Reporter and Senior Reporter

Overview

Travel Gossip, the UK’s fastest-growing travel trade media brand, is looking for two news journalists – a full-time Reporter and a full-time Senior Reporter – to join its team.

Travel Gossip’s news service launched in 2021 and quickly made an impact in the industry with its travel news site and daily news email service.

The overall company has grown significantly, including sales & partnerships, marketing and training divisions, and our editorial division is also growing, with exciting expansion plans.

The roles:

Working with the editors, the Reporter and Senior Reporter will source and write topical news stories for the Travel Gossip website and daily email.

Knowledge of the travel industry is not essential, but candidates need to have a solid background in news reporting and be able to identify a trade story.

Attending regular travel industry events in the UK and overseas is a key requirement.

The job is mostly a work-from-home role, so you must be happy and motivated to work remotely, keeping in touch with the team regularly throughout the day.

As many travel industry events take place in London, we are looking for someone based in, or close to, London (within the M25).

We expect the successful Senior Reporter candidate to be able and willing to step in to news edit on occasions.

• At least two years’ news reporting experience for the Reporter role and three years’ experience for the Senior Reporter role.
• NCTJ-qualified (or similar), including shorthand
• Excellent news judgement and eye for a travel trade story
• Superb writing and headline-crafting skills
• Able to work at speed and meet tight deadlines
• Organised, proactive, with good ideas
• Confident interviewer
• Social media savvy
• Not afraid to ask questions and not be content with simply regurgitating press releases
• Someone who doesn’t just attend industry events, but who wants to network, dig out stories and find out what’s really going on in the travel trade
• Must be comfortable self-editing and self-publishing news content, including sourcing and editing images
• Willing and able to attend events such as press conferences, launches and other media events in the UK – mainly, but not exclusively, in London
• Knowledge of the travel industry is not essential, but an interest in the industry – and willingness to get involved and learn about it – is.

• Private health insurance
• 25 days annual leave

Interested? To apply, please send a CV plus a covering letter, including links to three of your best news stories to  Tell us why you’ve selected them and explain how you got them. We’re not expecting them to be travel-related, but we want to see examples of your news writing and proof that you have an eye for a story.

In the email subject line and at the top of your covering letter, please clearly mark which role you are applying for.

Only applicants who fit the criteria in the job spec will be considered. We are unable to respond to those that don’t.