Reporters and Sub-Editors

Editorial Training Scheme – Daily Mail

Applications are invited for the editorial training scheme (news reporters and sub‑editors) run by the Daily Mail. We are looking for budding journalists with broad interests who want to work for Britain’s most successful newspaper group.

Our trainees embark on a two‑year long programme that involves intense training, assessment and on‑the‑job experience at daily newspapers.

The successful reporter applicants will have an NCTJ qualification or equivalent and will have shown a commitment to journalism by writing or editing for their student newspaper or website and gained work experience in newsrooms. Sub‑editors will be considered without a journalism qualification if they can demonstrate editing skills and experience.

We want self‑starters with a real interest in current affairs who can write and edit accurately and in style. Previous graduates of the training scheme now hold senior positions at the Mail’s titles.

The reporting course starts on August 24 and the subbing course on September 28. There will be three weeks of intensive in‑house training for reporters and four weeks for sub‑editors, during which the trainees are introduced to Mail style. It is followed by three months’ placement at the Scottish Daily Mail in Glasgow, the Irish Daily Mail in Dublin, Metro, The i Paper or a regional daily – after which the trainees will join the Mail newsroom.

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Trainees will be on the best journalism course in the business and paid a competitive salary while they train. Nearly all are offered staff jobs at the end.