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With added festive cheer 🎊
I don’t know about you, but in the last couple of weeks, I’ve gone all in on Christmas. My tree is up and adorned with more lights than most shopping centre grottos, I’ve got a full range of festive jumpers to see me through the entire working week, and I’ve already watched the Muppert Christmas Carol, including the full deleted scene. Maybe I’m projecting, but I’ve felt a collective energy for the festive season this year. It’s cold, it’s dark, and we’re all just shattered. We need a festive lie-down and some mulled wine, thank you very much.
So, it was quite the tonic to hold our second-ever Christmas party yesterday. As a remote team, we’re spread pretty wide (from Liverpool to Somerset, in fact). And, despite the fact we talk every day, there are some of us who’ve never met in person. So, we remedied that with an afternoon of watching films at The Cinema Museum and retreating to a cosy pub for food and drinks. I’d highly recommend all three.
When you don’t get to see people often — and indeed, when it’s only the second time you’ve managed to hold a Christmas party — coming together feels pretty special. I’m so grateful to be surrounded by such kick-ass people who all share a vision for a better media. They’re all such talented and wonderful people, and Journo Resources really wouldn’t be possible without them. Nothing we do here would be possible alone. So, really, this newsletter is just a huge thank you to our tiny but incredible team, past and present. No, seriously, they rock — and I can’t wait to see what 2024 brings for us.
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The Paul Mellon Centre, an educational charity that focuses on British art and architecture, has a vacancy for a digital content assistant. It’s a trainee role where you’ll be writing and engaging audiences. It pays £25,500pa.
🕑 Inside Job Productions and Rethink Mental Illness are advertising a film production trainee scheme to create content for their TikTok channel and get broader training in film production. It pays the London Living Wage.
The Alzheimer’s Society has an advert up for an editorial assistant — we recommend applying early as it says it could close early. You’ll be paid £24,788–25,788pa to produce high-quality information for people affected by dementia.
Global Water Intelligence is a publisher in the water space (as you may have guessed). As a research graduate trainee with them, you’ll be paid £28,000pa to conduct interviews, produce high-quality written pieces, and dig into data.
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🕑 Serendipity, the Institute for Black Arts and Heritage, has an opening for a communications and social media officer, to work across a variety of campaigns. It pays £23,600pa FTE, which works out to £14,160pa part-time.
It’s my favourite job advert of the year! FITV, the TV station based on the Falkland Islands, is hiring a broadcast journalist. It’s a great place to launch a career in TV and see penguins. It pays £18,000pa, with flights included and accommodation costs set at just £320 a month.
Moonbug makes children’s TV programmes around the world and is looking for a digital intern to work across TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube. It pays £27,000pa and you’ll also take part in a structured training plan. No degree is required.
Sport Betting Community has an advert up for a business journalist. It pays £23,000pa and you’ll be based in Greater Manchester.
This is an entry-level job with emap, the publishers of a whole suite of magazines. They need a junior multimedia producer, which seems to be another way of saying video journalist. It pays £24,000pa and includes training.
We mentioned CGP Books last week, but they have another role this week. This is a languages content creator to help produce books and videos that help people pass their GCSEs and A Levels. It pays £24,000pa.
North-West News Group is hiring a digital journalist to work on The Fermanagh Herald on news, court, features and interviews. It pays up to £25,000pa.
And, finally, including this one as the pay is baller. A global law firm is hiring a communications assistant to work on social media, podcasts, and videos. It’s an entry-level role and it’s paying £30,000pa.
The QT is a new publication for the North East, promising to cover everything from devolution and levelling up to health inequalities and net zero. The team is looking for a regional affairs editor (£27–32,000pa), a staff writer (£24,500–29,000pa) and a membership development manager (£24,500–29,500pa)
🚨 It’s your last chance to apply for the press officer role with Factory International, which closes at the end of today. It pays £24,000pa and you’ll be writing copy, organising press launches, briefing spokespeople, and more.
LabourList is hiring a reporter to cover everything about the party. It’s a mix of working from home and from Westminster, but they will also consider remote from Greater Manchester. It pays £27,500pa.
Newsquest is hiring a digital audience and content editor to work across the Western Telegraph, Tivyside Advertiser, and South Wales Guardian. You’ll be paid £28,000pa and will be working to help their stories reach even more people.
FEWeek, which covers further education, has an advert up for a senior reporter who’ll dig into investigations and exclusives. You’ll be paid £30–42,000pa.
LGBTQ+ publisher PinkNews has an opening for a social media manager who will work across various social platforms to grow and engage their audiences. It pays £35–40,000pa.
Our friends at journalism school News Associates are looking for a journalism tutor to join them on their London campus. You’ll need at least two years’ experience of working in journalism and it pays up to £30,000pa.
🏡 Cycling Weekly is hiring a tech editor to focus on their YouTube channel and website, giving the low-down on the latest gadgets, and there’s also a nice line about mentoring junior writers. You’ll paid £29–35,000pa. The team is also looking for a fitness writer too — this one pays £24–29,000pa.
Women & Home is accepting applications for a senior shopping writer. I don’t know about you, but I’d be worried I’d end up buying everything — but if you can get past that, it pays £25–27,000pa.
And, finally, Mortgage Strategy and Mortgage Finance Gazette need a reporter to dig into news, analysis, and features. It pays £26–30,000pa.
Comms agency Touchline, which focuses on sport and sustainability, needs an editorial project director. They want someone with decent experience in writing and editing, who can also keep track of deadlines. It pays £40–50,000pa.
🏡 openDemocracy is hiring a senior investigative reporter to lead their own agenda-setting investigations, as well as manage a team and help them do their best work. It pays £50–55,000pa.
🏡 The Conversation, which helps to get the work of academics out there in an accessible way, is looking for a senior business editor to bring new ideas to grow their coverage. It pays £43,000pa.
The Mayor of London’s office is hiring a digital communications officer to focus on social media — this might be the first job advert we’ve ever seen that mentions NextDoor as a platform to utilise, which is fun. It pays £54,351pa.
Coventry Building Society has a new role listed for a senior copywriter, if anyone is thinking about making a pivot. It pays up to £57,000pa and you’ll write emails, website copy, social media, and editorial articles.
And, finally, here is a social media executive role with a building company. It pays £50,000pa and includes lots of fun visits to building sites.
🏡 GRV Media, which owns more than 40 sports websites, is looking for freelancers to cover golf, NFL, and tennis. You’ll also need to have SEO skills.
🏡 This is an interesting one — Crisis Guardian specialises in strengthening cybersecurity for big businesses. They’re hiring for an internal communications writer with a background in journalism to work on a freelance basis.
Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art needs a freelancer to edit copy for both print and online in the run-up to the festival. There’s a budget of up to £5,000 for the work — send your proposal this way.
The i is looking for a social media freelancer with solid news judgement to produce high-quality social content for its social channels.
Murray Clark from British GQ is looking for a freelance writer to pick up some shifts at the beginning of 2024.
Narratively is looking for pitches that “shine a light on 'Life in the Age of Extremes” — think big, ambitious stories.
The Observer’s Christa Terry is planning arts coverage for January and beyond. From thoughtful artist profiles to evergreen geo gallery roundups, see what they’re looking for here.
Joe Lo from Climate Home News is keen to connect with and meet reporters, and commission stories from journalists around the world — particularly those who have been at COP28.
Harvard’s Nieman Lab is accepting freelance pitches for reported stories that “help journalism figure out its future in an internet age.”
Narrative Initiative is accepting pitches for deep dives into organising efforts or arts/cultural initiatives, interviews, and essays, including photo essays.
IJNet is open to pitches on journalism tools, apps, and resources that make journalists’ lives easier.
Broad Sound, a print-only arts and culture journal, is looking for pitches on anything about, well, arts and culture.
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The Solutions Journalism Network is putting together its first-ever annual awards. Enter a range of categories with work published this year and you could win a prize of up to US$1,000.
The Observer/Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism is back open, searching for the best new talent in reviewing any kind of art. The first prize is £3,000, as well as your work being published in the paper.
The Lady Cavendish Fiction Prize helps undiscovered women launch their literary careers, awarded for an unpublished novel. The top prize includes £1,500 in cash, as well as mentoring and support from a literary agent.
The Sigma Awards are back open for 2024, celebrating the best data journalism. It’s open worldwide and a prize of US$5,000 will be shared between the winners.
The Sony World Photography Awards are open again and free to enter. There are categories for professionals, students, and young people.
Also back open is the CIVIS Media Prize, which honours work across TV, radio, and digital that promotes the peaceful coexistence of people globally. A total of €27,000 is shared between winners.
🚨 It’s your last chance to apply for a mentor with the Talking Travel Writing programme. It’s for new or aspiring writers and you’ll get four sessions with an experienced travel writer to help push your career forward.
🚨 Applications to the Kim Wall Memorial Fund for 2024 close next Monday. Women and non-binary reporters from across the globe can apply for up to US$5,000 to support reporting that covers “the undercurrents of rebellion”.
The John Schofield Trust has launched a new programme for care-experience people who want to start a journalism career. It’s a ten-week scheme offering 1-2-1 mentoring, training sessions, and newsroom visits.
The British Medical Journal is offering a scholarship to medicine students who’d like to get involved in the running of a medical journal. You’ll be paid £1,200 and will get the chance to edit, pitch, and write articles. H/T MediaBeans.
And, finally, The Logan Science Journalism Program is open for entries. They’ll cover your course fees, travel, and board to take part in hands-on research for environmental journalists.
As we mentioned up top, our staff writer Hannah Bradfield has just put together a very comprehensive gift guide for the festive season. Find your favourites here.
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