About This Role
The Morning Bulletin is seeking an agile reporter to cover news that matters to readers in a fast-paced, digitally focused environment. This role suits an enthusiastic and resilient individual with a natural curiosity about the community, who can build rapport and deliver engaging, high-quality content.
Responsibilities
- Be based in the Rockhampton region
- Source and create compelling stories that resonate with an audience
- Deliver relevant content that both engages existing subscribers and attracts new readers
- Work under deadline pressure in a fast-paced environment to cover breaking stories without compromising on quality or accuracy
- Focus on online engagement and drive subscription growth
- Demonstrate initiative to search for stories that are not already breaking and identify unique angles that drive conversation and move the issue forward
- Digest digital data and use it in planning content
Requirements
- Thrive on the challenge of meeting business outcomes and reader expectations and actively look to exceed them
- Strong news judgment and interview skills
- Experience in digital storytelling
- Willing to embrace change and demonstrate agility in a fast-paced sector
- Self-starter who can maintain high levels of personal organization and time management
- Understand social media, SEO, digital data
- Strong motivation, a collaborative work ethic and ability to meet deadlines
- Detail-oriented, able to stay calm under pressure and know how to balance priorities
Benefits
- Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family
- Exclusive offers across a range of products and services that deliver genuine cost savings and benefits
- Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)
- Parental leave
- Birthday leave
- Volunteer leave
- Career break
- Compassionate leave
- Support on making the most of your money
- Access tailored development opportunities, including leadership programs, to cultivate your skills and support your career
- Volunteer opportunities and company-organized charity drives
- Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents’ rooms
About the Company
News Corp Australia is the nation’s most influential media organization, operating more than 150 household-name brands across print, digital and multimedia. The company leads the way in travel, fashion, food, health, homes and lifestyle, and is the largest publisher across print and digital, reaching more than 16 million Australians each month.
