Senior Reporter – The Times and The Sunday Times (Dublin)

Senior Reporter

We are News Ireland: One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday. Our broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, TalkTV 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 Ireland is wholly owned by News Corp.

Your role: The Sunday Times Ireland is seeking an experienced and dynamic Senior Reporter to join our newsroom. You will have a proven track record of breaking significant stories, a deep understanding of the Irish media landscape, and the ability to produce compelling content across multiple platforms.

Day to day you will:

Investigate and report on a wide range of topics, delivering impactful and original stories.
Develop and maintain a network of sources to ensure timely and accurate reporting.
Work closely with editors and other reporters to coordinate coverage and ensure the highest journalistic standards.
Produce high-quality written content for print and digital platforms, including breaking news, in-depth features, and analysis.
Adhere to ethical journalism practices and ensure all reporting is fair, accurate, and balanced.
Stay up-to-date with current events and trends to provide relevant and insightful coverage.
Mentor junior reporters and contribute to the overall growth and development of the newsroom.

What we’re looking for from you:

Experience in Journalism, Communication, or a related field.
Experience in a reporting role, preferably in a senior capacity.
Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills.
Strong investigative skills and a commitment to uncovering the truth.
Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
Proficiency in digital journalism and familiarity with social media platforms.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
A robust portfolio of published work demonstrating a range of reporting and storytelling abilities.

Life at News: At News Ireland our people are our heartbeat – they are the driving force behind our brands and we want to enable people to thrive. Some of us work flexibly, in many different ways. We encourage you to talk to us about the flexibility you would like. Many of us work in a hybrid way between one of the News UK & Ireland offices and remotely.

We champion diversity and inclusion, we strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Board, D&I strategy & training, creating more diverse content and our intern and apprenticeship programmes. We also have 11 employee-led networks.

We take pride in looking after our amazing talent at News Ireland supporting the Health and Wellbeing of our staff. Some of what we offer includes:

A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%;
25 days holiday and up to 4 volunteering days per year;
Group Health scheme
Free Health screening every 2 years
Discounted gym memberships, ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual HIIT, yoga and run club classes
‘Bikes for Work’ scheme
Access to wellbeing benefits such as physio/massage and counselling

We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when interviewing. Please let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.

News UK & Ireland is an official partner of the Journalism Diversity Fund, founder of the Journalism and Disability Forum, and proud member of the Valuable 500. At News UK & Ireland, we will continue to promote an inclusive and diverse workplace, to help people with visible and non visible disabilities create careers in media and aim to make our content accessible to all.