Casual Reporter Geelong

**What’s the role?**

This is a chance for someone to fire up their career as a casual Journalist at the Geelong Advertiser. This junior reporting role is a News Corp Australia initiative to identify and employ people with the ability and passion to help forge our multimedia future. It will also demand commitment, hard work, and enterprise. The people who enter our workforce live and breathe news, in all its forms.

**About the role**:
+ You will be responsible for the gathering of information and generating original and exclusive stories - both news and features

+ Report on a range of different stories as well as staying abreast of community issues and interests

+ You will spend time at the Geelong Advertiser and will be introduced to a variety of journalism skills and responsibilities

+ You will produce written and visual content for our website and the print edition. Shift work including nights and weekends are to be expected.

**Who are you?**

+ You have a genuine interest in news, politics, sport and current affairs

+ You are resilient, self-motivated, and relentless in your pursuit for the truth

+ You want to tell stories in words, pictures, video, and audio

+ You can write clearly and concisely and are an excellent communicator

+ You understand social media

+ Experience working in a newsroom would be an advantage

**News Benefits**

News Benefits is our way of saying thank you to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities. Thanking them for the great things they do daily, for the greater good of Australia. Our benefits include:
+ **Exclusively ours** - Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family

+ **Health & wellbeing** - Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)

+ **Time off** - News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.

+ **Helping you grow** - Development opportunities (including diversity and inclusion - focused education series) and recognition

+ **Financial wellbeing** - Support on making the most of your money

+ **Perks & discounts** - Exclusive offers across a range of products and services

+ **Giving back** - Make a difference to our communities.

+ **Workplace Inclusion and facilities** - Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents’ rooms

**Who are we?**

News Corp Australia is the nation’s most influential media organisation, operating more than 150 household-name brands across print, digital and multimedia. We lead the way in travel, fashion, food, health, homes and lifestyle, and we are the largest publisher across print and digital, reaching more than 16 million Australians each month.

**What’s next?**

**Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion** _We know that diversity strengthens our teams and newsrooms as we seek to tell stories that represent the diverse communities of Australia that we serve. Our people make us unique and we all have a story. We encourage people of all ages, backgrounds, races, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, abilities and gender identities to apply. Inclusion is important to us and we want everyone at News to bring their whole-selves to work. If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, or would like to outline which pronouns you prefer, please feel free to let us know._

**Category**:
State & Community Mastheads

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