Whitehall Correspondent
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Full-time
USD75.4K - 100K/year
~COP150M - 200M/year
+ Equity
+ Bonuses
Posted about 3 years ago
Responsibilities
The Telegraph Media Group is a fast-paced, demanding, and interesting workplace. They offer a suite of benefits that contribute to lifestyle choices and leisure activities. From dynamic working opportunities, medical cover, and parental leave, to life assurance and season ticket loans, they support a healthy work-life balance. They also provide a variety of training and development opportunities through The Academy.
The Telegraph is looking for an experienced political reporter who can bring in exclusive stories as well as cover day to day political events such as debates and votes. The Whitehall Correspondent must be able to identify the best political stories of the day, and how to move those stories on as necessary. Candidates should be able to show a clear ability to set the agenda by breaking stories.
Responsibilities:
- Provide high quality, accurate coverage of political events and find agenda-setting exclusives.
- Cover events such as debates, votes, speeches, political visits, elections and party conferences.
- Travel around the country and overseas as necessary, filing from the road.
- Write accurate, clear and concise news stories in house style.
- Meet tight deadlines and organise schedule around the deadline demands of the newsroom.
- Ensure stories are accurate and legally compliant.
- Develop and maintain contacts within government, parliament and all major political parties.