Politics Live News Editor

Politics Live News Editor

Location: London

Role Overview
We are seeking a dynamic Politics Live News Editor to lead our daily politics live blog, live politics news output – and help put together our politics newsletter.
The successful candidate will play a crucial role in shaping how we cover the political agenda at Westminster and beyond, with a sharp focus on the real-world impact of politics.
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to lead the growth of The I Paper’s digital storytelling, including through new formats and social video.

Key Responsibilities
-Manage the daily politics live blog, ensuring distinctive reporting, analysis and interpretation of the political agenda

-Coordinate and direct live politics news coverage, maintaining editorial standards and ensuring swift response to breaking news
-Help to plan and edit the daily politics newsletter, working closely with our newsletter team to curate and deliver key political stories and analysis to our subscribers
-Ensure political content is engaging, accessible, and aligns with The i Paper’s editorial values of impartiality and clarity
-To expand our visual storytelling, enhancing our social video output across our live politics coverage
 -To help develop new ways to drive engagement with our journalism, and take the lead in embedding best practice
 -To provide constructive feedback to reporters, helping them prioritise projects which will have maximum digital impact
 -To work towards team benchmarks for success, ensuring the operation is meeting its digital subscription goals

The right candidate must have:
 -Experience on the newsdesk of a national news publisher or broadcaster, or experience as a political reporter
 -An ability to write and edit news quickly and to deadline
 -Incisive analytical skills and the ability to approach the news agenda in a creative and original manner
 -An ambition to take on more responsibility and progress your career towards senior leadership roles
 -Experience in digital publishing, and a willingness to learn and embrace new methods of storytelling
 -A thorough understanding of media law and the Ipso guidelines
 -A commitment to i's editorial standards of impartial and incisive coverage

Package Description

Our benefits package increases the longer you’ve been with us. Here’s what to expect:

• 25 days’ holiday (increasing by 1 per year up to a total of 30)


• Pension plan and life cover


• Discounts on online shopping, dining cards and vouchers, and access to our Employee Assistance Programme


• Onsite gym, subsidised canteen and onsite nurse and GP clinics

Plus much more...

About Us

 DMG::MEDIA

dmg media maintains an unwavering commitment to uncovering the stories that matter most. Its brands Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, Metro, The i Paper, MailOnline, and Mail+reach more than 9 million people daily in the UK.
Globally, dmg media’s brands reach 160 million unique browsers every month across its domains and apps.*

Its global newsroom of journalists, formidable story-getting power, and breadth of content formats, delivers highly engaging, trusted content to loyal and new audiences, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The Mail brand reaches three in five Brits every month and is officially the best-read, most recognised, most engaged newsbrand in the country. It is the largest news publisher on TikTok with over 28 million total followers and nearly 45 billion views** in the past year.

www.dmgmedia.co.uk

*GA Sept 2024 **March 2024 - Feb 2025 inclusive

THE I PAPER

The i Paper is the only national newspaper that's never supported a political party and it reaches more than [9.2] million readers each month in print and online. 

It is committed to delivering accurate, impartial news and intelligent debate, trusting readers to make up their own minds. It is the winner of 2024 UK Newspaper of the Year and is rapidly growing its digital subscriptions base, recently hitting [70k] total subscriptions.

www.theipaper.com