The Bury Times is looking for a top-class reporter who is passionate about digital storytelling, hard-working, full of ideas and innovative when it comes to presenting stories across various platforms.
We seek an ambitious, digitally skilled, versatile journalist to cover breaking news and write stories from this incredibly lively patch.
The right candidates will also be able to report for other titles in the region, including The Bolton News.
A major part of the job will be immersing yourself in social media, developing relationships and understanding what matters to the local community.
You'll also be open-minded and willing to utilise AI as part of the role.
We want to tell the stories our audiences care about
from covering crime and local politics to sharing powerful human interest pieces and championing the causes our readers are passionate about.
The job will primarily be based at our friendly regional newsroom in Bolton – but you will be required to get out on patch, and we are flexible about home working.
Ideally, you will be a fully qualified reporter with gold-standard NCTJ with 100wpm.

Brimming with ideas on how to tackle the remit and get the most out of it digitally
Fully understand what digital readers want from local news coverage
Excellent at developing relationships with key contacts to improve coverage
Driven to succeed using the digital analytics tools at your disposal
A self-starter, brilliant with time management
Passionate about social media
Have an excellent knowledge of relevant media law
Have a versatile, fresh, and energetic writing style with exceptional attention to detail
The ability to write – and think – quickly under pressure
An adaptable style to produce everything from live blogs and listicles to long reads
and features
Knowledge of SEO and its importance to digital journalism
Have collaborative skills to pool ideas with the wider digital reporting team and take on board suggestions

A driving licence is preferred, as is access to a car. We work on a rota basis with some early and late shifts as well as some weekend work.

Trainee Reporter

Key skills