Jobs and Opps at Bristol24/7, Construction Wave, The Times, Frieze, and Many, Many More 🌊

Everything you should apply for this week and beyond.

I have always been fascinated by money. Not necessarily by making it — though that has, of course, been important to surviving — but by the way it makes us act and feel. I can still feel the pricks of anger in my stomach after discovering a new colleague at an old job was being paid more than me for the same role, just weeks after a drawn-out and unsuccessful pay battle myself.

Even now, the involuntary money dances seem to happen everywhere. It’s when I feel sick trying to say a number to a client that my male co-director would happily blurt out. It’s the freelance Facebook groups descending into a moral frenzy after a writer reveals they desperately took a shitty rate. It’s the idea that sharing our salaries should be a radical act, when actually it’s something that should feel as normal as asking your hot cup of choice. Mine’s a hot chocolate and £33,075pa, thanks for asking.

Money transparency has long been a building block of Journo Resources — I don’t believe we can solve any of these reactions without talking. It’s why we encourage people to tell us their salaries and freelance rates and why we refuse adverts that don’t list a salary range, no matter who they are. But there’s always more to do — and in the day-to-day of writing, admin, and life, it can sometimes get siloed to a corner, rather than getting talked about explicitly.

So, I’m excited to say that our new events series is putting the spotlight solely on cash. The Money Series kicks off on Thursday, with a series of open and practical workshops designed to help you find clarity and confidence about money. We’ll be talking about how to make more of it, know how much you should ask for, and make the most of it when you do have. Our first three events are already live and we hope to see you there — but do let us know what else you’d like to see from us!

• Finding Work When Opportunities Are Scarce;

• Setting Up As A Digital Nomad And Working Remotely;

• Managing Finances As A Freelancer.

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• 🏡 This is a graduate editorial assistant job with two peer-reviewed scientific journals. You’ll work as the primary contact for authors on the commissioning side of things and it pays £22,000pa for this work-from-home role.

• [AD] Bristol24/7 is hiring a deputy editor to shine a light on communities across the city through stories, social media, and newsletters. It pays £24,000pa, rising to £25,000pa after a three-month probation.

• 🚨 This is your reminder that the Channel 4 Apprenticeships close this week. There are a tonne of opportunities across commissioning, traffic, programme information/content, and many more. They pay £23,170pa.

• Frieze, the magazine and art fair, is hiring an editorial production assistant. It does look like quite an admin-heavy job, but includes some contact with the magazine. It pays £25–30,000pa.

• 🚨 🕐 [AD] It’s your last chance to apply to the regulatory admin assistant role with IMPRESS. Again, this is slightly journalism-adjacent, but a good opportunity to network with a huge range of publications. It pays £25,300pa.

• 🏡 [AD] Realtimes Network is on the lookout for a digital journalist to focus on Formula 1 for GPFans Global. You’ll work across their coverage from the technical aspects of cars to who’s winning and it pays £24,000pa.

• Penguin Random House is offering a summer internship programme, where you’ll be working on an independent project created specifically for the programme. It lasts for eight weeks and you’ll be paid the London Living Wage.

• 🏡 [AD] Construction Wave is advertising for a reporter who’s constantly curious and wants to report on trends shaping the industry. It pays £23,000pa.

• Wiltshire Publications, publishers of Melksham Independent News, White Horse News, and Frome Times, is hiring a news reporter to work across the three papers. You’ll be paid £23,500pa and there’s an interesting line in here about how they don’t set page view targets. There is also a junior reporter role open if you have slightly less experience, which pays from £22,308pa.

• 🚨 Just a few days left to apply for the journalism researcher role with the BBC as part of their news content team. This is an entry-level role that pays £24,039–26,500pa, plus London weighting and you’ll focus on video outputs.

• And, finally, Roundhouse is hiring a trainee podcast producer to produce creative and innovative audio-led content for 18-30 year-olds. It pays £27,352pa and there’s a big focus in the advert about developing your skills.

• [AD] Premier, which focuses on Christian news, is hiring a multimedia journalist slash newsreader to tell stories to their 1.2 million listers. They want to see someone with about two years of experience and are paying £25–28,000pa.

• Reporters Without Borders, known internationally as Reporters sans frontières, is looking for an advocacy officer with a strong understanding of the press freedom landscape. You’ll lead in monitoring and researching press freedom and develop advocacy and comms material as required. It pays £32–35,000pa.

• 🏡 [AD] GPFans Global, which covers Formula 1, is hiring for an F1 news editor. You’ll curate authoritative content to cover every aspect of the sport and will also help manage race operations on race weekends. It pays £25–32,000pa.

• Excited to include a role for National Highways as they usually only show up by mistake in our jobs feeds, like reporters (read inspectors) about the state of roads. This one is actually a copywriter job about the roads and pays £36,720–41,180pa.

• A few more in copywriting corner this week: Virgin Active is hiring a copywriter to focus on their fitness experiences and is paying £35,000pa, while Buy It Direct is looking for a copywriter to focus on online copy. It pays £28,000pa.

• 🏡 And, finally, this one is framed as a copywriter, but it’s more of a journalist job. Leeds List, which covers the best of the city, is expanding into Manchester and needs new writers to get out and about and uncover the city. It pays £20–30,000pa.

• STV is hiring a casting researcher to focus on finding characters for a returning factual series. The role will start as soon as filming is confirmed and they’re paying £31–40,000pa.

• As usual, a bucket of roles from Future Publishing this week. Women & Home is hiring a managing editor (£33–40,000pa), Tom’s Guide is after a sleep editor (£29–38,000pa), and Ideal Home is looking for a garden editor (£25–28,000pa).

• And, to round off, some BBC jobs for good measure. There’s a multimedia journalist role at BBC Guernsey which pays £26,975–42,080pa, a weekend newsreader in Worcester which pays £27–30,000pa, and an audio journalist for Radio Tees which pays £27–30,000pa.

• STV is also hiring a self-shooting producer/director to create content that resonates with audiences across the UK. You’ll be working across a number of projects and will need at least three credits to your name. Pays £71–80,000pa.

• 🚨[AD] Today is your last chance to apply for the editor role with The PIE News, where you’ll lead a busy newsroom focused on international education. The pay here is about £40,000pa depending on experience and there’s travel!

• [AD] NBC News is hiring a news editor to cover parental leave for eight weeks, identifying the most relevant and important angles to stories and deciding what to commission from reporters. It pays £6,000pm for eight weeks.

• New Scientist is hiring a health reporter to join the team to shape their coverage. It pays a very respectable £50–60,000pa.

• Bloomberg is hiring a freelance desk producer to support their TV and radio teams, with work starting in June. You’ll help break down complex stories, source videos and graphics, and keep things running smoothly.

• Metro.co.uk’s Emma Clarke is looking to fill freelance lifestyle shifts for April and May. Details here

• One for the foodies, Edinburgh Street Food, the city’s first seven-day permanent street food offering, is looking for a part-time/freelance social media content creator to work for a minimum of 8 hours per week. Pays £12–16,000pa.

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• If you’ve recently renovated your home and have any regrets/made any mistakes, Business Insider’s Paige wants to hear your pitches. Rates start at US$230.

• If you’re a Jersey-based journalist or travel writer, Helen Whitaker wants to hear from you about potential stories for High Life Magazine.

• If you know and love any journalism tools, apps, or resources that the International Journalism Network hasn’t covered, send a freelance pitch over this way. Pays US$200 per article and is open worldwide, as the name suggests.

• 🏡 Lad Bible Group is seeking people for shifts to work across their brands with a focus on lifestyle, fashion, and beauty. It’s initially just one day a week but there will be the option to build up if you’re interested.

• CollectivistX is hiring a contributing author to write articles that resonate with art enthusiasts in a freelance capacity.

• Grace Gausden at the i is looking for freelancers with ideas for money and consumer stories. You can get in touch in this direction.

• CONE Magazine, which covers the indie film space, wants to hear from freelance journalists about film premieres, festivals, and events. It pays US$200–400.

• 🎪 🚨 It’s your last chance to get tickets for our first event in The Money Series! Join us for a packed session on how to find opportunities when times are scarce and help more work find its way to you.

• 🎪 🚨 There’s also only a week to go to grab tickets for our event on making it all work out as a digital nomad. We’ll talk about how to get set up, finding work tha’ts remote friendly, and more.

• 🎪 There’s tonnes more coming up later on too; our event on managing freelance finances and late payments, finding story ideas using audience trends, and finding inspiration in your everyday life.

• The Richard Beeston Bursary is back open again in association with The Times. The award offers an aspiring foreign correspondent the chance to spend six weeks abroad to report on a story for the paper, with a grant of £6,000.

• There’s also a second bursary in Richard’s name open — the bursary with City, University of London offers £6,000 in funding to study the MA in International Journalism. Read our guide to applying here and our insights into the course here.

• 🎪 Our wonderful friends at The Grub Street Journal are putting together a fab magazine event next week in Macclesfield. Get tickets here and hear from Terri White, Paul McNamee, Kate and Jack Lennie, and Roy Rowlands.

• [AD] Another shout-out here for the 10-week storytelling course at City with the excellently named Jem Bartholomew. You can see more details here.

• A reminder that apps are still open on an ASAP basis for the You Make It East London Mentor Programme for young women from underrepresented backgrounds. You’ll get workshops, mentoring, therapy, and social activities.

• 🚨 This week is the deadline for the Global Young Journalist Awards — entries must be submitted by the end of the day on Friday. It’s open to anyone aged 7-18 worldwide as a platform to share your story. More details over here.

• 🚨 This week is also the deadline for the National Trust’s Time + Space Award. It’s for anyone who thinks they have a world-changing idea in any field. Winners will get a bespoke package to help you make it happen which includes mentoring, support from National Trust experts, and tools and resources.

• 🚨 And another klaxon to make it a set of three. The Sharon Begley Award recognises the best science reporting worldwide, accepting up to five clippings of work. The prize comes with US$20,000 to undertake a significant piece of work.

• The Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for war correspondents is now open. There are seven prizes across various disciplines, with up to €7,000 awarded to winners.

• The Global Peace Photo Award is also back open for 2024, looking for pictures that show what peace looks like. There’s a total of €11,000 in cash prizes to be won across the six categories.

• 🚨 Just a few days left to apply for the European Local Cross-Border Grants. You’ll need to team up with a European colleague to put together a proposal for a story that is made better by collaborative reporting. There’s €475,000 on offer across the whole programme life cycle.

• 🚨 The next deadline for The Fund for Investigative Journalism is on Monday. Proposals for investigations of any type and medium will be considered to receive a grant of up to US$10,000.

• The first piece from our 2023/24 fellows is now live! This excellent long-read from Alex McMonnies delves into how to broaden and diversify the audiences who consume sports journalism. Even if you don’t watch sport, it’s fascinating.

• Our next ‘Day in the Life’ piece is also live! Carla Jenkins of The Times Scotland gives a wonderfully open interview about money, social media, and why student journalism a great place to keep an eye on.