Senior Reporter

Senior Reporter

Application Deadline: 30 May 2025

Department: Editorial

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Darlington

Description
The Northern Echo, Newsquest's flagship daily title, is looking for a top-class senior reporter with bundles of enthusiasm to join the Great Daily of the North and its associated titles.

For more than 150 years, The Northern Echo has been setting the agenda with hard-hitting investigations and campaigns, and an exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team to focus on our North Yorkshire patch.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage live blogs on breaking incidents and cover issues that matter to the community.
• Create engaging stories for The Northern Echo and the Darlington & Stockton Times.
• Identify and react swiftly to news trends, ensuring timely and relevant coverage.
• Conduct in-depth investigations and develop campaigns that align with our distinguished history.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Proven experience in a digital newsroom, with a strong understanding of modern journalism pressures.
• Ability to spot and react to news trends quickly.
• Comfortable with live blogging and investigative journalism.
• Outstanding trainees with NCTJ prelims (including shorthand) will be considered.
• A valid driving licence is essential.

Please submit your CV and brief covering letter by Friday, May 30th.
About Newsquest Media Group

We are a media company with a difference. We are committed to bringing a voice to your region by investing in a passionate team of journalists who proudly serve their communities by sharing authoritative news that readers trust. Our sales teams provide local businesses with highly responsive digital advertising and marketing solutions.

We are one of the largest regional news publishers in the UK and have a portfolio of more than 250+ local news brands and magazines online and in print. With an online audience of 41 million users a month and 7 million readers a week in print, our content is read by a substantial proportion of the UK population.

In addition to our local news brands, we own a number of digital pure play and specialist media businesses such as s1jobs and s1homes, Exchange & Mart, and Newsquest Specialist Media. We also own LOCALiQ, an award-winning digital marketing agency that specialises in driving more leads, increasing online growth and generating return on marketing investment on behalf of thousands of UK SMBs.