Journalist / Reporter

Journalist / Reporter

Apsley, Herts. £25,500 - £26,000

Exciting opportunity to join a leading monthly magazine publication house. Working as part of a team, main responsibilities include :

• Sourcing news stories and features for 11 monthly hyper-local magazines
• Pitching editorial ideas to the team
• Conducting interviews for stories and advertorials both in person and over the phone
• Managing/creating the news list for the magazines
• Ensuring the magazines have a balance of editorial coverage (news, crime, features)
• Suggesting front cover ideas to the news editor
• Keeping the news editor informed as to strongest stories are for each magazine and which have the potential to be leads or double page spreads
• Writing catchy headlines and picture captions
• Sourcing images to run alongside editorial
• Going out to photograph events/places/people if a suitable image cannot be sent
• Ensuring the originality of all photographs (copyright issues)
• Keeping on top of the local and national news to ensure topical coverage and to find an 'angle’ to current national stories that would work for our publication
• Maintaining strong relationships with the local dignitaries and residents of each community
• Attending council meetings and events
• Uploading stories and images to the website
• Updating multiple social media accounts
• Proofing my own and others' work to ensure grammar and spelling are correct
• Writing advertorials for clients

For more information and to apply please send your CV