Jobs and Opps at ITV, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, The Lead, Sifted.eu, and Many, Many More 🎄

It's our last newsletter of the year — and our mag cover is here! 🎨

I can’t quite believe I’m writing it — but this will be our final newsletter of 2023. On Thursday, we’re shutting up our virtual offices and heading off into the tinsel to rest up. Usually, I’d wrap up with a reassurance that we’re short on jobs because it’s just that time of year. But, flying in the face of tradition, we’ve spent the whole morning uploading new gigs as people are still spitting them out. As our wonderful sales assistant Bex commented earlier, it’s a welcome boost of Christmassy job cheer.

So, if you are looking ahead to a New Year, New Job™ then dive in — there’s plenty to be found both in this newsletter and on our jobs board. But, if you can, we’d also encourage you to take a breather for at least some of the next two weeks. Remember: adverts can’t close when the hiring team are also on their holidays. And, the fact is, you’ll probably put together a better application if you’re well-rested and fuelled up on a festive selection box of your choice. I’ve bought this ridiculous offering.

Previews of our beautiful cover from Thea de Gallier.

Before we go, I also wanted to sneak in the first peek of our 2024 magazine cover. It only came in yesterday, so we’re still tweaking it — but isn’t it gorgeous?! Our cover story, from our fellow Rachel Brooks, is all about the physical spaces we inhabit as journalists, and how that’s different for all of us. We can’t wait to share it with you in January — please do grab a copy if you can. I have a (perhaps unrealistic) hope we can hit 150 sales before Christmas Eve, which means I can stop worrying about it. That means selling another 30 in total — every sale makes a difference.

Finally, all that remains to be said is thank you so much for your support this year. Journo Resources truly is a collaboration that’s made possible by our community. We couldn’t do it without you. We’ll see you again in January 2024 and hope you have a happy, restful, and twinkling festive season.

Jem, Kayleigh, Hannah, April, Jack, Karen, Bex, and Swirls 🐾

Can We Sell 30 Copies Of Our Magazine By Christmas?

We could, with your help. Purchasing a copy of our 2024 Yearbook helps us get through the tricky festive months and funds our work to support journalists. In return, you get a beautiful 100-page ring-bound magazine packed with in-depth features, interactive exercises to help you plan the year ahead, and some fun colour-in achievement badges, origami, and much, much more.

• A reminder that the FT’s Paul McClean Graduate Trainee Programme is open for applications over the holidays. Pay in your first year begins at £30,000pa and rises to £38,000pa by year three. Watch our live Q&A with the hiring managers here.

• We’ve been told we messed up last week with the link to the Falklands Islands job. So, let’s try again. Here is the broadcast journalist role, which pays about £18,000pa, plus flights, penguin sightings, and subsided accommodation.

• 🕑 Another one from the Paul Mellon Centre this week — this time they’re looking for a communications assistant to work on their network membership. It pays £22,400pa for the part-time role, down from £28,000pa FTE.

• This is a paid content and PR internship with Go Up. They’re not looking for any previous experience and offer a load of learning opportunities. It pays £24,000pa FTE and lasts for four months.

• Hasson Associates needs a researcher/journalist to work on projects around aviation data. You’ll identify '“hot topics” and turn them into features, for which they’ll pay you £28–33,000pa.

• This sports content writer gig is with a marketing agency, but could be a good way to break into the field (pardon the pun). It pays £21,225–26,000pa.

• And, finally, this is your reminder that the BBC Level 5 Apprenticeships are still open. They don’t need a degree and they have a starting salary of £20,475pa, as well as full training. You can see the full list of locations here.

• The House of Lords has an open role for a publications assistant to work on proofreading, sourcing images, and marketing materials. It pays £26,750pa.

• The Royal Geographical Society is in need of a web editor and, as far as we can tell, you’ll be writing interesting stuff about geography for an audience of geographers. It pays £33,269–35,267pa.

• 🏡 The Lead is hiring for an audience engagement editor to focus on their social media presence and amplify their impact campaigns. It pays £30,000pa.

• Local TV station Notts TV is hiring a news editor to produce and edit its flagship daily programme and online platform. It pays £32–40,000pa DOE.

• The Bureau of Investigative Journalism needs a global health reporter to help source original, hard-hitting investigations across the beat. This looks like a stellar opportunity and it pays £36–38,000pa.

• letsrecycle.com is hiring an editor who’s keen to explore the progress of recycling and can ask tough questions of ministers. You’ll be paid £35–38,000pa and they say they help you to make a name for yourself in the sector.

• TTG Media, which covers the travel industry, is hiring a luxury travel reporter, working across both breaking news and features. It pays £28–30,000pa — and do say we sent you towards them!

• Ngl, I’m mainly including this out of fascination for seeing how the rich people live. The National Residental Landlords Association needs a content and communications officer and is paying £28–30,000pa. No, I’m not bitter about the rat problem at our old house. Why do you ask?

• 🚨🏡 The deadline for the job with Full Fact is the day we come back, so we’re going to remind you now. Join them as a senior news and online journalist and you’ll help to fight misinformation in the wild. It pays £36,700–43,765pa.

• B2B publisher Place North West has an advert up for a senior reporter to join the team in Manchester. You’ll be working on property and business news and the salary starts from £30,000pa.

• Our friends at Sifted.eu are hiring a junior digital editor who wants to develop their career in editing or subbing. They’re a super nice bunch and this is a decently paid gig too, offering £30–40,000pa.

• [AD] ITV Border is hiring a content editor who has at least three years of experience as a journalist to help produce the programme, news edit, and plan stories. It’s sold as a good step up and it pays £36,359–49,343pa.

• 🚨 And, finally, Snowdonia National Park Authority is hiring a digital content officer who’ll develop their digital channels, social media, and more. It pays £29,777–33,945pa.

• 🏡 China Dialogue Trust is looking for a project manager to focus on learning opportunities for their readership of policymakers, international organisations, and civil society organisations. It pays £49,538.64pa.

• 🚨🏡 An end-of-the-year deadline for the senior investigative reporter role with openDemocracy. You’ll oversee major investigative projects and support other journalists on the team. It pays £50–55,000pa.

• 🏡 Also another reminder for the gig as senior business editor with The Conversation. You don’t have to be based in their London offices (but you can if you like), but you will be paid £43,000pa either way.

• Another one from The Bureau of Investigative Journalism — there is also a vacancy for a senior reporter to join the global health team. They’re looking for someone with experience in investigations and will pay £44–46,000pa.

• The Sun is again in need of an SEO journalist to work with them on a shift basis. Full details over this way.

• Our pals at BRICKS magazine are on the hunt for pitches for their next edition, which has a theme of ‘Be Tender’.

• Art and luxury business Christie’s is looking for a freelance copywriter to work 3–4 days per week. 

• Digital Trends Media Group is searching for someone for the very specific role of freelance home theatre and TV hardware specialist writer. 

• Travel magazine Fields & Stations is looking for pitches on very high-end ‘barefoot’ luxury resorts. More info this way. There’s a foot pun in here somewhere but it’s almost the end of the year, and we are too tired to find it.

• Nonprofit Quarterly is now accepting pitches for its new column “We Stood Up”.

• Jezebel is back and its new editor-in-chief is open to pitches.

• FoodUnfolded, which aims to reconnect people with their food and empower them to change our food system for the better, is looking for pitches. There’s a super useful pitching guide here. 

• Grace at Time Out is looking for a writer based in Accra for a travel commission.   

• PinkNews is building a community freelancer hub — you can find out more details and apply here. 

• The Juggernaut is now accepting pitches for its new business and technology section — you can find out more details on what and how to pitch here.

• For the music writers out there, The Line of Best Fit is looking for new feature writers who love new music and can tell an interesting story.  

• US-based National Forest Foundation is looking for solutions journalism pitches on wildfire and National Forests for its Light & Seed magazine. 

• The Orwell Prize is back open for 2024, offering prizes of £3,000 to journalists who “make political writing into an art”. There are prizes for political writing, journalism, and reporting about homelessness.

• Frontiers looks very cool. You can apply for their science journalism residency programme to spend three to five months at a European research institution delving into the nitty gritty of projects, networking, and developing stories.

• One for the diary: the BBC Young Reporter Competition will re-open for applications in January 2024. It’s for anyone aged 11-18 who wants to tell a story that matters to them using the BBC’s platform.

• The Student Publication Association has re-opened applications for their regional awards, which I’m very excited to be helping judge! You can enter any work published in a student paper that’s part of the SPA.

• Another one for the diary — the Association of British Science Writers will re-open for their 2024 awards on January 1. It’s free to enter if you’re a member and there are 13 categories to try your hand at.

• The Livingston Awards from the University of Michigan have reopened. It recognises the best young journalists under 35 across local, national, and international reporting. You’ll need to write for US outlets to be in with a chance of winning a US$10,000 prize.

• Entries have also reopened to the GG2 Leadership and Diversity Awards, which recognise people from Black, Asian, and ethnic minority groups. There are loads of categories, including a Young Journalist of the Year.

• The Grierson Trust has opened applications for a new training programme in collaboration with Prime Video Pathway. It’s for people who want to work as archive producers and includes intensive training, a paid placement, guided visits to archives, and mentoring from an industry professional.

• 🚨 We’re not quite sure when this one closes, so we’d advise applying as soon as possible if you’re interested. It’s a ten-week mentoring scheme for care-experienced young people (including adoption) who want to work in journalism.

• 🚨 The deadlines are also fast-approaching for a few other mentoring schemes too. The Women in Journalism Scotland Mentoring Scheme closes in just a couple of days and the Women in Journalism Scheme closes at the end of the year.

• Write to Work from Writing on the Wall returns in 2024 — it’s a day of intense training for people who’d like to develop their careers with words and have their stories told. You need to be based in the Liverpool area.

• 🚨 Tomorrow is the deadline for Talent Camp from JugendFilmTage. It’s a funded programme of four days of workshops, mentoring, and networking for people who want to work as a filmmaker.

• 🚨 Up to US$10,000 on offer here for reporters who’d like to travel as part of a fellowship to report on polio eradication programmes. You’ll attend a briefing workshop and then your travel and expenses will be covered.

• Also, the deadline for the programme for early-career journalists to take part in the ethics and leadership course at Auschwitz. The programme looks really wide-ranging and you can apply if you have less than ten years of experience.

• Two science ones here: The Science in Society Journalism Awards offer up to US$2,000 for reporting that explores the impact of science on modern society, while the NASW Peggy Girshman Idea Grant offers up to $15,000 to ideas that benefit the field of science journalism more broadly.

• And, finally, I can’t remember if I included this before, but The Youth Music NextGen Fund is currently open. It offers up to £2,500 to help make your ideas happen — music-adjacent things like zines are included!

• Thinking of applying for a journalism masters? We’ve just updated our guides on how to put together an application and how to prepare for an interview as part of the process.

• We have also just updated this lovely interview about working in the Falkland Islands, in honour of the scheme re-opening. It’s got penguins, landmines, and bowls — but not all at the same time, thankfully.

Can We Sell 30 Copies Of Our Magazine By Christmas?

We could, with your help. Purchasing a copy of our 2024 Yearbook helps us get through the tricky festive months and funds our work to support journalists. In return, you get a beautiful 100-page ring-bound magazine packed with features, exercises to help you plan the year ahead, and some fun colour-in achievement badges, origami, and much, much more.