Trainee multimedia reporter

The South Wales Argus is looking for a new trainee reporter to join our busy newsroom at the heart of Newport.

This role is suited to a trainee who has completed their NCTJ diploma and is ready to make an immediate impact reporting on a city with big ambitions and bags of potential. However, if you did not take the NCTJ route and can demonstrate aptitude and attitude, please still apply.

You will be part of a newsroom that produces the daily South Wales Argus and weekly titles the Free Press Series, Penarth Times and Barry & District News.

It is an exciting and varied job. You could be doing a Facebook Live report from the city centre as the pubs reopen, covering breaking news from across South Wales, reporting on a court case, and writing a heart-warming community story all on the same shift. You will have patches in our core readership areas and will be tasked with building contacts, keeping your eyes peeled and finding regular story stories for those areas.

The role will involve weekend work and early and late shifts on a rota basis, once you have established yourself in the team.

Our reporters are expected to meet audience goals, which means learning how to find a good story, how to tell it across different platforms and how to get it in front of more people through social media and SEO.

About you

You might be someone who loves talking to people. Who gets out into the community, becomes established in their patch both on Facebook groups and in the physical world – someone who sees the story in everyone they meet.

Or you might be the sort of journalist who embraces the tools and technology at your disposal to find good stories and bring them to life. Someone who loves a spreadsheet and can spot a trend in data, fire off FOI requests, find the news line a dense report create graphs and visuals and tell a compelling story.

Either way, we will show you how to develop and present your stories to make them a must-read and give you the on-the-job training and support needed to help you become a first-class senior reporter on top titles, working for one of the UK’s biggest news publishers.

We cover a wide area where public transport isn’t always an option, so a car and driving licence are important.

Newsquest Media Group is one of the UK's largest newspaper and website publishers. As well as a competitive salary, we also offer generous benefits including:

• Contributory pension perks and discounts at various retail outlets
• 25 days' paid holiday + statutory bank holidays + your birthday day off.
• Structured career progression, ongoing training, and personal performance reviews
• Discount vouchers
• Discounted gym membership
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Mental health support via Lifeworks
• Eye test vouchers plus £50 towards new glasses
• Annual Volunteer Charity Day

If this sounds like the job for you, please click 'Apply Online' below.

Selected candidates will be invited for trial day in Newport where you will be asked to complete various tasks, so please only apply if you can fulfil that requirement. We will recruit when we find the right candidate so don’t wait for the closing date.

Newsquest Media Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.