Education Reporter

**What's the role?**

News Corp Australia is expanding its Education team and looking to recruit a specialist Education Reporter to curate and deliver compelling, high-quality education content across all State & Communities (S&C) mastheads including The Herald Sun, The Daily Telegraph, Adelaide Advertiser and The Courier Mail.

This role can be performed from anywhere in Australia and is critical in driving digital engagement, informing readers on key public and private sector education issues, and supporting our national strategy through collaboration with local newsrooms.

**Key Responsibilities:**

• Reporting to the National Education Editor, write national education content across print, digital, newsletters, and social media platforms

• Help coordinate the education content calendar, key deadlines, and publication workflows

• Assist audience engagement through data-led storytelling, tailored to reader interests and platform trends

• Collaborate with S&C masthead teams and internal stakeholders to align content with national strategy and optimise reach

• Champion innovation, collaborate with contributing journalists, and promote a diverse and inclusive newsroom culture

**Who are you?**

• The ideal candidate will be experienced in journalism or content creation, with a strong focus on education topics.

• Proven ability to develop and execute content that drives audience engagement and growth.

• Strong understanding of digital publishing, audience analytics, and SEO best practices.

• Sound editorial judgment, ensuring content meets high standards of accuracy, legality, and relevance.

• Leadership skills to foster innovation, mentorship, and collaboration across teams.

• The successful candidate is innovative, detail-oriented, and thrives in a dynamic environment. They exhibit a passion for education journalism, uphold diversity in content and workplace culture, and are committed to continuous improvement and operational efficiency.

**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?**

Apply now or for more information on careers at News Corp Australia visit

**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._

**_If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please feel free to let us know. For more information regarding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at NewsCorp Australia please visit_** **_under the DEI section._**

**Category:**

State & Community Mastheads

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