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Plus it's our birthday month! Yes, we're dragging it out.
I’ve always been the kind of person to drag birthdays out. I’m the kind of person who books an event every night in the week leading up to a celebration. Yes, we’ll go to dinner. Yes, I’m hosting a house party. Yes, I’d obviously like to go abseiling in the rain. Who wouldn’t? So, with this in mind, I’m getting it out there early — this month Journo Resources turns seven. We’re now older than my rescue cat Swirls — or at least I think so, his age is very much a guesstimate.
In many ways, our birthday is a bit of a guess too. I tend to go by the date I first registered the domain name — June 28, 2016 — as it’s the only concrete timestamp I have. But we kind of existed in some form before then, both as a more nebulous idea and a newsletter I was already writing, that tried to pull together graduate schemes and work experience opportunities. I never thought to write the date down, I didn’t really think it was important, or that we’d still be here seven years later.
While I only went full-time on Journo Resources two years ago, I still think of it as the longest job I’ve ever had. I never really expected it to happen, and it still feels like the biggest privilege. The fact we are still here is mainly down to you — so I wanted to kick off this birthday month by saying thank you for being here. You’re the people who take out memberships, you recommend us to your bosses, and you actually read this newsletter every week. Knowing that I’m not typing into the ether still feels wild— thank you so much for sticking with us on this bonkers journey.
As only seems fitting for a ‘birthday month’, we’ll be trying to share something new, exciting, or interesting each week. We’ve got new schemes to launch, new products you can use, and new questions to ask about how we can help you better. We’ll be talking about what the future looks like, how we make our money, and looking back at some of our favourite memories from the past seven years. Thank you so much for sticking with us on this journey — we hope you’ve enjoyed it so far. ❤️
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[EVENT] Masterclass: Getting The Most From Interviewees
Kemi Alemoru has interviewed the likes of NAO, Naomi Campbell, Beyonce’s dad, and Alicia Keys — and she’s joining us to share her tips and advice. We’ll talk about how to build rapport and trust, how to tackle sensitive topics, and pulling together the threads to write engaging pieces afterwards. As always, this event is available to watch live or watch back on demand.
Southwark News has a rare opening for a sports reporter to join the team focusing on Millwall FC. You’ll attend matches, build contacts, and work across all of their outputs. It pays up to £23,000pa.
The BBC has opened up an apprenticeship for a content creator, putting together a whole range of digital content. It pays £20,475pa, you don’t need to have a degree, and you’ll gain a Level 3 qualification.
The KM Group is where I got my first full-time journalism job! They’re a really great team and they’re looking for a local democracy reporter. It pays £21,170–25,000pa and your stories will also get published on the BBC.
If you’re able to start in July, BBC Studio is looking for a researcher to join the team of Rip Off Britain. It’s a Band B job, so pays £23,103pa and you’ll be finding and developing new consumer stories.
Law.com International has a great opportunity to develop a niche and report on a mixture of breaking news and long-term features. They’re paying up to £24,000pa for a reporter to join them.
The BBC have a tonne of work experience schemes open at the moment — these are paid schemes for up to eight weeks, paying the real living wage. You can work with BBC Radio 1Xtra, BBC Radio 1, and Radio 5 Live.
IET is hiring an editorial assistant who’ll work across a whole range of stuff including proofreading, copy editing, and updating their website, as well as a bunch of admin bits. It pays £23–24,500pa.
There’s also another editorial assistant role here, although it doesn’t say who for. The role does promise you’ll learn the ropes of directing your own video projects though. It pays £22–26,000pa.
MoneyWeek is hiring for a writer/editorial assistant to write several light-hearted sections of the magazine across everything from politics to news. It pays up to £28,000pa and there’s scope for long features too. H/T MediaBeans.
And, finally, CNN’s internships are now open for September. They have tonnes of roles across news, programming, features, and interviews. It pays at least the minimum wage.
🏡 The Matt Haycox Group is looking for a business journalist to work on Matt Haycox Daily, which focuses on small- and medium-sized business owners across the UK. It pays £27–30,000pa.
Want to help the next batch of journalists? The wonderful people at News Associates are searching for more journalism tutors — especially if you have skills in digital journalism, public affairs, or broadcast and audio. It pays £25–35,000pa.
There’s a raft of Band C BBC jobs this week — this means they pay £25,670–50,313pa. Yeah, wide range, I know. There are roles for producers and reporters at BBC Radio London, a journalist at BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, a journalist working on BBC Mundo Video, and reporters in Derry/Londonderry, Inverness, and Cardiff. Okay, exhale.
🚨 🌎 Climate Home News role for an audience engagement editor closes this week, so you’ll need to be quick. It looks like a great gig to tell really meaningful stories. They’re paying £28–35,000pa.
🚨 There’s also not long left for the two roles with STV News. They have a vacancy for a multimedia journalist (£26,435–39,500pa) and a production journalist (£26,435–31,100pa), both based in Glasgow.
The Apprenticeship Guide need a new editor/head of content. They aim to be everything you need to know about starting a career using an apprenticeship and are paying £30–40,000pa for someone to oversee the publication.
🚨 The Bristol Cable is hiring a community and events organiser and it’s a really great opportunity to join an amazing community-funded publisher. They’re paying £27,314pa.
Top Gear is looking for a staff writer to join the editorial team that works on their website. Again, this is Band C, so pays £25,670–50,313pa.
Valerie Barber PR is looking for a press and media relations manager — they’ve got a really nice slant focused on classical music venues, artists, and festivals. It pays £30–40,000pa.
Student Minds has an opening for a content manager to work across their website. It pays up to £31,500pa.
And, finally, the team at Premier are hiring a multimedia journalist/newsreader to work on their news coverage across all platforms. It pays £25–28,000pa.
With Intelligence, which looks at data and storytelling, is looking for a content creator to engage the financial and investment community. You’ll be paid £45–60,000pa and working on articles, reports, videos, and multimedia.
Nesta is hiring an editorial manager to look after comment and opinion, covering innovations that will build a better society. It’s a mix of pre-planned and reactive work and pays about £50,000pa. H/T MediaBeans.
Liberty Investigate is looking for an investigations editor to help push forward their agenda-leading, collaborative journalism about human rights. Pays £53,696pa.
Harper’s Magazine is open to pitches for in-depth reported features and essays.
MailOnline is hiring more freelance social video producers to work on the sports desk. You’ll be in their London office.
The Welsh Agenda has a call-out open for features, interviews, reviews, and columns. Basically everything!
White Label Creative is looking for a freelance creative consultant to work on PR and comms strategies for clients. There are tonnes more details in the advert.
Nurall is accepting travel pitches about India and Thailand, especially those with a digital nomad or remote working angle. Send ideas to Jamie Ditaranto.
Jendella from Black Ballad has a couple of specific call-outs at the moment — they’re looking for a Black woman from Brixton or South London to talk about gentrification and pitches around AI that are specific to Black women.
LGBTQ Nation is looking for queer story pitches across features, profiles, interviews, and reported pieces.
🚨 This one is a bit different — Tolka publishes essays, memoirs, autofiction, all sorts. They pay €500 for work that makes it in. The deadline is the end of the week.
A regular call-out for pitches here from the BMJ — also with the chance to get onto their freelance list.
Verso is always open to submissions for their blog — get in touch with John Merrick if you have an idea that could work.
Passionfruit, the newsletter about creators and trends by The Daily Dot, is looking for LGBTQ+-related pitches this pride month. Rates range from US$250–450+ depending on the type of story.
This is a busy one, but I missed it last time — Ellen Scott of Stylist is looking for powerful first-person pieces on the topic of mental health for their Frame of Mind series.
🌎 NewsGuard need contributing analysts to help them evaluate credible news sources, currently with a focus on Ukraine.
And, finally, The Examination wants pitches about tobacco, industrialised food, and corporate pollution. There are more details in their call for pitches.
🚨 🎪 Last chance to get your tickets for next week’s masterclass with Kemi Alemoru, looking at how to get the most out of interviewees. This is a great session for journalists of all ages to refresh their skills.
🎪 Space is also running out for our adventure journalism event later this month with Elise Downing. Learn how to find adventures that craft compelling narratives and how to find a home for them.
👩🏽💻 If you need a bit of motivation this week, our next co-working session is tomorrow. Join us at 11am for a power hour to get through everything you need to get done. Or, well, just a bit of it.
🚨 Friday is the deadline to nominate yourself (or someone else) for the Women in Film and Television Awards 2023. There are tonnes of categories for all kinds of telly stuff and people at all career stages.
The Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism is back open for 2023. It’s an annual prize of €20,000 for outstanding work based on the principles and values of the European Union.
🚨 Last chance to apply to the Tortoise Journalism School, covering all the basics of good reporting. It last for a week in July and your meals and accommodation will be covered.
There’s just over a week left to apply for the New Media Incubator from the International Press Institute. They are offering up to €15,000 to build a solid foundation for media startups.
🚨 The deadline is also upcoming for the Marjorie Deane Scholarship, which offers a funded place on the Global Financial Journalism MA at City, University of London. You can read our guide to the course here.
BBC Open Music is open for applications — you’ll get training sessions, masterclasses, hands-on experience, and mentoring in the world of radio. It covers all sorts including radio production, presenting, and digital production.
Looking for a journalism course that gives you more? We’ve profiled the Global Financial Journalism MA at City University, which comes with free trips to Shanghai and New York and the chance to work for high-profile publications.
Should journalists ever have to work for free to get experience? It’s a question we get asked a lot and one we see people arguing about a lot. Karen Edwards takes a look at how to bulk up your CV without being exploited.
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