Regional Journalist (Meath, Laois, Offaly)

Role Purpose

An exciting opportunity to join a winning team of Independent journalists We are recruiting for a journalist to join our growing network of regional reporters as part of Project Leap, the INMA Global Media Award-winning local news initiative from Mediahuis Ireland Regionals and the Irish Independent.

This is your chance to join a go-ahead team of journalists based all over the country who deliver local news on a national scale through Independent.ie, working with colleagues in Mediahuis Ireland’s regional and national newsrooms.

Mediahuis is Ireland's leading media publisher, reaching millions of readers every day. We believe in independent journalism that positively impacts people and society. As an open-minded organisation, we have a curious outlook on the world, always striving for better and our people are encouraged to do the same.

Our aim is to captivate, entertain, and inform local communities with trusted journalism. We are looking for a creative and energetic reporter to join our regional editorial team and help us grow and diversify our digital audience.
The Job in a Nutshell Your work will focus on reporting on local news and bringing national perspective to local stories, contributing to our award-winning journalism.  Your brief will be to report local news content from counties Laois, Offaly and Meath for Independent.ie, reporting directly to the editors in the Mediahuis Ireland Regionals Dundalk hub. This will primarily be a remote working position.

Role Responsibilities (Overview)

• Local interviews and feature-writing to a high standard 

• Fast, breaking news from Laois, Offaly and Meath 

• Work closely with local photographers and freelance contributors 

• Liaise with the regional audience team and contribute to social media 

• Edit the content to a very high standard ensuring that all material published meets the legal and quality standards set out 

• Work closely with the editors in developing new ideas 

Experience & Qualifications (Minimum Experience & Essential Knowledge)

• News reporting experience is essential 

• Full driving licence 

• Based in the region 

• Working experience of local journalism an advantage 

Skills (technical & non-technical)

Technical

• Demonstrate an appetite to increase market-share and support the Independent brand as the leader in news coverage 

• Excellent communication skills required 

• Excellent writing and editing abilities 

• Ability to work on own initiative 

• Working knowledge of social media 

Other

• Can work under pressure in a performance driven environment 

• Tenacity with a ‘can do’ attitude 

• Must exhibit learning agility and adaptability 

• Detail orientated 

• Ability to make decisions in line with company policy on own initiative 

• Strong collaboration and cross functional working together