Reporters
Dublin Inquirer is currently hiring for two Reporters to join their team.
Dublin Inquirer has been granted funding through Coimisiún na Meán’s new Local Democracy Reporting Fund to hire two additional reporters, to add to our coverage of Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council for the coming year.
About The Role:
For each of the two roles, we’re looking for someone who is curious, open-minded, and conscientious. Someone who wants to engage with readers, is open to receiving and responding to feedback, and will stay true to the values of independent journalism.
You’ll be expected to report and write at least three original stories a week, which we’ll publish in our weekly online edition and our monthly print newspaper.
We prefer not to assign stories, so a big part of the job is coming up with things to write about – that haven’t been covered already by others, elsewhere – developing contacts, and learning to parse the news from the noise.
You’ll be expected to go beyond breaking-news-style reporting, to a deeper analysis and discussion of city and county affairs. Keep in mind we’re a weekly and a monthly – not a daily, or a minutely.
If you’re not already familiar with the kinds of stories we publish, please have a good read of our website to get a feel for it, and make sure it’s your kind of thing. If you hit the paywall and need a login to read more, let me know.
One of the roles will be focused on covering the Blanchardstown side of the Fingal County Council area, and the other will focus on the northern suburbs in the Dublin City Council area. Each will also have an additional, thematic focus – either transport and environment, or community safety.
We have a small office on Thomas Street, and you can come work here, or work from home, or be out and about in the area you cover, finding stories, meeting people, doing reporting. Or, most likely some combination of all three.
The jobs are full-time and pay €2,625 a month. They’ll be 12-month contracts because that’s how long the grant lasts for, but we hope to maintain these positions beyond that, if we are able to find funding to do so.
Please send applications to sam@dublininquirer.com by midnight on Wednesday, 19th February. Applications must include:
1) A cover letter telling us why you’re a good fit for the job, and why you want to do it.
2) Two story ideas that you think would fit our publication.
3) Two writing samples or published clips.