THE South Wales Argus is looking for a new community reporter.

We are looking for people who care about their communities, and want to make a difference.

Previous journalism experience or education is not essential.

We’re especially keen to hear from people who believe they can help make our newsrooms more representative of the diverse communities we serve.

Flexible arrangements will be considered for the right candidates.

The Community News Project is a partnership between Facebook, local news publishers and the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ).

Your main role will be to engage with people in specific communities to curate, collate and create content relevant to them.

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You will build and act as the point of contact for online communities by engaging with and seeking out content either written by you or from members of those communities.

This opportunity offers two routes into journalism.

For applicants with no previous journalism experience or education

We are offering a journalism apprenticeship, which combine intensive training with on-the-job experience in local communities.

We would welcome people who are doing a completely different job and want to make a career change to become a journalist.

You will also receive industry-leading digital journalism training which you will then share into your newsrooms, as well as the gold-standard NCTJ journalism training to become a fully-trained journalist.  All candidates need to have at least 5 GCSEs with maths and English at a C or above (or equivalent).

For applicants with previous journalism experience or education

We are offering trainee community reporter roles, where support will be provided to gain the necessary NCTJ qualifications to become a senior reporter.

Successful candidates in their final year of journalism study will be able to start at the end of the academic course.

This role is initially a 1 year fixed term contract.
If you feel this job is for you, please send CV and covering letter explaining why you’re the right person for the job you please apply to gavin.thompson@newsquest.co.uk by no later than Friday, October 15.

We would ideally like someone to start at the beginning of November so don’t delay in applying here.