Digital Showbiz and TV Reporter (Casual)

Do you love celebrities, watching TV (and getting paid for it) and can spot a great showbiz story in amongst the social media maze? Are you obsessed with everything from Love Island to the soaps and know your I’m A Celeb campmates from the brides and grooms on MAFS? Do you want to work for the UK's No1 showbiz team? Well, we're hiring!

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

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 remotely, or a hybrid of remote/office if preferred, on a casual freelance basis 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, lively and inimitable tone.
• Watch live TV, whether it be daytime shows, soaps or primetime reality, and be able to pull out the strongest, newsiest lines that will engage our readers.
• Keep across the social media activity of all The Sun’s go-to celebs and TV shows to ensure we know the latest dramas and developments, the minute they happen.
• Build copy in CMS (Wordpress) which you will be trained to use.
• Generate ideas and pitch them to the Showbiz Editor leading the shift.
• Recognise and act upon any potential legal issues and act in accordance with the PCC Code of Conduct.
• Maintain a wide knowledge of showbiz, current affairs and trends through reading various titles, especially our closest competitors, and listening to the latest podcasts.

What we’re looking for from you

• Experience working as a showbiz journalist, especially on a celebrity or entertainment website.
• Brimming with new ideas, have a bulging contacts book and thrive working in an exciting, fast-paced environment.
• Unflappable under pressure and delivers work at a consistently high standard.
• Keen attention to detail and meticulous fact-checking.
• Can easily spot an engaging showbiz newsline when watching TV/listening to podcasts/scrolling through social media and pitch angle/headline to the Showbiz Editor.
• Able to write copy and build stories to a fast, live deadline, while maintaining quality.
• Proactive and displays a willingness to take on any task.
• Positive can-do attitude and good team player.
• Self-starter, organised and a good problem-solver, able to eliminate obstacles through creative and adaptive approaches.
• Can demonstrate an understanding of The Sun brand, both print and digital.
• Flexibility to work nights and weekends over a seven-day rota pattern.

We are News UK

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, talkRADIO and Virgin Radio, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning digital and print, audio and video, events and experiences, our brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

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