Reporter

Reporter
Shetland News

Ideally full-time but hours can be flexible to a certain extent.

Starting salary: £30,000 per annum, depending on experience.
Closing date: 15 August 2024
Location: Working from home, in Shetland. Driving licence and own vehicle essential to reach remote areas.

Job description:

Shetland News is an independently-owned daily online news service and agency that publishes the successful Shetland News website at www.shetnews.co.uk.

Serving an island community of around 23,000, we are now looking for an experienced and highly motivated reporter to further expand and develop our news coverage.

The successful candidate should have at least two years of experience of working in a local news environment including council and court reporting, can produce fast and accurate copy for a number of different formats and, ideally, has proficiency in producing news for social media platforms.

This is a unique opportunity to work in a highly competitive media environment that requires the successful candidate to quickly obtain a working knowledge in a variety of areas and industries such as fishing and aquaculture, as well as oil, gas and new energy.

The ideal candidate must be capable of working on his/her own initiative, investigating stories, and developing these through to publication. Experience in audio and video editing is an advantage.

Please submit your application including covering letter, CV, portfolio of work examples as well as an indication of a preferred starting date to the editor Hans J Marter, e-mail hans@shetnews.co.uk

Unique in the way we work, Shetland News is a member of the Independent Community News Network (ICNN), has recently become a founding member of the Scottish Beacon collaboration and is regulated by IMPRESS.

Shetland News also employs the BBC-funded, part-time local democracy reporter for the isles.