Showbiz and TV Reporter

The Sun is the biggest news brand in the UK, publishing hundreds of stories a day and reaching over 170m unique users digitally every month. Its exclusives set the news agenda and its campaigns have changed the lives of many. Delivering news, entertainment, and sports coverage to millions of readers every day. With a rich history spanning decades, we are dedicated to providing accurate, insightful, and engaging content across print and digital platforms. The Sun has a mass-market audience and aims to appeal to a diverse audience in the UK and beyond. Your team: Do you live and breathe all things celebrity? Can you sniff out a great story on social media, get a cracking line from a red carpet chat and spot a golden TV moment before it goes viral? Do you want to work for the UK's No1 showbiz team? Well, we're hiring! Your role: You will deliver the latest exciting entertainment news to our loyal online audience who rely on us for all the up-to-the-minute gossip. You will be working in a hybrid capacity for The Sun's fast-paced digital operation. This will involve writing about the biggest TV shows, our readers' favourite famous faces and beating our rivals to the hottest showbiz stories. Day to day you will:

• Write sparkling, snappy copy in The Sun's unique, authoritative tone.
• Watch live TV, whether it be daytime shows or primetime reality, and be able to pull out the strongest, newsiest lines.
• Keep across the social media activity of all The Sun's go-to celebs and jump on a story the minute it breaks.
• Build copy in CMS (Wordpress)
• Generate ideas for two daily conferences and pitch them to the Showbiz Editor leading the shift
• Recognising and acting upon any potential legal issues and acting in accordance with the PCC Code of Conduct.
• Maintain a wide knowledge of showbiz, current affairs and trends.
  
  We're looking for someone with experience working as a showbiz journalist, especially working on a celebrity or entertainment website, who is armed with ideas and has a wealth of contacts. The ideal candidate will be:
• Unflappable under pressure and deliver work at a consistently high standard.
• Have a keen attention to detail, spelling and meticulous fact-checking.
• Able to write copy and build stories to a fast, live deadline, while maintaining quality.
• Positive can-do attitude and good team player.
• Confident at interviewing showbiz personalities and able to ask questions that will produce the most interesting copy.
• Adept at suggesting story ideas which reflect the content of the website
• Can demonstrate an understanding of The Sun brand, both print and digital.
• Flexibility to work nights and weekends over a seven-day rota pattern.
• Able to lead a small team of reporters at nights and on weekends with confidence and a clear direction.
  
  News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter.
Life at News Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible, it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social class or sexuality, we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy. At News UK, we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network, Parents and Carers, and LGBTQ+ group News Is Out, and Next Gen.

Some of our benefits include:
• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
• 'Bikes for Work' and 'Electric Car' scheme
• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
• 30 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year