Applications are invited for the editorial training scheme (news reporters and sub-editors) run by the Daily Mail. We are looking for budding journalists with broad interests who want to work for Britain’s most successful newspaper group.

Our trainees embark on a two-year long programme that involves intense training, assessment and on-the-job experience at daily newspapers. The successful reporter applicants will have an NCTJ qualification or equivalent and will have shown a commitment to journalism by writing or editing for their student newspaper/website and gained work experience in newsrooms.

Sub-editors will be considered without a journalism qualification if they can demonstrate editing skills and experience. We want self-starters with a real interest in current affairs who can write and edit accurately and in style. Previous graduates of the training scheme now hold senior positions at the Mail’s titles.

The reporting course starts on August  24 and the subbing course on September 28. There will be three weeks of intensive in-house training for reporters and four weeks for sub-editors, during which the trainees are introduced to Mail style. It is followed by three months’ placement – at the Scottish Daily Mail in Glasgow, the Irish Daily Mail in Dublin, Metro, The i Paper or a regional daily – after which the trainees will join the Mail newsroom.

Trainees will be on the best journalism course in the business and paid a competitive salary while they train. Nearly all are offered staff jobs at the end.

To Apply

Send a covering letter, your CV and the three best examples of your work to Sue Ryan at trainee.applications@dailymail.co.uk by Friday March 13, 2026. Please specify in the subject of the email whether your application is for a trainee sub-editor or news reporter. Interviews will be held in April.

Employer: DMG Media
Job Categories: Reporters and sub-editors
Sector: National newspapers
Employment type: Training leading to full-time role