Trainee Reporter - Worcester Application Deadline: 23 May 2025 Department: Editorial Employment Type: Permanent Location: Worcester Reporting To: Stephanie Summers Description We are looking for new reporters to join our thriving Midlands-based newsroom. You will be part of a team that produces the Worcester News – a daily newspaper with a rapidly growing digital audience – as well as the Malvern Gazette and Evesham Journal. Worcester is a beautiful Cathedral city on the banks of the river Severn within a short distance of the Malvern Hills and Cotswolds and with excellent transport links to Birmingham, the Midlands and south West. We believe in being out and about in the community as much as possible and our reporters attend news events throughout the day, reporting for our website, social media feeds and print pages. Key Responsibilities The successful candidate will be able to deliver Facebook Lives, be comfortable creating videos and photographs and also be able to file clean, accurate, enticing copy. This exciting role involves reporting on everything from breaking news to High Street shop openings, drug raids, local events and court stories, to human interest stories. We cover it all! Skills, Knowledge & Expertise We will consider trainee reporters looking for their first newsroom role, but would also welcome senior journalists. As always, our reporting roles involve weekend work and early and late shifts on a rota basis. Please note that candidates must have a driving licence and access to a car. Our reporters are expected to meet audience goals, which means learning how to find a good story, tell it across different platforms, and get it in front of more people through social media and SEO. Whether you see yourself as a budding patch reporter eager to make new contacts or a TikTok whizz, we’ll show you how to develop and present your stories to make them a must-read and give you the on-the-job training and support needed to help you become a first-class senior reporter on top titles, working for one of the UK’s biggest news publishers. About Newsquest Media Group We are a media company with a difference. We are committed to bringing a voice to your region by investing in a passionate team of journalists who proudly serve their communities by sharing authoritative news that readers trust. Our sales teams provide local businesses with highly responsive digital advertising and marketing solutions. We are one of the largest regional news publishers in the UK and have a portfolio of more than 250 local news brands and magazines online and in print. With an online audience of 41 million users a month and 7 million readers a week in print, our content is read by a substantial proportion of the UK population. In addition to our local news brands, we own a number of digital pure play and specialist media businesses such as s1jobs and s1homes, Exchange & Mart, and Newsquest Specialist Media. We also own LOCALiQ, an award-winning digital marketing agency that specialises in driving more leads, increasing online growth and generating return on marketing investment on behalf of thousands of UK SMBs.