Digital Travel Reporter- The Sun (London)
The Sun is the biggest news brand in the UK, publishing hundreds of stories a day and reaching over 170m unique users digitally every month. Its exclusives set the news agenda and its campaigns have changed the lives of many. Delivering news, entertainment, and sports coverage to millions of readers every day. With a rich history spanning decades, we are dedicated to providing accurate, insightful, and engaging content across print and digital platforms.
The Sun has a mass-market audience and aims to appeal to a diverse audience in the UK and beyond.
Your Role: Are you a digital reporter looking to break into Travel?
The Sun Online is looking for a digital journalist to work on the Travel Desk. The role will be five days a week, 8am-5pm. It will cover everything from breaking news and features to SEO content and exclusives.
No travel experience is necessary, but online journalism is a must.
This job is a mix of office-based and working from home – with three days in the London Bridge office a week.
The Purpose of the role: To build the travel audience of The Sun by producing outstanding, engaging stories for online. To bring in exclusives and original story ideas, as well as developing breaking stories.
Day to day you will:
- Cover topical travel stories and generate agenda-leading exclusives
- Turn around copy and content quickly and accurately
- Identify travel stories which will work online and develop them well
- Work as part of a team and be able to contribute across a range of subjects
- Pitch and produce exclusive stories and work up original ideas and features
- Have an instinct for how to ‘sell’ a digital story to get maximum impact on The Sun’s platforms and also on social media
- Be able to write in a concise and entertaining way in keeping with Sun style but free from cliche
- Understand how to recirculate readers within The Sun and keep them engaged with our content
- Produce video content
- Work with video desk and picture desk to maximum effect
- Live reporting and ability to work under pressure covering breaking news
- Keep newsdesk informed on changes that arise as stories develop
What we’re looking for from you:
- Excellent writing skills with the ability to deliver vibrant, clean copy to very tight deadlines
- Reporting experience in a newsroom and ability to keep calm under pressure
- Excellent, fast writing and basic subbing skills
- Passion for all things travel
- Flexible attitude to working hours across seven days
- An understanding of The Sun brand, both print and digital
- Thorough knowledge of the IPSO Code of Conduct, media law and ethical considerations
- Knowledge of social media, SEO and online publishing
- Positive can-do attitude and good team player
