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Date posted: 22/09/09 14:44:53 Closing date: 16/10/09

Job title: Web reporter

Salary: £17-18K

Publication/web site title: MorningAdvertiser.co.uk

Full details: The Morning Advertiser, the leading pub and drinks title, seeks bright web reporter to bring in scoops galore.

You’ll be writing on subjects that make national headlines all the time – the plight of the pub, alcohol regulation, community and social debates as well as fascinating issues facing small and big businesses, and you’ll be meeting some of the biggest personalities in Britain today. We have a lively website with a huge online community as well as a weekly magazine. You’ll be contributing to both, as well as writing features and diary items and learning how to run a busy website.

You will be expected to be a fast learner, a great self starter and someone as happy writing a page lead news story, as you are an industry report, business feature or review. Intelligence and news sense are key attributes for the role.

Duties include:
· Write news on a day-to-day basis for an online audience
· Contribute editorially to other sections of the magazine — news, Pub Chef, features
· Attend press events
· Meet licensees for interviews
· Establish key contacts
· Phone licensees for their views
· Manage and interact with our online community
· Generate ideas for news and feature articles
· Uploading stories to the website
· Sending out daily newsletters
· Liaising with advertisers over requirements
· Helping form strategy for increasing visits and usability

Experience/ qualities
· Qualification in journalism
· Knowledge of social media — Twitter, Facebook and YouTube — preferable
· Interest in online media
· Interest in pubs preferable

In return for your enthusiasm and hard work, we’ll promise you great development opportunities, a competitive salary and great benefits all within a friendly and creative working environment.

Benefits include:

§ A contributory pension scheme
§ Life Assurance
§ 25 days’ holiday (Pro-rata)

§ Discounted gym membership
§ Free car parking
§ Free shuttle service from Three Bridges

To apply please send your CV, covering letter and 3 samples of your work to recruitment@william-reed.co.uk



Please quote journalism.co.uk when applying for this position.

Apply to:
Ms Sarah Painter
Interim HR Manager
MorningAdvertiser.co.uk
William Reed Business Media
Broadfield Park
Crawley
West Sussex
RH11 9RT

Web site: http://www.william-reed.co.uk

Email: recruitment@william-reed.co.uk

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