Senior Reporter - The Northern Echo

Job description

Senior Reporter - The Northern Echo Application Deadline: 4 May 2026: Department: Editorial: Employment Type: Permanent: Location: Darlington: Reporting To: Gavin Foster: Description: The Northern Echo, Newsquest’s flagship daily title, is looking for a top-class reporter with bundles of enthusiasm to join the Great Daily of the North. For more than 150 years, The Northern Echo has been setting the agenda with hard-hitting investigations and campaigns - and an exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team. Key Responsibilities: We are looking for a journalist who lives and breathes digital, understands the needs and pressures of a modern newsroom, can spot news trends and react to them fast, as well as get their teeth into the sorts of campaigns and investigations worthy of our distinguished history. Skills, Knowledge and Expertise: You will be comfortable running a live blog on breaking incidents as you are peeling back the curtain on the secret, hidden lives of people that have been forgotten. The Northern Echo and its associated titles are thriving with some of the fastest growing digital audiences and strongest circulation figures in the industry – but at our heart is amazin...