Jobs and Opps at The Stage, ITV, Hyphen, Tes, DEVELOP3D, and Many, Many More ❄️
A truly bumper edition of jobs and opps this week!
I’ll preface this newsletter by saying this is the penultimate time I’m going to mention our magazine. In two more newsletters’ time, you’ll never have to hear me bang on about it again (until we start putting it together next year). Now, there are just 10 days left to pre-order a copy*, so, if you’ve been thinking of snagging one, now would be a really good time to place an order.
We’re aiming to sell 10 copies a day for these final 10 days, which will give a huge boost to our ability to create new resources and run new programmes to support people at all stages of their journalism careers. That includes things like our fellowship, which offers paid work, editing and CV feedback, and mentoring to journalists of all ages about to embark on their careers. It also includes things like a pending website update with more free-to-access resources and our support for those affected by redundancies across the industry.
So, if you can, we’d be hugely grateful if you’d consider being one of just ten people today who purchase a copy. In return, you’ll get a beautiful 100-page, ring-bound magazine, packed with features, all new exercises to plan your year and inspire new stories, and updated directories of resources. You can see just a selection of what’s coming up above — you can also expect some surprise origami to use when you’re feeling in need of a pep talk, a sneak peek into other writers’ offices, and new insights from our jobs board to help you get ahead.
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🏡 DEVELOP3D is hiring a staff writer to write features, bring in scoops, and make a name for yourself in the tech world. You’ll be paid £19–23,000pa and you’ll be working across both their website and magazine.
This job at Airliner World says it would work for a “budding writer” so we’re plonking it in this section. Join them as an assistant editor and you’ll be paid up to £25,000pa to come up with great ideas for their outlet.
🚨 The end of the week is the last call for the broadcast journalist job at FITV, based on the Falkland Islands. It pays £18,000pa, plus flights and reduced rate accommodation. You can also read what it’s like here.
The Digger, based in Glasgow, reports on cases which would otherwise go unreported in the mainstream press. They’re in need of an NCTJ-qualified graduate to join them and are paying £25–30,000pa.
Insider Media, part of National World, has adverts up for an editorial assistant and an SEO writer to work on their regional business publications. Both roles pay from £23,500pa.
I’m listing this one in both categories as I think it’s worth applying if you’re just starting out. Alliance News is looking for a business news reporter to cover companies, economics, and markets. It pays from £26,000pa.
One and Creative Media is looking for a news reporter to dig into the Tunbridge Wells patch for their local news outlet. You’ll write about a variety of topics and ideally will have an NCTJ. Pays £26,000pa.
Newsquest has two jobs open for reporters on their live team in both Ipswich and Norwich. Both pay £22,000pa and you’ll be working exclusively on breaking news.
The Stage, which covers theatre, naturally, is looking for a junior reporter to join their news team. You’ll work across both their website and newspaper and it pays a starting salary of £24,000pa.
EVO Media runs a platform for hair and beauty professionals and has a vacancy for a features writer to join them in East Kilbridge. It looks like you’ll be doing a lot of interviews and it pays £22–27,000pa.
Anti-Bullying Alliance is looking for a project assistant and it seems to have a fair bit of editorial in the job spec. It pays £23,927pa.
Social Streets is offering paid work experience placements at their East London offices. You’ll get the chance to write stories, experience the newsroom, and will be paid £50 a day.
And, finally, Sportin Wales is hiring a journalist to cover all aspects of the Welsh sporting calendar. You’ll need to get to grips with a wide range of sports and will be both writing and editing. It pays up £25,000pa DOE.
🚨Last call for the marketing and audience manager role at Factory International. They’re a really cool outfit that runs Manchester International Festival and you’d be focused on outreach and community partnerships. It pays £30–32,000pa.
🚨Also closing this with is Sifted’s fintech reporter role. You’ll cover one of the fastest-growing sectors in business and run their weekly fintech newsletter that goes out to 25,000 people. It pays £30–45,000pa.
🏡 Hyphen, the innovative journalism start-up focused on Muslim audiences, is expanding. They’re hiring multimedia producers, assistant editors, and reporters. A range of locations on offer and all roles pay £30–40,000pa.
This is a digital content creator role (so journalism adjacent), but I’m including it as I think working on aerospace stuff would just be really fun. It’s with HQW Aerospace and you’ll be paid £25–30,000pa to work across news and social.
In similarly cool-sounding places to work, Bletchley Park (of codebreaking fame) is hiring a digital engagement officer to work on their social media strategy and editorial schedule. It pays £26–29,000pa.
🚨 The Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s global health reporter job expires this week. Join them to dive into huge original investigations that make headlines across the world. This one pays £36–38,000pa.
Alliance News is hiring a business news reporter to join the team and they seem like a jolly nice bunch. It pays £26,000pa.
Inside Housing has an opening for a senior reporter to help you build your profile as a reporter and work on stories that make an impact. It pays £30,000pa DOE.
ITV is looking for another production specialist, this time based in Westminster. You’ll work across sound, directing, editing, programme timing, and more. It pays £27–43,000pa DOE.
The Royal Opera House has an advert up for a press officer and we guess this means you’d also get free tickets? It pays £28,000pa.
Construction News has a vacancy for a news editor to organise the gathering of news leads, allocate stories, and tackle first edits. It pays £37,000pa.
And, finally, Drapers, the fashion industry magazine, need a features editor for a year-long maternity contract. It pays £35,700pa.
The Stray Ferret is hiring again this week — this time they’re looking for a lifestyle and features editor to focus on commercial content. It pays £25–28,000pa.
Farnborough International is looking for an aerospace editor to strengthen its digital news channel and develop it as a home for thought leadership. They’re looking for someone with a B2B background and are paying £50,000pa.
🚨 The senior reporter role at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism runs out later this week so get a move on — they’re paying £44–46,000pa for someone to lead on complex investigations.
Times Education Supplement is hiring a deputy head of editorial content curation for a 12-month maternity contract. It pays up to £42,000pa and you’ll focus on engaging readers and maximising reach via SEO.
United Christian Broadcasters is seeking experienced freelance broadcast journalists to work across multiple platforms for the Christian media charity.
Cosmo UK’s Emilie Lavinia is looking for stories for the magazine’s first-person series “Best Sex Ever”. Details this way.
Gina over at PolyesterZine wants to hear your internet and pop culture pitches.
Matt Ortile is looking for queer travel stories and essays/reporting on specific identities for Condé Nast Traveler and has a freshly-updated pitching guide too.
Staci Perkins Kleinmaier is looking for essays for The Sun Magazine about fresh starts and fresh endings.
The Lead is here with a New Year call for pitches — send your best feature ideas, op-eds, or investigations on climate change, immigration, education, housing, race, and inequality.
If you like camping and backpacking and are passionate about the gear you need to make those things possible, Sarah Grothjan is open to pitches and friendly hellos from writers for REI.
Mattie Lacey-Davidson is after pitches on education, schools and extracurricular activities for publications coming out with The Guardian and Evening Standard in February.
Queer freelancers, if you’ve got something to say about queer sex/love, Chris Azzopardi is looking for pitches for Pride Source, and there’s a pitching guide.
Dissident literary magazine South Asian Avant-Garde is accepting pitches for its column, The Vertical.
Peste Magazine is still looking for pitches (that aren’t academic) about the war on Gaza.
The Dial Magazine is accepting pitches for its upcoming issues which include the themes “Pundits” and “Money”.
Calling writers/journalists in a relationship! Annabel Herrick is looking for a couple to test drive a Starling joint bank account, for, it would seem, Starling.
Watched ITV’s recent Mr Bates vs The Post Office and once again had your blood boil over the real-life events? Louise Ridley from Business Insider is commissioning a freelancer to write “a gripping, cinematic” piece on the scandal for American readers.
Felicity Martin is commissioning for ITV’s editorial platform Woo, so send your wellness, youth culture, fashion, film, trends, and beauty pitches this way.
Tony Hồ Trần at The Daily Beast is looking for pitches for the site’s Innovation section. Think weird, off-beat, and/or under-the-radar tech topics which give readers vital information for their everyday lives.
British GQ’s Daisy Jones has done a New Year’s pitch callout for fun, voicey TV/film pieces, oral histories, interesting reported features — basically anything smart and timely that hasn't already been exhausted elsewhere.
And, finally, Conz Preti, also of Business Insider is looking for stories about parenting, health, sex & relationships, and schooling.
One from one of our lovely subscribers here — the 2024 WriteMentor Novel and Picture Book Awards are now open. There are some bursary places available for entries and your work will be looked at by experts at Bonnier Books UK. Winners will receive a £250 cash prize and free membership support from WriterMentor.
WeAreTheCity’s Rising Star Awards reopen for entries on January 15 and I’d love to see more journalists this year! Put yourself forward for categories like advertising and media, digital, or diversity — and let us know you’ve entered!
🎪 🚨 To coincide with the New Year, we’re running two January workshops to help you level up your job-hunting game. Join us next Tuesday to hear all the latest data from our jobs board to help to you build a strategy, understand what’s popular, and what hiring managers are looking for.
🎪 The week after we’ll be re-running our popular session on cover letters and job applications, helping you to understand what you should be writing in them and how you can make yourself stand out. Both of these sessions can be bundled up with our print magazine for extra insights.
🎪 Also freshly booked in our event’s series: Florianne Humprey reveals how journalists can become published authors, Rosa Furneaux returns with her introduction to investigative reporting, and Rebekah Pierre explores how to write about lived experiences without selling your soul.
👩🏻💻 Also, a reminder that our weekly co-working sessions are also back! Join us every Wednesday for a power hour to get your to-do list done.
The JournalismAI Fellowship Programme, from LSE, is open for applications again. It’s a virtual programme for reporters across the globe to get to grips with AI adoption and implementation over seven months.
🚨 Next Tuesday the ASPIRE training programme for creative freelancers in London closes. It’s a 12-week scheme, starting in February for people looking to work as photographers, filmmakers, or web designers. After you’ve completed the course, there’s the chance to work for the creative agency You Press.
Women aged 18–30 from racialised communities and working-class backgrounds can now apply for You Make It's next programme. You’ll get creative and practical workshops, guest talks, mentoring, and online therapy.
🚨 Entries to the Student Publication Association’s Regional Awards close this Sunday. Anyone writing for a UK or Ireland student-led publication can enter and it’s a great chance to get your work looked at by professional journalists.
🚨 Anyone who lives in a 'megacity’ can send in a short film of up to four minutes to Megacities Shortdoc — but do it before this weekend! They’re looking for stories that tackle urban challenges and solutions. The prize is US$1,667.
The World Press Institute Fellowship is open again, offering a fully-funded scholarship to experienced journalists who want to understand more about how US journalism works. You’ll travel across various US cities.
Grand Plan Grants are also back open again. There’s £1,000 on offer to people of colour based in the UK who want to bring a new creative project to life. It could be anything from zines to poetry, events to workshops, or anything in between.
There isn’t long left for the Earth Journalism Network’s Story Grant and Training Program for Indigenous Environmental Journalists. Applicants can be from any country and will receive a grant of US$1,400.
And, finally, tomorrow is the deadline for the Erasmus Mundus Master’s in Journalism, Media, and Globalisation. Open to anyone with an undergraduate degree from around the globe, scholarship places are available.
Again, a final reminder of our guide to The FT’s graduate scheme, if you’re thinking of applying.
Before there was Barbie, there was Betty. Hannah puts together everything Ugly Betty got right about journalism on site this week.
And, finally, we’d also recommend the latest piece this week from
, all about the pressure of turning negatives into positives.
🚨Just 10 Days Left To Pre-Order Our 2024 Yearbook! 🚨
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