Property Journalist New

Role Overview

This role involves researching, writing, and producing high-quality editorial content focused on the Irish rural property market, land use, and rural financial issues. The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of agriculture and rural life, excellent research and writing skills, and the ability to analyse and present data clearly across print and digital platforms.

• Research, write, and produce property-related content across print, digital, social media, and video platforms
• Cover land and property sales, auctions, leasing activity, entitlements, and trends within the Irish rural property market
• Monitor the property and land markets and pitch story ideas to editors
• Lead and contribute to annual property and land market reports, including data collection, analysis, and article production
• Build and maintain strong professional relationships with auctioneers, estate agents, and industry stakeholders nationwide
• Produce finance and rural business articles relevant to farming families, including tax, succession, inheritance, land transfer, and household financial issues
• Work closely with editorial teams to plan content and consistently meet deadlines
• Contribute to digital publishing outputs, including news updates, blogs, multimedia content, and social channels
• Represent the publication at industry events, conferences, and external media engagements as required

• Strong understanding of the Irish rural property market and agricultural land use
• Solid knowledge of Irish agriculture and rural business issues
• Excellent writing, research, and analytical skills with strong attention to detail
• Ability to interpret property and financial data and present it clearly to readers
• Strong organisational, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Comfortable working under strict deadlines in a fast-paced editorial environment
• Experience producing digital and multimedia content
• Third-level qualification in journalism, agriculture, finance, property, or a related discipline
• Full clean driving licence and willingness to travel nationally

• National travel is required as part of the role
• Responsibilities may evolve in line with editorial and business needs
• Flexibility is required to support wider publishing objectives when needed

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