Job Title: Journalist

Region: Cork

Title(s) : The Corkman and Independent.ie

Join a winning team and shape the future of regional journalism

Do you have a passion for news and journalism and a flair for storytelling? Do you long for a career where you can have a positive impact on society? Do you want a career that values your individuality and personal growth? If your answer is yes, then this could be the role you’ve been looking for.

Mediahuis is Ireland's leading media publisher, reaching millions of readers every day. We believe unconditionally 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 independent and 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

The regional reporter in Cork will be part of a versatile, news driven team who works with journalists across Mediahuis Ireland regionals and on Independent.ie. Your work will focus on reporting on local news and contribute to our award-winning journalism.

The role of the Cork reporter is to report local news content for Independent.ie and The Corkman reporting directly to the editors in the Mediahuis Ireland Regionals Kerry/Cork hub.

Role Responsibilities (Overview)

• Local interviews and feature-writing to a high standard

• Deliver fast, breaking news from the region

• Write strong SEO headlines

• 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

• Journalism experience is essential

• Full driving licence

• Based in the region

• Working experience of local journalism an advantage

Key Skills

Technical

• Excellent communication skills

• Excellent writing and editing abilities

• Working knowledge of social and digital media

Other

• Can work under pressure in a performance driven environment

• Self motivated

• 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 skills

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

What We Offer

At Mediahuis we are proud of our incredibly talented, smart, curious and uniquely creative people, and want to make your journey with us as rewarding as possible. Mediahuis offers exciting career opportunities and a range of benefits to support you professionally and personally. Some of these benefits are captured under Huis Harmony, our framework of physical, emotional, social, financial and intellectual wellbeing supports, and include:

• An attractive remuneration package

• Pension

• TaxSaver Benefits

• Educational supports

• An actively managed career development plan

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Family and family leave supports

• Digital gym classes

• Numerous staff discounts

• Social events

Equal Opportunity Employer

Mediahuis Ireland is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.