European media giant Mediahuis is investing in its Northern Ireland subsidiary, recruiting journalists and opening a new office.
Its Belfast Telegraph business is looking for 11 new “digital-first” journalists and is opening an office in the country’s second-largest city, Derry/Londonderry (the shortened, nationalist version of its name having been popularised by a TV show).
Belgian-headquartered Mediahuis – which is also active in the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg – says the investment, and push into the north west, is the next phase of its digital growth strategy, underlining “a long-term commitment to local news at a time when many media organisations are scaling back”.
Posts for eight digital-first local journalists for the northwest, and three “journalist creators” focussed on producing and sharing content across social media – are being advertised.
The paper – affectionately the ‘BelTel’ – reached a milestone 16,500 digital subscribers in 2025.
Mediahuis Ireland publishing operations director Edward McCann says the move is about delivering on a core promise to be “where Northern Ireland gets its news”.
He said Mediahuis remained firmly committed to public interest journalism in the digital age: “We have done this in other countries and want do to it here.”