Senior Reporter
Our Team: How we Enrich Everyday Life
You will be working closely with our Scotland news team and linking into our wider UK‑wide news network, covering the Forth 1 and Greatest Hits Radio patch across Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife.
You’ll be joining a passionate, hard‑working team who care deeply about keeping listeners informed across radio, online and social platforms. To thrive here, you’ll need a genuine interest in local, national and international news, current affairs and sport.
News never stops - and it’s a vital part of Bauer’s daily output, keeping our stations connected to the communities we serve.
The Difference You Will Make
As a Senior Reporter for Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife, you will be at the forefront of breaking stories, delivering impactful journalism across audio, video and digital.
With at least two years' reporting experience, you will bring strong editorial judgement, creativity, and an instinct for compelling local stories. You’ll help ensure Forth 1 and Greatest Hits Radio remain trusted, relevant and truly reflective of the communities we broadcast to.
Your Role:
You will focus on producing engaging, locally relevant stories for on‑air bulletins and digital platforms, while supporting the wider Scotland news operation when required.
Although the core of this role is news reporting, you may also contribute to sport reporting from time to time.
Your Responsibilities:
In this role, your key responsibilities will include:
- Focus on producing compelling local stories for bulletins.
- Report and produce on location of major news stories.
- Produce pictures and video as well as audio for our websites.
- Fill in on any bulletin reading or reporting shifts, if required.
- Update local news content on our websites and on social media, ensuring this is compliant within the law.
- You will be the first on the scene of breaking stories, delivering colourful, descriptive reports, gathering high-quality, engaging audio and being able to respond calmly and effectively under pressure.
- You will have a strong voice that delivers radio reports with authority and you will also have the ear, eye and editing skills to create outstanding video reports too.
- News happens at any time of day or night, seven days a week so flexibility is expected in order to react to major stories outside of normal working hours.
The Skills You Will Bring
Required:
- A genuine passion for news and strong awareness of local, national and international stories
- At least two years’ multimedia journalism experience, ideally in a fast‑paced news environment
- Strong editorial judgement and the drive to be first with breaking news
- Confidence, curiosity and enthusiasm to be a trusted local reporter
- A full UK driving licence - essential for attending incidents quickly
- The ability to work full‑time on site in Edinburgh
Desired:
- Familiarity with the Edinburgh / Lothians / Fife news landscape
Working Pattern / Location
This role is full time and office based in Edinburg. You must live on patch to respond quickly to breaking news. Occasional weekend work may be required depending on rota demands.
Please note as part of the process you will be asked to submit a demo/example of your broadcast work.
About Bauer Media Group
We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year, we are one of Europe’s largest Publishers. From women’s and celebrities’ magazines to TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland and France – both digital and print. But not only that. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly, we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries, spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long-term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people‘s everyday lives.
What’s in it for you
- You’ll have 28 days holiday, bank holidays & 2 volunteer days to use.
- Your development matters, so access to our internal training provider – Bauer Academy, is a huge win.
- We have enhanced Maternity/Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Pay.
- You’ll have the opportunity for flexible working.
- And much more! Find the full details of our benefits here
We are an international employer and equal opportunities are important to us. That's why we welcome everyone in their uniqueness, regardless of e.g. religion, gender, skin color, disability in our house.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or a long term health condition, and need us to make any reasonable adjustments or do anything differently during any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing careershub@bauermedia.co.uk
We are actively recruiting for this position, so the job advert may close earlier than expected.
If you have any feedback regarding our UK recruitment process, please email careershub@bauermedia.co.uk we would love to hear from you.
Edinburgh, GB, EH1 3AS
