What salary will I get as a trainee or entry-level journalist?

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