We are News Broadcasting: Times Radio brings together the peerless journalistic expertise of The Times and The Sunday Times with world-class broadcast talent including Andrew Neil, John Pienaar and Aasmah Mir. talk is the home of common sense, delivering a schedule of news and current affairs, with Piers Morgan’s interviews leading the way. Life sounds good with Virgin Radio – home to Chris Evans at Breakfast, while talkSPORT, the world’s biggest sports radio station, delivers the very best live sport and analysis and is truly powered by its millions of fans.

The Team: News UK Broadcasting’s news team delivers world-class news and sport bulletins across our national radio stations as well as live two-ways on breaking stories and a variety of news and sport podcasts. Our broadcast journalists are the bedrock of the stations’ credibility and work together to ensure every story is covered. The team is agile in reacting to major news events and dynamic in how it covers them. Together Times Radio, talk, talkSPORT and Virgin Radio drive the national news agenda.

Your Role: You will be Times Radio’s on-air breakfast newsreader. Reporting to the Head of News, your experience and contacts will enhance the country’s most exciting airwaves and podcasts.

Day To Day You Will:

• Produce and present the station’s all-important news bulletins
• Set the news agenda by making key editorial decisions in conjunction with the Executive Producer of Breakfast
• Report on breaking stories in studio and on location during live programming
• Command the respect of a well-informed audience
• Work with the rest of the News UK Broadcasting team to produce the highest quality news scripts and audio across all our stations
• Present, edit and publish The Times News Briefing
• Liaise with production teams to maximise the on-air content

What We’re Looking For From You:

• Exceptional news judgement, with the ability to filter out spin
• First-class political knowledge
• Significant experience of a fast-paced broadcast newsroom
• Razor-sharp clarity of writing
• Calmness and speed under pressure
• Fresh ideas of how the news can be covered
• Brilliant audio editing ability
• An understanding of News UK’s diverse media portfolio

How To Apply:

Please apply via the link below and then send a demo reel to careers@news.co.uk with the subject heading ‘NEWS BROADCASTING – BROADCAST JOURNALIST APPLICATION – YOUR NAME’.

**Applications without a demo reel will not be considered**.

We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you apply for any of our roles please contact us on careers@news.co.uk.

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Life at News

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy, which focuses on three main priorities – attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 12 employee-led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like-minded employees socially.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
• ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme
• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year