Dublin, Ireland
Newstalk is Ireland’s fastest growing independent talk radio station in Ireland, with a weekly reach of 764,000 people across 26 counties. Newstalk continues to grow its audience each year and is known across the nation as the independent voice of Ireland, boasting a strong line-up of Ireland’s leading broadcasters including Pat Kenny, Ivan Yates, Ciara Kelly, Sean Moncrieff and many more.
Newstalk is also one of the most respected media brands in the country, having a track record for premium and engaging marketing campaigns that have helped to grow our reputation and our listenership.
The Role
We are seeking to appoint a Programme Reporter to deliver bespoke content across all programmes on Newstalk. We are looking for candidates with a proven track record in news and current affairs with in-studio and in-field experience.
What you’ll do
You will display strong independent thinking, have the ability to work under tight deadlines and a determination to help grow JNLR figures and digital audiences. The chosen candidate would report to the Senior Editors and ultimately the Managing Editor.
You will:
- Develop and plan innovative content ideas that can be executed on air and online
- React quickly to breaking news when required
- Record and edit audio in studio and on location
- Be proficient in the use of social media and online publishing to enhance our brand reach and increase the digital audience and engagement levels with programmes
- Adapt to change that benefits the company, be open to new ideas, take on new responsibilities, handle pressure and adjust plans to meet changing needs
- Communicate well both verbally and in writing, promptly share information and ideas with others throughout the organisation as appropriate and demonstrate active listening skills
- Continually plan, manage and execute multiple report ideas
If the following traits sound like you, you might be the right person for the job:
- Passionate about news, current affairs, opinion, sport and popular culture
- An ability to create a high standard of reporting within tight deadlines, and a flair for developing new angles on existing stories
- An ability to generate and to evaluate quality programme content
- Ability to source new angles and guests on issues of news and current affairs
- A strong and effective communicator with excellent planning, research and organisational skills
- A self-starter who is able to work and communicate remotely with a remote editor
- A willingness and ability to travel, often at short notice, to react to stories across Ireland
Before applying, make sure you tick the following boxes:
- 3 + years experience working in a broadcast environment
- Excellent Radio production and radio craft skills
- Experience under pressure
- Excellent contacts
- Track record in covering breaking news
- Audio recording and editing skills
- Excellent working knowledge of libel and defamation laws
- Good understanding of the role of social media and the part it plays in today’s radio landscape
- Experience in mobile video journalism is a benefit but not essential
The role will involve occasional foreign travel and non-standard working hours are a regular necessity in order to fulfill the role
This is a unique opportunity to join an ambitious, passionate, team oriented environment, where you can gain experience, learn and develop your skills. It is an exciting, engaging role and one that requires a person with initiative, strong design skills and a creative spark.
Please submit your CV and an audio demo of the types of reports you have previously delivered.
What it’s like working at Communicorp Media?
Communicorp Media is Ireland’s premier media company and the home of some of Irelands leading commercial media brands. We are proud to count Newstalk, Today FM, 98FM, Spin 103.8, Spin South West and Off the Ball as the phenomenal brands we own and love.
At Communicorp Media we strive to be the most innovative, dynamic and best in class media outlet in Ireland. We want more people to spend more time with us. We want to talk to every person in Ireland, every single week, through one of our channels. To make this happen, our team is made up of some of the most passionate and creative people you’ll find. Working here means no two days are the same.
The work by its nature is fast paced, and it can be intense – we work really hard – but we are all here because we truly love what we do. We make sure to make lots of time for fun and we like to celebrate. There is always something happening, be it an onsite promotion, a crazy idea being tested, or a team meeting on the balcony. Happy birthday is sung here nearly every day! So whether we are focused on the latest breaking news story, researching what our listeners want, or working with our clients to create great campaigns, Communicorp Media is an inspiring and welcoming place to work.
Perks and Benefits:
Part of the fun of working in Communicorp Media are the regular opportunities to score free tickets for the hottest gig in town! On top of that, we also provide:
- Flexible holidays – need more holidays this year? No problem! Communicorp Media employees can buy or sell annual leave days over and above the minimum entitlement
- We also provide Good Friday and Christmas Eve off as a special company day of leave, so that our employees can enjoy these holidays with an extra day off.
- Employee Savings & Discounts Portal – we provide our employees with an online portal full of discounts, vouchers and cash back for shopping, dining, travel, health & wellness, sports and many more.
- Subsidised Gym membership – extremely low cost gym membership in a local network of gyms
- Wellness programme – we provide lots of opportunities for our employees to take care of their health and wellbeing in the workplace, including free fitness classes onsite, talks on mindfulness and stress management, free fruit and many more wellness promotions and activities.
- Discounted city centre parking close to the office
- Death in Service cover – we provide this as standard to all employees
