Senior News Reporter - ten daily

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Network Ten has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior News reporter to join the ten daily team.  Based in Perth and reporting into the ten daily News Editor based in Sydney plus into the local News Manager.

The successful candidate will contribute to the daily news mix, filing high quality copy on a variety of news topics, including national and international headlines, politics, crime, opinion as well as sport. The reporter will oversee the editing of the ten daily homepage during set shifts and manage our local social media channels.

The ideal candidate will be a self-starting journalist with experience working in a deadline-driven digital newsroom.  The role will also work closely with the Ten Eyewitness News teams, supporting the bulletins and our programs such as The Project and Studio Ten.

Experience in editing, fact-checking and assigning daily news content that’s unique, engaging, on brand and highly shareable. A strong focus on video, experience in editing or filming video would be ideal.

Key Responsibilities of the role:

• Report on news, covering local, national and international headlines, writing clean, concise, engaging copy in a fast-paced newsroom.
• Contribute to the daily, weekly and monthly ten daily news agenda
• Writing, uploading and editing news stories as required
• Managing the ten daily homepage during set shifts, utilising analytics to influence editorial decisions
• Monitoring news platforms, including social, TV, print and radio, staying on top of the top stories and the angles that would appeal to our audience
• Maintaining close relationships with stakeholders, including Ten News teams, to ensure collaboration, integration and develop fantastic original digital news content
• A senior member of the ten daily News team, maintaining quality control, ensuring reporters’ content is of high quality, factually correct and led by video
• Work with the ten daily Lifestyle, Entertainment, Video and Social teams
• Meeting video, audience and traffic targets - daily and monthly
• Meeting ten daily’s core video, audience and traffic KPIs

Required qualifications:  The ideal candidate will have

• 4-5 years’ minimum experience working in a digital news environment
• Knowledge of breaking news procedures, including mobile and social platforms
• Excellent news judgement and ability to react, delegate and deliver results without supervision
• Demonstrated experience writing and editing copy for digital platforms, including applying SEO best practice and covering video-led news stories
• An eye for detail and strong headline writing skills
• Experience with analytics, managing homepages and making data-driven editorial/news decisions
• Solid understanding of legal aspects of journalism
• A passion for new media including mobile and video
• Proven ability to contribute to both the News team and ten daily team
• Broadcast experience will be a bonus

 Skills and abilities

• Fast, reactive decision maker with impeccable news judgement
• Exceptional verbal, written and communication skills
• Understanding of social media platforms to drive engagement
• Successful track record in editing and/or driving video-led news stories
• Ability to work under pressure in a digital news environment
• Fast thinking problem solving skills
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Understanding of SEO best practice and CMS systems
• Demonstrated ability analysing data to inform content creation
• Understanding of using social platforms in a news sense
• Video editing skills will be a bonus

Education qualifications

Tertiary degree in media, journalism or communications or equivalent

Additional requirements

The role will operate on a rotating weekday roster, flexibility to work out of hours may be required.

If you feel that your skills and experience could be suited to this opportunity and enjoy the challenge of working in a busy team environment, please apply.

Please note Network Ten has a strict policy on agencies, we will not accept agency applications.