We’re hiring a new reporter

Exciting news: we’re looking to expand the Glasgow Bell team by taking on another reporter. If you love Glasgow and want to dig deep into what happens behind the scenes of this great city, we want to hear from you.

We’re a small team, which means you could be asked to cover anything — politics, the environment, the arts and much more. We’re looking for someone who is flexible, keen to learn, and relishes a challenge with a focus on news writing and and digging out great scoops.

If you know someone who might be interested, then please share this link with them.

Key details:

Location: Glasgow (we need you to live within an easy commute of the city centre)

Salary: Dependent on experience (£25k-30k)

Location: Two days per week in our office, otherwise remote. Occasional evening and weekend work will be required.

Start date: March 2025

Application deadline: Friday, 21st February

About us: 

The Bell is Glasgow’s newest source of local news. In our first few months, we’ve written about political disengagement in Maryhill, the complex beauty of Glasgow’s brutalist buildings, and we’ve even redesigned Glasgow’s rail network. Our model is to focus on quality — writing fewer but better pieces to help people understand and connect with the city they live in. We believe that local people will pay to support local journalism, a model that has been tested and proven successful by our sister titles in Manchester, Sheffield, Liverpool and Birmingham. We already have over 7,000 people on our mailing list here, and almost 400 people supporting us through membership.

By taking on this job, you will be joining Mill Media, a pioneering company which launched The Bell last year. Described as “one of the most interesting and impressive media startups of the last decade,” by the FT’s John Burn-Murdoch, and as “very, very impressive” by the Wall Street Journal’s Emma Tucker, we’ve become a new force in British journalism. Most recently Tina Brown, the legendary former editor of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker, said: “If I was a young writer right now, I would want to work for Mill Media.” 

What we’re looking for

This role requires at least three years of experience in journalism. It’s a job for a journalist who believes in our mission, loves the kind of reporting we do and is passionate about applying our brand of journalism to many more stories in the years ahead. We need someone who has a natural flair for writing — who will deliver the kind of stories our readers look forward to when they open our newsletters.

This role also requires the kind of person who relishes trying to get hold of people on the phone and enjoys chasing stories even if they seem like dead ends; who likes getting to grips with complex issues and can explain those issues clearly to readers.

You will be working closely alongside Moya Lothian-McLean and Robbie Armstrong, including sometimes collaborating on stories, and you will have a lot of contact with the editors and writers from the wider Mill Media team. You will also be expected to pitch in with various non-writing tasks, like helping with our social media and liaising with freelancers.

Attributes required

1. Reporting flair: Someone with an unusual talent for unearthing information, including huge energy when pursuing a story, a knack for getting hold of people on the phone and the ability to develop contacts over time. 
2. Superb writing: Someone who can write stories that our readers don’t just like but love, whether it’s a colour piece, an interview or a newsier feature. A key part of this is being able to write with clarity and distill complex issues for readers.
3. Independence: Someone capable of working independently without lots of supervision from editors — that means being exceptionally organised, very communicative with colleagues and self-motivated when working on stories. 
4. Growth mindset: Someone with an entrepreneurial spirit who is motivated by The Bell’s growth as well as our journalism and will enjoy growing our social media accounts and spreading our brand.
5. Values: Someone who is committed to our key editorial values: accuracy, nuance, thoughtfulness, fairness to sources and giving readers the context they need to understand what is going on.

How to apply

To apply for this role, email hiring@millmediaco.uk by Friday 21st February at the latest, with an explanation (in the body of the email) about why you are interested in working with us and why you think you might be a good fit for this role. Please also include a few links to some of your favourite work you’ve done and please attach your CV or link to your LinkedIn. Feel free to include story ideas you have that you would like to work on if you joined The Bell.

If you have any questions, just get in touch via the same email.