Guardian Media Group (GMG) is a leading global media organisation, the publisher of the Guardian, which celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2021, the Observer and theguardian.com, which attracts over 200 million global unique browsers each month. We are renowned for our ground-breaking independent journalism and our award-winning digital products.

We aspire to have an inclusive working environment for all our staff, whatever their background, where their voices are heard and they have equal access to career development opportunities.

We’re looking for a Live Blogger (12 month staff secondment or fixed term contract) to write daily news live blogs for our European, UK and global audiences.

Live blogs are an integral staple of the Guardian’s output; you could be asked to blog on different subjects from politics to pandemics to extreme weather events to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

About The Role

• Ensure Guardian live blogs are fast and trustworthy, pulling together your own original reporting and analysis, contributions from Guardian colleagues, and updates from wires and other news services
• Monitoring and verifying external sources such as social media and making effective use of other relevant material, including audio and video
• Liaising with editors about the focus and headline of a live blog throughout the day
• Engaging with readers via our community team and incorporating contributions to enrich and inform coverage
• Ensuring live blog updates are accurate and speedy, and in keeping with Guardian style and tone
• Showing awareness of media law, and assessing accuracy and risk before publishing

About You

• Proven experience of working on live news
• Strong understanding of Guardian live blogging style, format and tone
• Experience of using web tools
• Substantial experience of using social internet tools and technologies
• Audio and video experience desirable
• Excellent knowledge of news and current affairs
• Good understanding of media law
• Ideally, you’ll have a demonstrable ability to bring a diverse perspective to this role

We actively encourage applications from candidates who are BAME or from other groups traditionally underrepresented in the UK media.

You can see the full job description here.

Please let us know if there are any changes we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact Sean Brinkley (sean.brinkley@guardian.co.uk) so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.

How to apply

To apply, please upload your latest CV and a cover letter which outlines why you’d love to take on this role, and why you’re a great match for what we’re looking for.

The closing date for applications is Friday 26th May 2023.

About Us

We have a strong commitment to your learning, development and wellbeing, with hundreds of different courses available - ranging from bite-sized e-learning courses, to on-site workshops and professional certifications.

It’s the talent, energy and commitment our people bring to our business that make us who we are. Across our business we have some of the brightest and best people in media and beyond: award winning journalists, cutting edge commercial teams, industry leading digital talent and much, much more.

At The Guardian, many of our staff work flexibly and we will consider all requests for flexible working arrangements.