Sports Reporter

1 week ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Guardian News & Media Full time

We are seeking a sports reporter to join our team and work on setting the sport news agenda, including by breaking exclusives, writing features, profiles, investigations and analysis, as well as covering breaking news.


In this role you will.

  • Break sport news, including through investigations
  • Cover unfolding breaking news for both women's and men's sport stories quickly and accurately
  • Explain, analyse and bring context to sport stories for Guardian Australia's national audience, including through features and profiles
  • Understand pressures and issues facing sporting organisations and sportspeople, across all major sporting codes
  • Contribute to Guardian Australia's varied formats, including podcasts, video and interactive reports
  • Interact with readers, responding to ideas and using information as source material
  • Develop deep contacts in key story areas to further Guardian Australia's sport coverage

You'll bring.

  • Experience working as a sport writer in a fastchanging news environment, preferably on a news website
  • Proven history of breaking news, including sport news and a strong network of contacts
  • Experience writing both news and features
  • The ability to generate ideas for sports news and investigations
  • Strong news sense and ability to generate fresh ideas and angles
  • A deep understanding of mens and womens sports, along with a highly developed understanding of media law
  • Excellent writing, communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues
  • A passion for independent journalism and an understanding of our editorial code and values

About working at Guardian Australia

  • Employee assistance program (EAP) to support employee wellbeing
  • Hybrid working
  • Paid volunteer leave
  • Dedicated diversity and inclusion employee groups, action plans (including our Reconciliation Action Plan) and cultural competency training
  • Guardian digital subscription
For more information please view the full job description here.


This role is being offered on a full-time, permanent basis, including weekend work with early starts or late finishes, and can be based out of either Sydney or Melbourne.


  • We believe that our role in the Australian media is to give a voice to the most marginalised people in society and value and respect all differences in all people — including people of colour, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from different social classes, people with diverse gender and sexual identities, and people with disabilities (seen and unseen). We believe that these communities must be centred in the work we do, bringing a new perspective and a diversity of thought. We also encourage flexible working and aim to create a work environment where all employees feel respected._
Job Number

SYD00007U

Location

Sydney Office

Business Area

Other

Employment Type

Full-time

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