The Sun
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Length: 1 week unpaid
Start date: Rolling
Location: London
Your Team
The Sun is the most popular newsbrand in the UK, reaching 38.2 million people a month across digital and print. The Sun is at the heart of the nation’s conversation, blending serious investigations, agenda-setting campaigns, political scoops, and celebrity gossip. More than a newspaper. The Sun is an instigator, an entertainer, a cultural reference point, a finger on the pulse, a daily relationship. We have a talented, diverse team who publish the best coverage of news, sport, lifestyle, and showbiz in print and digital.
Your Role
The Sun is looking to help the next generation of journalists by building your knowledge of how a newsroom operates. We will welcome you to The Sun’s features team where you will assist our reporters with researching, pitching, and writing stories. You will also receive mentoring from the industry’s best, as well as any other equity you might need to fulfil your full potential. Financial support for travel offered on a case-by-case basis.
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- Help the team generate agenda-leading exclusives
- Identify stories which will work online and in print and develop them well
- Work as part of a team and be able to contribute across a range of subjects
- Pitch and produce stories and work up original ideas and features
- Have an instinct for how to 'sell' a digital story to get maximum impact on The Sun's platforms and also on social media
What We Are Looking For
- Excellent writing skills with the ability to deliver vibrant, clean copy to very tight deadlines
- Passion for all things news
- An understanding of The Sun brand, both print and digital
- Positive can-do attitude and good team player
If you think you have what it takes but don’t tick every requirement on the list, please do apply. We want to hear from people who have a passion to learn and develop.
Application Process
As part of the Online Application process, we would like you to provide a CV and cover letter. For some tips:
- Briefly introduce yourself and tell us why you’re interested in pursuing a career in journalism
- Describe your thoughts on where the journalism industry is going
- Describe your thoughts about The Sun and how to tell stories across all our platforms - what do we do well? What could we do better?
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About News UK
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.
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