Check what salary you'll get as a trainee or entry-level journalist. Job titles and salaries sourced October - November 2024.
Where salaries have a wide bracket, this indicates that the employer is open to hiring people with different levels of experience for the role, with the salary based on the amount of experience they have. The entry-level salary would be at the lower end of the bracket.
National and local newspapers
Audience Writer, Reach (Daily Record, Mirror, Liverpool Echo, Manchester Evening News and more): various UK locations, trainees start at £24,024
Reporter, Newsquest Media Group: Weymouth, £25,000
Financial Times Paul McClean graduate trainee programme: London, starting salary £30,000
Trainee Multimedia Reporter – Tindle Newspapers (Devon), from £21,069 depending on experience
Intern, Financial Times: London, salary at London Living Wage
Broadcast
Journalism Researcher, BBC Sport: Salford, £24,280-£28,000
Journalist, BBC: Bristol £27,000 - £32,481
Journalist, BBC: Sheffield £27,000 - £32,533
Journalist, BBC Lancashire: Blackburn, £27,300 - £40,000
Journalism Coordinator, BBC Radio Bristol: Bristol, £27,500 - £32,500
Journalist, BBC Tees: Middlesbrough: £27,500 - £32,500
Journalist, BBC South East: Tunbridge Wells, £27,300 - £35,150
Calendar Production Journalist, ITV: Leeds £27,909 - £38,541
ITV Academy News Traineeships (9 months): £27,000 - £29,000
Production Journalist, ITV News Granada: Salford, £27,909-£38,541
Production Journalist, ITV News Central: Birmingham, £27,909 - £38,541
On-screen journalist, ITV: Belfast, £27,909 - £52,303
Content Services Team Assistant, ITV: Leeds, £23,000 - £25,000
Magazines / online / social media
Editorial Assistant, Ideal Home Magazine, Future plc, London £26,000 - £28,000
Editorial Assistant, Sifted: London, £25,000 - £30,000
News Writer (Gardens), Living etc, Future, London £26,000 - £30,000
Hardware Editor, GamesRadar, Future, Bath £25,000 - £30,000
Guides Writer, PCGamer, Future: remote UK, £24,000
Content Researcher, Pink News: London, £25,700 - £28,000
Reporter, Schools Week, London £20,000 - £45,000
News & Features Journalist, Premier Christianity, London £25,000
News Reporter, The Digger, Glasgow £28,000
Ecommerce Writer, Space.com, Future, Bath £25,000 - £30,000
Reviews Writer (Guitars), Future: Bath, £25,000 - £34,000
Guides Writer, PC Gamer: Remote, £24,000
Junior Social Media Editor, Marie Claire: London, £26,000 - £28,000
Parliamentary News & Committee Reporter, Newsdirect: Edinburgh or Glasgow, £23,400
Junior Reporter, Utility Week: East Grinstead, £23,000 - £24,000
Arable Reporter, Farmers Weekly: Sutton or remote UK, £30,000
Editor, Drama & Theatre Magazine, Mark Allen Group: London, £27,000 - £30,000