Jobs and Opps at Channel 4, Eurogamer, BBC Newsround, Monzo and Many More ☔️
Everything you should apply for on a rainy evening.
I’ll be honest, it’s one of those days where the words just aren’t coming out right, and the chances of me managing to say something meaningful or profound here are slim. Perhaps I’m still tired from the weekend. Perhaps it’s the pressure of a super short week. Perhaps it’s because I spent all morning doing admin tasks. Either way, it’s not flowing today and that’s fine. I once worked out I write an average of more than 93,000 words in this newsletter every year, it makes sense they won’t all be golden.
So, in lieu of having to find my own words to write this week, I’m giving myself a break and sharing some of our upcoming events instead – where there will be plenty of words of wisdom shared. As ever, tickets are just £4 and include a copy of the recording if you can’t make it live. We’d love to see some of you there!
🚨 Tomorrow, Using FOI To Find Exclusive Stories: Join the Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s Vicky Gayle for this masterclass in Freedom of Information Requests. We’ll cover everything from how to come up with the the idea to developing out an incredible story.
Next Week, Using Twitter Spaces & Instagram Live: Join us for a run through of how you can use live digital platforms to promote your work as a journalist. We’ll cover everything from how to build community to how to conduct interviews, led by Afrobreats founder Joey Akan.
[JOB AD] Schools Week Are Hiring For A Senior Reporter 🍎
Looking for your next journalism job? If you’d like it to be one that has plenty of scope for agenda-setting investigations and the chance to get out and about, the senior reporter role at Schools Week could be for you. With a starting salary of up to £37,500pa, you’ll work across a mix of longer form features and breaking news. Act fast though – the role closes at the end of the week. Do say we sent you!
There’s a junior topical researcher job at The One Show which is Band A, so the most entry-level job tier. Pays £20,536-30,804pa.
🚨 🏡 Ignore the bug on site – today is the closing date for the Building A Safer Future gig. It pays the Real Living Wage and you’ll focus on content research.
🚨 The end of the week is the deadline for the Social Streets digital editor graduate scheme. It’s an 18 month programme where you start as an intern and leave as an editor. Pays £21,500pa.
Global Government Forum are looking for a reporter to work across a range of news and features, and are paying £22-25,000pa.
There’s an internship at Spiked Online, who are offering up to £28,000pa and you can choose to focus on editorial or video and podcasts.
🚨 Reinsurance News are looking to hire another journalist, and apps close next Monday. They want someone to write news and analysis and you’ll be paid £18-25,000pa.
🏡 Which? are looking for a writer/researcher to work across news, advice and investigative features. It pays £21-27,000pa and you only have to go to the office five days a month.
UnHerd have a traineeship open at the moment, which pays £21,000pa and where you’ll be woking across writing stories, podcasts, video and SEO.
Channel 4’s Production Trainee Scheme is now open, for people who want to start out in TV as a researcher. Pays £22-24,000pa with various locations.
Eurogamer have opened up their summer 2022 work experience programme for people from ethnic minorities. The best part is that it pays £100 a day.
🏡 And, finally, the broadcast media internship at relations group is back and they’re paying up to £23,000pa and are flexible on location.
Another one from the team at Monzo – this time they’re looking for a writer to focus on marketing stuff. They’re paying £55-75,000pa for someone who hates jargon and fancies a varied workweek.
Global Government Forum are looking for an audience development manager to focus on their social media and SEO, which pays £25-28,000pa.
🚨 🏡 🕑 Wednesday is the last chance to apply for the music editor job at gal-dem. It’s one day a week, pays £27,500pa FTE and generally looks dreamy.
🚨 Want to spend your time on original investigations and getting out and about? Schools Week are looking for a senior reporter to join the team and you only have until the end of the week to apply. Pays £28-37,500pa.
And here are a bunch of the best BBC jobs this week, all at Band C, which starts at £25,670pa and goes up to £50,313pa. The Social are looking for a content producer, the Today Programme want a journalist to focus on sport and Newsround are looking for a journalist who’s comfortable presenting.
There are also a range of BBC journalism roles on the same salary in Belfast, Cambridge, Salford, the West Midlands, Brighton, Somerset and Dundee.
🚨 Last chance to work as the interim online editor for It’s Nice That, who need someone to pick up maternity cover and manage their team of writers. It’s all about the creative industries, so good vibes, and pays £35,500-38,000pa.
🚨 It’s also the final call for the senior communications officer gig at New Local, where you’ll be focused on community power. Pays £36-42,000pa.
BookTrust, a lovely charity that focus on getting children reading, are looking for a communication and stories officer who will source and write impactful stories about their work and why reading matters. Pays £30-32,000pa.
UnHerd are looking for a senior producer who will take the lead on their debates, interviews and discussions in Westminster. Pays £35-45,000pa.
DeHavilland, who focus on political insights, are looking for a sub-editor. You’ll be paid £26-30,000pa DOE.
🏡And, finally, spotted by our friends at MediaBeans, Storythings are looking for a writer/editorial lead to work on a quarterly digital publication. Pays £45,000pa.
Artists Studio Company are looking for someone to work with them for one day a week to head up their monthly newsletter and social media. It pays £28,000pa FTE and they’re happy for it to be freelance or PAYE.
Ellen Scott is always looking for pitches for Better Living, a series on Metro.co.uk that examines both big and small changes we can make to our lives.
Ella Dove, who works across Good Housekeeping, Prima and Red, is looking for poignant real-life stories involving women over 35 for their November issue.
SafetyWing Media are looking for pitches on all things remote work, digital nomads and global citizenship. Pay is US$0.50 per word.
The Evening Standard are looking for freelance video journalists. Pay is about £150 a day and Radhika is super lovely.
Kirk McKeand from Good Luck Have Fun is looking for pitches about games with large audiences. Pays €100-200 per piece.
🚨 Two days left to apply for shifts here as a digital content editor for a travel company. You’ll be writing content and paid up to £200 a day.
Foyer Magazine are looking for submissions for their first print issue on the theme of “connect”. Pays £75-£100.
The Sun are looking for freelancers to help them on the Snapchat desk.
A reminder that TOPIA magazine are still looking for pitches, and are keen to hear anything uplifting and unusual.
The New Socialist are looking for pitches around the theme of “class” and rates are about £100 a piece.
The Center for International Forestry Research are looking for freelance science writers who can write regular pieces for them, up to five a month.
Ping! News have a £100,000 pot to distribute to community news projects in Wales. Take a closer look here.
The Commonwealth Journalists Association is offering to subsidise travel and accommodation to their conference ahead of the games in Birmingham. You’ll get to meet media leaders from across the world.
PA Training have launched a new Future of Journalism Fellowship. They’re offering five people from underrepresented backgrounds a fully funded place on their NCTJ course, mentoring from Creative Access and work experience in newsrooms such as Channel 4 News, Sky News and PA Media.
🚨 The Marjorie Deane Fellowship closes on Monday and offers funding to complete the MA Financial Journalism at City University.
🚨 This week is also the last chance to apply for the Creativity Works training programme for young Londoners, where you’ll learn everything you could ever need to know about podcasting.
🎪 🚨 Join us tomorrow (or watch back) as we look at using FOI to find exclusive stories, with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s Vicky Gayle.
🎪 Next week we’ll be talking all things Clubhouse, Instagram Live, and Twitter Spaces with Joey Akan. An event not to be missed.
🎪 Women in Journalism also have a great event coming up, which is completely free, about how to get the most out of mentoring. Sign up for practical tips anyone can use.
Applications are open for the Future News Worldwide Summit, which will again be hosted online. Students aged 18-25 from anywhere across the globe can apply for the three day conference to access training and skills.
My final guest edit for the Women in Journalism newsletter has landed, this time looking to the future of independent publishing.
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