickly and accurately on deadline.
• Confidence across formats: text, plus a real willingness to work in video, audio and social.
• Curiosity about AI and digital newsroom tools, and the judgement to check what they produce.
• A good understanding of digital audiences.
• A knowledge of media law and journalistic ethics.
• Strong research and interviewing skills, and the ability to adapt a story for different platforms.
• A collaborative, adaptable approach

Stuff champions inclusion.

Be it gender, ethnicity, beliefs, abilities or experiences - we know that diversity brings another lens through which we all learn, connect and grow.

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Hāunga te ira, te iwi, ngā whakapono, ngā āheinga, ngā wheako rānei o te tangata - e mōhio nei tātou mā te kanorau e whai tirohanga hou ai, e ako ai, e tūhono ai, e whanake anō ai tātou katoa.

As we are committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diverse communities in New Zealand, we will always invite and encourage applications from people of all genders, ethnicities, disabilities and ages.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all.

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