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Twenty-twenty-three was not kind. No matter which way you looked, it seemed the news of redundancies was unavoidable. And, just a month in, 2024 hasn’t fared much better, with at least 950 jobs cut since the start of the year. Every time I see news of layoffs my heart sinks. I’m an optimist about journalism — I wouldn’t be running this website if I wasn’t — and where I see problems I want to try and help to fix them. But every time jobs are lost, my head pings straight back to 2017.
Technically, I wasn’t made redundant — I hadn’t been at my job long enough. But seven months was enough to decide the pivot to video hadn’t worked and my role was no longer required. It was long enough to warrant a sickening feeling in the pit of my stomach, a terror at how I’d pay the rent in six weeks, and a numbness to what was happening around me. I still have the text messages I sent my best friend, instructing him to arrive with no less than a crate of cider.
In this volatile industry, it’s a moment in time I’m forced to think about a lot. I didn’t want to leave that job and I didn’t have a clue how it was all going to work out. How might things have turned out differently if it hadn’t happened? What might my career look like now? I can look back now and see how that moment set the foundations for building Journo Resources — and I wouldn’t change my role now for the world. But would I have chosen the chain of events that led me here? Of course not.
Redundancy is messy, emotional, destructive, and so much more. It’s unplanned, uncharted, unknown. And, if you’re affected, it can be difficult to know where to turn. I, for one, had no idea. That’s why we want to do our bit to help, in what small ways we can. Today we’ve published the first piece in our new redundancy series — a personal essay from Lauren Potts on how to use the situation to your advantage. We’ll be building on this over the coming weeks to provide as much support as we can. We’re also offering four months of free membership to anyone who’s been affected — this includes watchbacks of our redundancy support sessions with job experts and career coaches, access to our training events, and much more.
We know it’s not much, but we hope we can help in some small ways. Wherever you are, and whatever is going on, know that you’re not alone.
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🚨 🏡 🌎There also isn’t much time left for the junior investigations reporter at The Centre for Climate Reporting. You’ll work on ambitious global investigations and will be paid £26–30,000pa. You can also be based anywhere.
The Economist has a vacancy for a social media fellow on a 12-month contract and it looks top tier. You’ll be paid £28,000pa and work on content for everywhere from LinkedIn and TikTok to Threads and YouTube.
The team at New Internationalist have a vacancy for an editorial assistant. You’ll support their editorial work, which focuses on social and environmental justice, especially in the Global South. It pays £25,000pa.
The International Building Press has tonnes of summer internships open at outlets including Inside Housing, Housing Today, and Building Design. They all pay at least the National Minimum Wage (more if they’re in London).
We cannot write this section without mentioning the absolute stunner of an opportunity which is the Scott Trust Bursary from The Guardian Foundation. They’ll cover tuition and living fees for your journalism MA, offer paid work experience at The Guardian, mentoring, and the chance of a nine-month contract after you graduate. Read our guide on how to apply here.
Intermission Film is looking for a runner to work on a range of office and tech tasks, but it’s worth pointing out here that runners are the first step on the ladder for those looking to work in film and TV. It pays £24,000pa.
The National Saturday Club is hiring a content marketing assistant to join their team and tell compelling stories from across the charity’s network. It pays £26–28,000pa and we think it’s worth a shot. You’ll work mainly on socials.
The Crediton Courier is on the lookout for a multimedia reporter to dig into the stories that matter. You’ll be paid £19,656pa and I also feel duty-bound to tell you that Crediton has a very cute signal box. It’s pink!
The ITV Academy News Traineeship is open for 2024! You’ll be paid £27–29,000pa to work in one of their newsrooms for nine months and receive intensive training to kickstart your career in news.
🕐 And, finally, a reminder that The Wimble is hiring a newsletter writer and local reporter, who’ll be paid £20ph for 20 hours a week. It looks like a great chance to really get stuck into a patch and tell in-depth stories.
🚨Your last call for the Hackney Citizen advert for a local democracy reporter. They’re a great independent paper publishing fortnightly and you’ll get the chance to report on real stories. It pays £27,555pa.
The Economist is also hiring a social media editor to work across their digital channels and engage their audiences. It’s a permanent contract and you’ll be paid in the region of £35,000pa.
🏡 The Trussell Trust is looking for a food bank content coordinator — you’ll curate, coordinate, and create resources made up of videos, audio, written pieces, and photos. It’s all to support those who run food banks. It pays £33,928pa.
This is a senior reporter job for a digital-first publication covering the legal sector. You’ll be paid £32,000pa and work across breaking news and features.
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society is hiring an investigations editor to head up coverage at the Pharmaceutical Journal. You’ll be paid £34–39,000pa and will focus on both news and long-form investigations. They’re only looking for about three years of experience, so don’t be put off from applying.
Tes, formerly the Times Educational Supplement, has an advert live for a senior writer to work on their magazine. You’ll be paid £35–41,000pa and will write long-form features, investigations, and interviews with key individuals.
EM360Tech.com is quite a mouthful in terms of a website address, but they are hiring for a digital content producer. You’ll work on their podcasts interviews, videos, and articles and will be paid £35–40,000pa.
New Food Magazine is not, as I first thought, a soon-to-launch outlet. It is the name of the publication itself. It is hiring for a new editor, who’ll get to dig into the content strategy. The role pays £38,000pa.
Tindles Newspapers is looking for a regional digital editor to cover the county of Devon (the best county imo, yes I’m from there, why do you ask?). You’ll be paid £35–40,000pa and will work on increasing their digital reach.
Stonewall is looking for a senior campaigns officer, which is a comms-focused role to help inspire change and work on their Free To Be stragey. It pays £29,808pa.
And, finally, Word Up North is looking for a communications and digital officer to take the lead on marketing, digital content, and audience development. It pays £26,000pa.
Even more roles at The Labour Party this week. They’re hiring for a digital creators lead (£54,879.82pa), a video officer (£44,624.13pa), and a digital content producer (£44,624.13pa). Can you feel the winds of an election?
This is a content writer gig with Lima Networks, working on their content strategy and plans across email, social, video, direct mail, and their website. It pays £40–50,000pa.
Apologies, we messed up the link for this last week, so let’s roll this again. Brendan Miller needs journalists interested in video to help with researching and writing videos. It pays £170 a day and training is given.
Reuters is looking for a freelance markets video reporter/producer to write and present video updates about the global stock markets, as well as pull together interviews with market commentators and analysts.
The Essex Cultural and Diversity Project has opened a commission for Hatfield Forest. There’s £15,000 on offer for an artistic project that celebrates the ancient and vulnerable site — you can propose anything you want.
Autograph is looking for pitches from emerging writers on themes of photography, colonialism, and climate justice. They pay £300 for the full piece and define emerging as someone who’s had a maximum of two pieces published.
Lindsay Schrupp, editor-in-chief at Thrillist, is looking for travel pitches — think in-depth reported features exploring the travel-culture intersection, zeitgeisty travel trends, place-based storytelling, and unique profiles. Rates start at US$350.
A couple of shift bits here in the copy and marketing space. This is a remote editor role that pays £115 per day, a copywriter gig that pays £15.40ph, and a freelance content editor role which pays up to £170 a day.
And, in news, the i is looking for freelance news editors with a solid news background to work late shifts across digital and print.
The Royal College of Radiologists is also looking for a freelance editor to work on its newsletter. The commitment is five days per month, paying £177 per day.
The Times is hiring a senior producer to work on their podcast team on a freelance basis — it says you’ll work on both daily and serialised.
🏡 🕐GiveMeSport is hiring a freelance news and features editor, specialising in Premier League content. It pays £2,400 per month DOE.
Business Insider beauty editor Maiya Pascouche is looking for beauty freelancers with experience writing about skincare, makeup, and wellness to pitch stories and take on assignments. Details here.
At the end of January, Business Insider’s Zak Jason said he’d love to hear from anyone looking for a home for a big-swing feature narrative or essay. There’s a decent amount of info for what the team look for, along with examples.
Jack Callil is the new deputy editor at the Australian publication Crikey News and is always open to freelance pitches for news, analysis, opinion, and investigations. Pays AU$300 for 600–800-word articles.
🕐 And, finally, a reminder that The Wimble is hiring a newsletter writer and local reporter, who’ll be paid £20ph for 20 hours a week. It looks like a great chance to really get stuck into a patch and tell in-depth stories.
Newsrooms in Europe can apply to be part of the SoJo Europe Cohort, a training, grant, and mentoring programme. They’re looking for 18 newsrooms in total, who will win a share of €320,000 to cover more solutions-focused climate stories.
There are quite a few open calls at the European Media and Innovation Fund at the moment — the UK remains eligible for funding here. There are pots for media and information literacy, transparent information ecosystems, and investigations into disinformation dynamics.
The Cambridge Social Innovation Prize is open again. It rewards social entrepreneurs who create change with their businesses, offering a £10,000 prize to support career development and bespoke business mentoring.
The Emerging News Leadership Programme will train local and rural news leaders from across the globe in everything they need to know about running a sustainable news organisation. Act fast, applications close in two days.
🚨 The Independent Publishing Awards close this Thursday — it’s open to any book publisher that’s a member of the organisation and there are loads of categories to choose from.
🚨 The deadline for the Hugo Young Award is at the end of this week for those aged 19-25. It’s from The Guardian Foundation and they’re looking for a short political piece from those with a state school background. You’ll be rewarded with a £1,000 prize, a week of work experience, and your article published.
🚨 The deadline for the Northern Writers’ Awards is on Sunday. There are several categories of prizes, each offering up to £5,000 to support writers to get their work published and out into the world.
The Bakala Foundation’s Journalism Bootcamp is back open for applications, with scholarships to cover the cost of your travel, tuition, accommodation, and food. Based in Prague it’s a ten-day intensive course led by top reporters.
Investigative Journalism for Europe’s Freelancer Support Scheme is open again, with grants of up to €20,000 to help teams of journalists working on collaborative stories. You’ll need at least two of your team to be based in the EU.
This is a fun (and different) one. Cinema For All is offering bursaries, mentoring, and support to launch your own community cinema. I’m fully aware that this is nothing to do with journalism, but it jut seems so wholesome.
Tomorrow is the deadline for the next round of the Grand Plan Grants. People of colour can apply for £1,000 to help bring a new creative project to life.
🚨The National Association of Science Writers in the USA is offering grants of up to US$15,000 for projects that will help science writers in their professional lives. You can be based anywhere, but your work must benefit US writers.
Covering Climate Now has reopened its awards, in association with Columbia Journalism Review. You can enter from anywhere across the globe, with 14 categories to recognise excellence in climate reporting.
And, finally, the Sharon Begley Science Reporting Award is open to any journalist whose work has been open to an international audience. The winner will receive US$20,000 to undertake a significant reporting project.
If you’re thinking of applying for The Guardian Foundation’s Scott Trust Bursary, read our guide first! We’ve chatted to tonnes of people who’ve successfully gone through the application process, so you can give yourself the best shot.
And, finally, you can read Lauren Pott’s piece on being made redundant in the pandemic here, with advice on how to use it to your advantage.
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