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Everything you should put on your application list this week.

I committed the ultimate work sin this weekend. I took my laptop on holiday with me. I hadn’t planned to pack it in my carry-on luggage — after all, the EasyJet size allowance is far from generous — but as I ran around the house frantically throwing things into my rucksack, it almost felt inevitable. I barely had the brain space to remember to pack socks, let alone sign off from work and write a handover.

So, along my laptop came, whisked away from its usual perch atop my desk in East London to the significantly warmer and sunnier vistas of Rhodes. As I sat alongside the pool, my laptop sat next to me. Yet, while I managed a few social posts to meet the obligations of a new freelance contract, that’s where my laptop broadly stayed. Beside me, yet unopened and hidden within it’s protective carry case.

I’d love to say this was a positive revaluation of my relationship with work, that I’d realised how silly it was to even take it along and I’d then taken active steps to prioritise boundaries and rest. But, really, that wouldn’t be true. Physically, the laptop stayed near to me — I brought it to the pool under the pretence of finishing the many, many overdue tasks that were still weighing on my mind. The ones I’d not gotten a chance to sort or file before I left, the ones that gave me a sinking feeling in my stomach each time my phone pinged.

I consistently told myself I would use the laptop, even as it became more and more obvious that I wouldn’t. Even as I (rightly and sensibly) jumped into the pool or chose to open a bottle of wine, I still thought tomorrow could be the day I’d clear the backlogs that were clouding my brain. As ridiculous as it sounds, it was almost like the laptop was a physical manifestation of work guilt that I’d been unable to let go of.

I write this newsletter to you today from my desk — a place where I’m allowed to and should work. But it feels impossible to tie this all up neatly with some kind of learning or proactive changes. I still feel guilty and I’ve still not really worked out how to prioritise it all. I do know it’s something I need to work on and make space for — and I’d love to hear how you’ve tackled these kinds of things. For tonight though, I’ve bought £5 tickets to the theatre.

• Newsquest is looking for a reporter to join its team in Norfolk and focus on breaking live news stories that matter to their audience. It pays £22,000pa.

• Property Week is hiring a digital assistant to produce and edit content across their social media and digital channels. This includes writing regular pieces for their website and investigating industry news. It pays £26,000pa.

• Lauren Dickinson Clarke has an opening for a social media intern to work across Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. It pays the National Minimum Wage and can be based in either London or Salford.

• There’s also a communications intern gig with marketing agency Kindred here. You’ll be paid the London Living Wage for six months.

• 🚨 [AD] KMTV, the award-winning local TV station for Kent, is looking for a trainee video journalist. It’s a really unique chance to start a career in broadcast and it was also my first full-time journalism job! It pays £21,000pa and up.

• 🚨 It’s also the last call for the staff writer job with Mill Media Co. They need a reporter to work on their Liverpool paper The Post. It’s a chance to spend time on deeply reported work and you’ll be paid £20–25,000pa.

• The Henley Standard is in need of a full-time trainee reporter to cover stories with a community focus. They pay £20,400pa plus overtime.

• BBC 5 Live News has an advert up for a journalism researcher, an entry-level role in the organisation. It’s Band B, which means you’ll be paid from £23,103pa, and will focus on coming up with ideas for the show.

• Beacon Plus are a B2B publisher and is looking for an editorial assistant/assistant editor to work across a range of their publications both online and in print. It pays from £25–30,000pa.

• And, finally, The European Medical Journal is hiring an editorial assistant. They say it’s a great job to start a career and it pays £25,000pa. Found via MediaBeans.

• Portfolio Adviser is looking for a reporter to generate off-diary and exclusive copy for the brand’s online audience, as well as present events and interviews. It pays up to £30,000pa.

• Notts TV, the local TV station based in Nottingham, has an opening for a local democracy reporter to focus on quality political reporting. It pays up to £30,000pa and they say it’s a great opportunity to move into broadcast.

• Leeds-List, the what’s on guide to Yorkshire and Leeds, is in need of a social media executive. You’ll help them develop and grow their audiences by pulling together all kinds of social media content. It pays £30,000pa.

• 🚨🏡 It’s your last chance to apply to work with the wonderful team at Full Fact as a news and online journalist. You’ll be writing fact-checks of breaking news stories and fighting misinformation on the frontlines. It pays £26,700-38,535pa

• 🕑 The Royal College of Nursing is hiring a writer and content editor to produce engaging digital content for its online members. It pays £35,124–39,678pa FTE, plus a London weighting of £4,872pa if you’re based there.

• 🚨 It’s also the last call for the senior editor job with Mill Media Co. You’ll work as an editor across all of their publications including The Mill, The Tribune, and The Post. It pays £30–45,000pa.

• The Conversation bridges the gap between academics and the public, publishing expert analysis and commentary anyone can understand. They’re looking for a commissioning editor to join the team and focus on health. It pays £35,000pa.

• The Francis Crick Institute is hiring a digital content producer to create content for their new family pages online. This could be anything from videos, hands-on science activities, or downloadable worksheets. It pays £36,680–41,500pa.

• The lovely team at Sifted.eu are in need of a sub-editor to work across all the copy on the website. You’ll be paid £30–40,000pa and will fact-check, craft headlines, and optimise for SEO.

• RIDE NEAR claims to be a new type of taxi app, though please excuse me if I sound jaded about this here. Either way, they’re looking for a social content creator and it pays a pretty nice £35–45,000pa.

• And, finally, C21 Media is looking for a senior sub-editor to work across a couple of their online brands. They’re looking for someone who can bring flair and accuracy to their stories and are paying £30–35,000pa.

• ITV News West Country is hiring a political correspondent who will report on stories from across Local Government and Westminster. It pays £50–55,000pa.

• The Food and Drink Federation is in need of a head of media relations to provide leadership and direction for their team. It pays from £60,000pa.

• The Conversation is also looking for a senior environment editor, who’ll lead a small team to increase the impact of their work. It pays up to £45,000pa.

• There are a couple of gigs at the House of Lords this week. The only fun fact I have for this one is they sell their own gin. That aside, you can apply to be their programme communications manager or their communications and engagement manager. Both draw on journalism skillsets and pay £42,000pa.

• Money Marketing needs a new editor to oversee the digital and print content strategy, and basically head things up. It pays up to £53,000pa.

• Electronics Weekly is also hunting for its next editor to build, manage, and grow its team. This role pays up to £50,000pa.

• And, finally, Drapers, the fashion industry publication, is looking for a deputy editor to manage the day-to-day running of the team. It pays £38–45,000pa.

• For the fashion lovers out there, FARFETCH is looking for a freelance content sub-editor to sub-edit “revolutionary” copy for their German website. 

• Entertainment Daily need freelance TV & showbiz writers for weekday, weekend, and evening shifts.

• 🚨 Just two days left to apply for this content executive gig through recruitment agency Salt. You’ll be working on the production and planning of a wide range of online content. It’s a six-month contract at £150 a day.

• There’s also another shift-based one here: a high-street retailer has an advert up for a food copywriter for four months at £200 a day.

• Independent micro-mag The Lead is looking for investigations and feature pitches on housing, immigration, education, inequality, and the environment from writers — particularly Black and brown writers outside London.

• Ellen O’Brien is the new associate fitness editor at Peloton and will cover everything from running and cycling to yoga and mobility work — and continues to work with freelancers. 

• 🏡 Inkygoodness is a truly excellent name. They’re also looking for a freelance community manager to develop their network. It’s a £6,000 project fee for the six months of work and you also get £500 to work on your own personal project.

• Frida Garza, from The Guardian US, is always accepting pitches on climate/environment justice and all its intersections. Think about areas like food, labour, and housing.

• POPSUGAR’s Noelle Devoe is looking for freelance SEO contributors interested in writing celebrity and entertainment posts.

• This Magazine is now accepting pitches for its next issue, which is unthemed. Send over your news, feature, culture column, arts, and personal essay pitches by September 28.

• PAPER’s managing editor Matt is on the hunt for features ahead of its re-launch. Send over your interviews, profiles, and takes in the realms of fashion, music, nightlife, art, and internet culture. The weirder (and queerer) the better.

• Jenna Mahale is looking for fun and thoughtful pitches for i-D, so do send over some ideas for film lists, rankings and features. 

• The Dial Magazine is taking pitches for its winter issue and wants your pitches on topics including parties, sex, and money. 

• And finally, whether you like it or not, the countdown to the festive period is on. With only 97 days to go until Christmas, Layla Turner wants your festive food, drink, and travel stories. More details are in this thread. 

• 🚨 🇪🇺 The deadline for the WeTransfer Creative Bursary is almost here. They’re offering €10.000 to final-year undergraduate students in the UK, Netherlands, France, Spain, Germany, and Italy.

• The BJTC accredits courses across the UK for providing high-quality teaching on broadcast journalism. If you’re a student on a BJTC course you can also enter their annual awards, which are now open. Your university should pay the entry fee.

• 👩🏽‍💻 Don’t forget you can join our online co-working sessions every week if you’d like an opportunity to power through your to-do list with silent company. Our next one is tomorrow. Our office cat, Swirls, might even come.

• Applications are currently open for the Elevate Scholarships, funded by the Google News Initiative. It’s to support and elevate groups typically underrepresented and disadvantaged in early- to mid-level positions at news companies across the globe.

• The Sutton Trust has reopened applications for its opportunity bursary. It’s open to any current student who is an alumnus of their programme. You’ll receive up to £5,000 to help you access opportunities that boost your employability.

• 🌎 The McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism is back open for applications. They’ll support a story you want to work on with a grant of up to US$15,000.

• The Philip Meyer Journalism Award is back open for 2023. It’s open to any journalist who’s put together stories using social science research methods. You can find out more here.

• A reminder that the W&A Working Class Writers’ Prize is open to writers in all genres. Winners will receive £200, mentoring, and access to a number of events.

• The Photography Foundation Trainee Programme is an intensive six-month scheme to help disadvantaged young adults into the photography and wider creative industries. You’ll receive mentorship and training.