Chief US Correspondent
About The Role
The Chief US Correspondent role is a senior journalist who will lead the Telegraph’s reporting in the US. The correspondent will help set the agenda for the DC bureau and produce high quality reporting for The Telegraph’s subscriber base and a wider global audience.
Key Responsibilities
- Leading The Telegraph’s coverage of the White House and US politics.
- Reporting on a range of other agenda-setting topics across the US.
- Breaking exclusives, writing features and helming the biggest stories.
- Planning coverage of future events and longer term projects.
- Focusing on digital storytelling.
- Growing readership in the US through original journalism.
- Helping develop a team of reporters across US.
- Readiness to travel elsewhere in the US and the region.
Key Skills
- Significant journalistic experience for a newspaper or website.
- Significant knowledge, and preferably first hand experience, of US affairs is essential.
- Good contacts in Washington DC and across the US is desirable.
- Interest in and knowledge of multimedia storytelling.
- Previous experience of political reporting is desirable.
- Experienced in both breaking news and working on longer pieces, projects, comments and features.
- Ability to keep calm under pressure and work autonomously in a remote location.
- Knowledge and experience of digital publishing preferred.
- Able to work to tight deadlines and work under pressure.
- Leadership and management experience/ability preferred.
Our benefits
The nature of our industry means life at the Telegraph Media Group is fast-paced, demanding, and interesting. We also want it to be rewarding for everyone who works here by creating a suite of benefits that contribute to lifestyle choices and leisure activities. From dynamic working opportunities, medical cover, and parental leave (six months fully paid maternity leave and enhanced paternity/partner leave), to life assurance and season ticket loans, you can choose from a range of flexible benefits, designed to support your lifestyle and help you achieve a healthy work-life balance.
Training and development
With support from your manager and colleagues, you’ll also have access to a variety of training and development opportunities through The Academy. Covering a range of personal and professional skills, our courses enable you to develop an enjoyable and rewarding career.
Our commitment to inclusion
At Telegraph Media Group, we foster a diverse and inclusive workplace and we are committed to building a team that reflects a wide variety of skills, perspectives and backgrounds. We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
We are proud to be a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader as part of the government’s Disability Confident Scheme. If you are disabled or have a long-term health condition and would like support in applying for any of our roles or if you require any reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process with us, please make us aware.
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