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All of the jobs you should apply for this week and beyond ☀️

Yesterday, Journo Resources officially turned five. I know I’ve been talking about it for a few weeks now, but yesterday was the day it happened for realsies and I still can’t quite get over the fact our tiny website and newsletter is five years old. That’s longer than the gap between the Olympics (apart from when a pandemic gets in the way), the gaps between both leap years and leap seconds, and longer than I have ever managed to hold down a ‘proper job’.

Thank you so much to everyone who has helped us to get this far. I really never would have imagined I’d be writing this note five years on. Or, perhaps more to the point, that several thousand people would actually be reading it. I’ve talked before about how sending this newsletter out can feel a bit strange sometimes – I type the words in my makeshift office and just fire them off into the void, having no real idea who’s reading. But even without knowing exactly who’s there, I’m so incredibly grateful to have you with us, and we really couldn’t have done the last five years without you.

I haven’t really got a neat ending to this newsletter, partly thanks to it all still feeling a bit weird and partly due to all of the wine I drunk last night in celebration. But, I figure that’s kind of OK. Journo Resources might be turning five, but that doesn’t mean we’re at the end of the story, or even anywhere close to the middle. There’s still a lot that needs fixing in our media landscape. If anything, it more feels like we’re just getting started. Onto the next five, I guess?

[EVENT] Last Chance For Pitching Ideas With Kieran Yates

It’s your last chance to get tickets for our new ideas series with Kieran Yates. We’re speaking to both staff and freelance reporters about how they find ideas, pitch them to editors, and how they tell the story. Kieran is an award-winning freelancer who has worked across the BBC, The Guardian, VICE UK and many more, as well as writing a book and running a fascinating newsletter. It’s going to be a good one!

• 🚨 Last chance to work with us! Our Kickstart job closes tomorrow. As it’s government-funded, you need to be 18-24 and in receipt of universal credit. Two roles up for grabs as trainee journalists.

• Lynn News are looking for a trainee reporter and they’re quite keen to tell you that you won’t be working at weekends. Pays £17,300pa starting salary.

• Pageant Media are looking for a journalist to cover private wealth investors and say it’s perfect for an early career journalist to carve out a niche. Pays £23,000pa.

• 🚨 You only have until the end of tomorrow to apply for People Management Magazine’s junior staff writer role, which pays £21,500pa.

• 🕑 This one is through a recruiter, so I’m not sure who it’s for, but they’re looking for a graduate journalist to work across both print and digital magazines. It’s 20 hours a week starting out, and pays up to £13 an hour.

• Some interesting Kickstart jobs on the Creative Access master list at the moment, including an editorial assistant with The Conversation and some creative jobs with JOE. They all pay the National Minimum Wage.

• 🚨 Blimey, this is just a newsletter of stuff closing soon isn’t it? The Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s junior reporter role closes this week and looks dreamy. It pays £26-30,000pa and you’ll play a key role in their investigations.

• Haymarket are looking for a reporter to join the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply. It pays £23,000pa and you’ll be working on daily news.

• I reckon this one could be worth a shot if you’re just starting out – United Christian Broadcasters are looking for a broadcast journalist and pay £21-23,500pa.

• 🕑 🏡 Betting.co.uk are looking for “budding sports journalists” to write up match reports and interviews. It’s remote working and pays £12.5-13.50ph, offering 16 hours a week to start off with.

• 🚨 Your final chance to apply for GB Mag’s Kickstart Scheme. They have a couple of roles for trainee content producers where you’ll be working across both their website and YouTube channel.

• A full time gig here with Pax Romana Gallery and Auctions, looking after their social media and content. Pays £18-25,000pa.

• 🏡 Two excellent gigs here from The Conversation. Firstly, they’re looking for a commissioning editor for the science and technology desk, to edit and commission pieces from academics. Pays up to £30,000pa.

• They’re also looking for a Welsh-speaking journalist to head up a new Wales team. Pays £32,000pa and full details this way.

• 🕑 Three jobs here with Premier, who are looking to bolster their broadcast output. They’re looking for both a daytime producer and a breakfast producer to support the production of their live shows. Both are 20 hours a week and pay £28,000pa FTE.

• They’re also looking for a broadcast operations manager, who will be the go to on all things broadcast. Pays up to £35,000pa FTE.

• 🚨 🏡 A temporary press officer job here with Small Business Saturday. It runs from now until November and pays London Living Wage. Plus, it’s remote working, so you can be anywhere across the UK.

• 🏡 This looks like a nice gig. You’ll be writing about fintech for a range of websites and working from home, and it pays £28,000pa. They’re asking for two years’ of experience.

• More hiring from the team at Construction News! This time they’re looking for a features editor or senior writer to focus on long form bits. Pays up to £35,000pa.

• 🚨 The Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s reporter role on their Enablers team closes this week. You’ll be working on their investigations and paid £34-38,000pa.

• International Cranes and Specialised Transport are looking for a deputy editor, and who wouldn’t want to work for a title which sounds quite so cool and specialised? Pays £30-35,000pa.

• This one is through a recruiter, so I’m not sure who it’s for, but the publication focuses on financial development. They’re looking for a senior correspondent to focus on sustainability and will pay £40-45,000pa.

• White Label are looking for a content producer to work across articles and social media content and say it would be a good culture fit for a journo. Pays £26-28,000pa.

• I can never ignore jobs from the Science Museum, because wouldn’t it just be an incredibly cool place to work?! They’re looking for a senior content manager and it pays a very specific £41,000pa.

• Finally, Data Centre Review are looking for a new editor. You’ll be running the day to day parts of the site, as well as looking to grow the brand further. Pays about £35,000pa.

• 🚨 It’s your last chance to apply to work with us! Come work with us! As a senior journalist you’ll write three pieces a month and we’ll pay £500.

• A three to four week temporary contract here as a content editor. It’s £12 an hour, so on the more junior end of the scale. Remote working.

• 🏡 Digital Spy are looking for freelance news reporters to cover TV, movies, soaps and showbiz. It’s shift based, but you’ll be working from home.

• Bustle are looking for pitches for their health, wellness and tech sections. Send all of your most shiny ideas to Melanie here.

• DIVA have a freelance role going as books editor, and you’ll be paid a set fee per page of copy. Full details over this way.

• Input Magazine are again looking for pitches again, with a focus on features. They look at the intersection of technology and culture and it pays up to $1 a word.

• Cara Giaimo is looking for pitches for a new Atlas Obscura book focused on the amazing and obscure non-human parts of life we have on the globe. Pays $350 an entry.

• Epicurious are looking for pitches again. They’ve also put together a helpful pitching guide about what they’re looking for. Rates start at $400 a piece.

• Got something that would work for Novara Media? Rivkah is always open to your pitches. As far as we know, rates start at £80 a piece.

• Sophia Waterfield is looking for pitches for the next issue of Paranting Magazine, which is all about the attainable. Pays 25p a word.

• The Guardian in the US have a new series all about climate and business. Send your ideas and pitches to Laura.

• Some interesting gigs from Kate Lucey from TLNT. Two freelance content jobs for three months and they will soon be open for pitches on creative culture.

• Management Today are also taking pitches – they’re looking for 4-600 word interviews with business leaders. It’s usually a day rate of £150-200.

• Finally, BBC Radio Oxford are looking for a freelance journalism co-ordinator to help them produce their shows at peak times.

• 🚨 Last chance to apply to be a TED Fellow, like off of TED Talks. You’ll get the chance to deliver a talk, professional career coaching, and public speaking and media training.

• The UK Social Enterprise Awards have been extended. They’re now open until July 16 and there are loads of categories.

• 🚨 The deadline is fast approaching for the UN Plural+ Competition, which rewards videos from young people about migration, diversity, and social inclusion.

• 🎪 This really is the last chance and the last time we’ll mention our event with Kieran Yates tomorrow. Grab your tickets this way.

• 🚨 Climate Tracker have another great fellowship open, which closes at the end of this week. Four fellows from across the globe will get a $165 monthly stipend, the chance to work on solutions-focused stories and six months of mentoring.

• Applications are open again for the McGraw Fellowship for business journalism, offering up to $15,000 in funding for stories that “follow the money”.

• The Whickers Radio and Audio Funding Award is now open again, for emerging audio producers who want to create a documentary of up to 45 minutes. The main award comes with £6,000 in funding and mentoring.

• The Aziz Foundation’s second round of scholarships are now open, offering full tuition for British Muslims to study journalism at a range of universities across the UK. Full details this way.

• newsawards 2021 are now open, and there are some pretty interesting categories, including best use of data and best independent community newspaper.

• Finally, the IPG Independent Publishing Awards are now open. As ever, they’re free to enter.

• The next piece in our ‘how to report’ series is here, looking at how to ethically, and accurately report on stories about poverty. Give it a read here.

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