Jobs and Opps at The Bureau, ITV, The Bristol Cable, The Royal Aeronautical Society, and Many Many More ☄️
Plus, a bonus picture of a very cute Highland cow.
It’s been a while since I (it’s Jem here today, hi!) sat down to write the opening letter of this newsletter. The last time I put keystrokes to Substack was back in June, more than a month ago. It’s the longest gap I’ve ever taken. Usually, my working week revolves around this jumble of letters and links. This newsletter was here before Journo Resources even existed — it was the seed that started things and remains our most meaningful community. It’s also a constant. No matter what else is going on in life or work, no matter how chaotic my mind feels, there’s always time on a Tuesday to trawl methodically through web pages for jobs. It’s stability.
But, over the last few weeks, I’ve been away. My brilliant colleagues have taken the helm, talking about everything from flip phones to bittersweet goodbyes. It’s been a weird feeling to consume the newsletter as you do — a ping landing on my phone at some point between five and seven in the evening. We’ve always been very heavy on the ‘ish’ with the timing. I’ve tried my best to stay away from Slack and emails over the past month and concentrate on what I set out to do — make use of our annual leave policy to actually take a break and rediscover more joy in my work.
Not content with doing things by halves, this ‘holiday’ was to cycle the 1,000 miles from Lands’ End in Cornwall to John O’Groats at the top of the Scottish Highlands. Sure, it might not exactly be relaxing, but cycling for six to eight hours a day physically forces you to disconnect. I couldn’t take my laptop. I couldn’t ‘just check my phone’. I didn’t have time to take meetings or calls. Instead, I cycled, following the arrows in front of me on my cycle computer. The only way to go was forward.
I cycled up hills that made me cry. I cycled down hills that made me cry. I saw sunsets that looked like the sky was burning. One of the best days of the entire trip was also one of the wettest days of my life. It included a ludicrous stop at an outdoor brine swimming pool. And now, after three and a half weeks, I’m back writing this newsletter, while my colleagues are off on their own adventures. I feel incredibly grateful to be here and I’m excited to see what comes next.
[EVENT] Last Chance: How To Start Your Freelance Era
On Wednesday award-winning freelance journalist Faima Bakar will be talking about how to take the plunge into freelancing. Whether you’re looking for something different or have had your hand forced, we’ll talk through how to prepare for a freelance career, find your first assignments, and juggle the highs and lows.
🚨 Last chance to apply to this role as a multimedia journalist at Suffolk News with the lovely team at Iliffe Media. You’ll be covering people, community, and news and it pays £21,200–27,200pa.
Radio Exe, in my birth town of Exmouth, is looking for a local democracy reporter. You’ll have the opportunity to broadcast on their station, as well as publish pieces on the BBC. It pays £25,000pa.
🕑 This looks amazing — The Fourdrinier, an online art journal, is looking to appoint three diverse or underrepresented writers in the North of England. You’ll publish four pieces, paid at £200 each, as well as receive a £300 participation fee and a £250 travel bursary to visit exhibitions. You’ll also get mentoring sessions.
News agency SWNS has a vacancy for a features writer. You’ll find and write real-life stories for the pages of magazines like Take A Break, Closer, and Bella, to name but a few. It pays £21,675pa.
Finixio is hiring a crypto and tech content editor, and it’s a bit of a wild salary range, which we can only assume means they’re open to anyone? It pays anything from £19,672–48,860pa and you’ll be editing, proofreading, and fact-checking.
Nursing in Practice has a role up for a reporter. It’s a great beat to kick off your career, especially with a climate of strikes and the challenges of post-Covid recovery for the sector. It pays £25,000pa — please say we sent you!
Continuous is offering a paid sandwich year placement, working with their designers, editors, and writers, on campaigns. It’s an eight-week placement, paying £250 a week for a four-day week.
This is a fun role, although with an anonymous company, for a producer/editor to work on unabridged audiobooks. You’ll get to spend 30 per cent of your time in the studio and the rest in post-production. Pays £23,063pa.
KOMI, a social media marketing agency, need a video journalist to work across TikTok and Instagram. It’s mainly focused on viral videos and pays £21–27,000pa.
Sony Music has opened up its internship programmes and there are tonnes on there. They all pay £23,000pa and we thought we’d flag this role with the Ministry of Sound as a digital marketing intern as a highlight.
Digital Camera World is hiring a staff writer with a passion for photography and cameras. It’s paying £23,000pa.
Want to cover the world of fashion, celebrity, and entertainment? This role as a celebrity researcher for a subscription service could be a great place to start. It pays £23–25,000pa.
And, finally, SCREENSHOT Media is looking for a staff writer/editorial assistant to work on daily articles on news and entertainment for a Gen Z audience. It pays £23–24,000pa.
This job just sounds way too cool to ignore — The Royal Aeronautical Society is looking for a features editor to work on their monthly magazine AEROSPACE covering aviation, defence, and spaceflight. It pays £28,000pa.
🚨 This is a gorgeous opp to work with the lovely team at The Bristol Cable and it closes next Monday. As a social media producer, you’ll work on fun short-form content and get their investigations out there. It pays £26,041pa.
Two new jobs from Imagine Learning this week — they used to be Twig Education, who you might remember from previous newsletters. They are hiring a reversioning editor (£26–28,000pa) and a lead reversioning editor (£29–31,000pa) to look after their Spanish content.
A bunch of nice ITV jobs this week. Firstly, an on-screen journalist for their Tyne and Tees region to immerse themselves in the community. It’s a part-time role and pays £26–53,5000pa FTE depending on your level of experience.
There’s also a role with ITV in the Channel Isles as a content editor, where you’ll work on producing, planning, and news editing. This one pays £36,359–49.343pa.
🕑 The incredible team at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism are hiring! They’re looking for an influence ops reporter, who will investigate online attempts to influence the public ahead of the next UK election. It pays £30–32,000pa FTE and is for three days a week.
If you’re interested in the geekery of constituency boundaries and ensuring access to democracy, then this gig with the Electoral Commission as a digital communications officer could be for you. It pays £30,892pa and you’ll work across their website and social media channels.
PC Gamer need a social media editor to work across various platforms and drive more people to their content. It pays about £28,000pa.
🏡 SWNS has an ad up for a senior reporter based in Scotland, to work on national stories for a range of publications. Pay starts at £27,000pa.
I don’t know why, but a job at Hobby Craft just sounds quite wholesome and fulfilling, you know? There are roles for both a social media video producer (pays up to £30,000pa) and a social media exec (pays up to £28,000pa). It’s also a dog-friendly office!
And, finally, MoneyWeek is looking for an online writer to cover personal finance, pensions, investments, and property. It pays £31,000pa.
Global Witness is looking for a senior investigative journalist to work on their forests campaign, highlighting the role financing plays in environment destruction. It pays £52,494pa and they’re open to flexible working.
Money Marketing covers news for independent financial advisors. They need a news editor to manage content across digital and print and the role pays up to £41,000pa.
Shepard Media report on global defence stuff, with an audience of government organisations. They’re looking for a managing editor to lead their news team and uphold standards. It pays £60,000pa.
🇪🇺 In case you missed it last week, Sifted.eu needs a newsletter writer/senior reporter to work on their flagship newsletter. It pays up to £55,000pa.
UNLEASH, which covers HR and breakthrough tech that shapes the future of work, need a senior journalist to join them. The role pays £40,000pa — please say we sent you if you apply!
🏡 Some of our readers have had success applying for jobs at SAGA, so once again we’re listing their roles. This one is for a digital content editor to oversee written content on the Saga Spaces platform. It pays £40,000pa.
Sit down before you read this — Trails Magazine has budgeted almost US$23,000 for its next issue, so you should pitch them to get a part of it. Their theme for this issue is resilience and pay starts from US$0.50pw.
MIT Technology Review is planning its January/February edition already and I can only wish I was that organised. The theme for pitches is breakthroughs and rates are US$1–2 per word and open internationally.
Insider is looking for solo travel stories to assign this August. Again this is the US section, with rates starting from US$230, but is open to UK writers and beyond.
Paste Magazine’s Matt Michell is open to pitches on music stuff for August and beyond. We’ve asked for details of rates but have not heard back yet.
A pair of more corporate ones here: this copywriter role for a global telecommunications company pays £250–275 a day for three months, and this is a comms coordinator role for an insurance business that pays up to £240 a day.
🚨 Last chance to apply for the freelance multimedia reporters gig with Crown Media, which closes on Monday. They’re looking for people to take on assignments both in the UK and worldwide.
🚨 There’s also a Sunday deadline for this runner role with the one and only Emmerdale. It’s freelance but allows you to be part of the ITV Talent Pool.
TalkTV, the station run by News UK, need freelance digital sub-editors for casual work that also involves some feature writing based on trending topics. News UK is also looking for freelance technical operators for Virgin Radio UK too.
🏡 Deya is hiring a content lead to oversee their marketing and comms, covering newsletters, blogs, videos, and more. It’s a one-day-a-week role, paying £200 a day.
H/T to our wonderful former fellow Sharron Logan for this one. Identify is looking to increase its freelance talent pool for producers and copywriters.
Kiera Fields, again from Insider, wants pitches from Gen Z journalists about how they feel uniquely economically disadvantaged as a generation.
And, finally, LGBTQ Nation is looking for more pitches on political commentary. Get in touch with Molly Sprayregen.
[AD] Don’t forget to apply for the mentoring scheme from the English National Opera. You’ll get matched with mentors from the likes of The Times, the i, and The Financial Times who will help you write nine reviews from press nights.
🚨🎪 Last chance to get tickets to our event tomorrow on how to get started with freelancing with Faima Bakar. The session will also be recorded to watch back.
🎪 Also coming up is our event on how to get a book published as a journalist. We’re very excited to have commissioning editor Kirsty Reade leading the session.
The 10th Write to End Violence Against Women Awards are now open until the end of September, so you have plenty of time to put something together. There are several categories and you’re also able to submit someone else’s article if you think they’re worthy of the award too.
The McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism is back. They offer journalists across the globe grants of up to US$15,000 for stories and investigations that “follow the money”.
🚨 Tomorrow is the last chance to apply for the Society of Editor’s Media Freedom Awards. There are a whole bunch of categories and all of them are free to enter.
The Kari Howard Fund for Narrative Journalism is open until August 21, offering up to US$5,000 for stories “that leave readers feeling as though they have just met a friend”. It’s open to women and non-binary journalists.
The Gatliff Trust and Scottish Islands Explorer magazine are offering a £1,000 prize for a young travel writer who can produce a 1,250 article for their brief.
Always wanted to write a novel, already have some words on screen, and just need help with your next steps? The next David Higham Open Day for Underrepresented Authors is now open for applications and includes workshops, seminars, and 1-2-1 feedback.
H/T to the wonderful Media Matters newsletter for details of the Thrive Together Fund, which is offering a mix of grant and loan funding to social enterprises in England that are delivering an impact to communities. Up to £150,0000 available.
🎪 Our friends at Women in Journalism Scotland are running an event about the barriers that working-class women journalists face. There are a range of tickets depending on financial need and all insights will be made public.
H/T to the amazing Talking Travel Writing newsletter for this one (sign-up, it’s great, I don’t even do travel writing and I love it). Anyway, you can now nominate people for the 12 Awards of Christmas — it’s for journalists and PRs in the travel industry and you can only nominate other people, not yourself.
Our staff writer Hannah has really gone all in this week on working out the best planners and journals to get you through your work week. The full piece is here and you can also see how they all look in this TikTok.
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