Reporter, Visual Storytelling – Financial Times (London)
The role
We’re looking for a reporter to join our award-winning visual stories team.
Comfortable working collaboratively in an interdisciplinary environment, you will be confident combining reporting with design and data to deliver deep-dives, investigations and explainers in ground-breaking visual formats that delight and inform our readers.
With a track record of producing first class visual journalism, you are passionate about developing and realising story ideas and keen to take the team’s reporting to new heights. You’re an enterprising and enthusiastic individual who will work closely with the rest of the team to deliver projects at pace.
As well as writing your own stories, you will be excited by the idea of shaping the ideas of others and the prospect of working closely with the FT’s global network of reporters.
A normal week
- Read the news and spot topics ripe for visual storytelling. This could be a big subject that transcends the daily news agenda, an investigation that uses computational techniques to set the news agenda or an underreported story that deserves to be told.
- Check in with the FT’s specialist reporters to think about how we can combine visual storytelling techniques with great reporting to cover important stories on their patch.
- Collaborate with colleagues in the wider visual and data team as well as FT reporters, designers and editors to research, write and shape these stories, and decide how visuals and text can be combined to best communicate their core findings to readers.
- Work closely with the visual stories editor to plan, execute and ultimately deliver these stories.
Aptitudes
- Excellent news judgement
- Outstanding writing skills, including experience writing and editing for visual stories
- Comfortable multitasking and able to work across various projects at the same time
- Knowledge of global business, finance, economics, politics and related subjects
- An awareness of the latest visual storytelling techniques
- Excellent communication and people skills
- The ability to clearly and articulately express ideas
- A passion for newsroom collaboration
- Numeracy, data handling and the ability to think statistically
- Technical skills (front end development, advanced data handling, tool building, web scraping) desirable but not essential
About the team
The visual stories and investigations team is an interdisciplinary group of journalists using traditional and computational reporting to produce explainers, deep dives and investigations in visual formats.
Our projects are united by the visual elements, which play an essential role in communicating the story and help us explain topics in a way that goes beyond anything achievable with words alone.
Our work is incredibly varied. Exposing the scale of China’s suppression of Islam, explaining how AI is decoding the animal kingdom and revealing the miracle of modern chip manufacturing are examples of recent projects we are particularly proud of.
We work together to tell these stories, and our roles are loosely defined by our job titles. You might nominally be the reporter, but we welcome ideas and creativity in every aspect of a project.
Key relationships
The successful candidate will be part of the visual stories and investigations team. The visual stories team is made up of an editor, designer, two graphics journalists and two reporters. The investigations unit within the team is made up of a senior reporter, designer and graphics journalist. The visual stories and investigations team is part of the visual and data desk.
Please submit your application by the end of the day, Monday 29th July 2024.
Benefits
Our benefits vary depending on location, but we are committed to providing best in class perks across all our offices as well as an inclusive environment to develop your career. Examples of our benefits include; generous annual leave allowances, flexible working (including working from home), medical cover, enhanced maternity & paternity packages, subsidised gym memberships and Giving Back opportunities. Full details of our benefits can be found here.
How we work
Our hybrid setup means staff are expected to come into the office 3 days a week.
Our office is located across the street from St. Paul’s Cathedral and is easily accessible from all corners of London. There are the main train terminals such as Liverpool Street, Moorgate, Blackfriars, City Thameslink or Waterloo all situated within walking distance or there are several tube stations within a few mins walk such as Mansion House, St. Paul’s, Bank or Barbican.
Our commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace
The FT is committed to providing an inclusive working environment for all. We are an equal opportunities employer who seeks to recruit and appoint the best talent regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We believe that a supportive workplace is one where employees feel they can be themselves at work and have the flexibility they need to meet their personal needs.
Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements, or have any questions, please contact talent@ft.com and a member of our team will be happy to help.
About the Financial Times
The FT has an uncompromising mission: delivering independent, quality information, news and services to individuals and companies around the globe. It’s the cornerstone of our reputation and the heart of our ambitions for the future. But for our people, the FT offers so much more than what we do. FT people come from all kinds of backgrounds and work across a huge range of disciplines and locations, and find an empowering, warm and welcoming culture that values curiosity and rewards smart, ambitious thinking. Those who are willing to unite around our mission and live our values will find plenty to challenge, inspire and interest them. Like the audiences we serve, no two FT people are the same; but together we help our audience be better informed and understand the world around them. It’s a job that’s never mattered more, and a career that can take you anywhere you want to go.
