Political reporter

Job description

Guardian Australia is part of Guardian News & Media (GNM), publisher of theguardian.com. As a leading global media organisation, we are renowned for our pioneering independent journalism and our award-winning digital products. We are seeking a political reporter to join the Canberra team to produce timely, accurate and insightful coverage of federal political developments, breaking original, agenda setting-stories, writing political features and analysis. This is a full-time fixed-term (6 month) parental leave cover role, working across a seven-day roster with early starts and/or late finishes. The successful candidate will be expected to commence in late July or early August. Candidates must be based in Canberra or willing to relocate. In this role you will…: You’ll bring…. - Write political news, blog posts, features, analysis and backgrounders to tight, rolling deadlines - Generate ideas, break original stories and undertake investigations - Build contacts across the political spectrum and outside party structures - Play a role in multimedia coverage, including audio and video content - As a member of the politics team, share responsibility for regular weekend and out-of-hours w...