Jobs and Opps at The Times, Pulse, National Club Golfer, and Many, Many More 🏌️♀️
Everything you should have on your list to apply for this week.
It’s Cat here with you this week — and I’m here to talk to you about some of my bugbears as an editor. Mainly, typos. Some mistakes I often see that make me irrationally irritated include the use of “of” as a (grammatically incorrect) contraction of “have”, treating the em dash, en dash, and hyphen as interchangeable symbols, and inexplicable tense changes within an article.
As a writer, you may be thinking: “My story is solid though. Who the hell cares whether I use square brackets or round parentheses here?” Well, call me pedantic, but I’ve always held a deep appreciation for writers who file clean copy. Of course, this isn’t school and you’re not going to get marked down for errors, but be honest now: how many times have you Googled “stationery or stationary”? Now think about how many times editors have had to keep a watchful eye out for these little mistakes.
While an interesting angle, a strong hook, and a good range of voices all make up a great article, another less-discussed facet is having — or aligning with — good style. This is why most publications will have their own style guide. A good style guide will detail how a publication structures its articles, what their tone of voice is, how they format headlines, all the way down to how they present times and dates.
This level of technical detail may not be something you’ve paid attention to as a reader, but every newspaper, magazine, and publication has its own preferred ways of structuring content. It helps keep things consistent and tidy. No detail is too small. For example, I’ve recently had an extended discussion with the Journo Resources team about whether direct quotes should be preceded by a comma or a colon. (Read on to find out what we agreed on ultimately.)
The point is any writer will do well to read through the style guides they are sent, and keep referring back to them throughout the writing process. Make sure you understand what is expected of you, edit your work accordingly as you go, and submit the cleanest copy that you can manage. Trust me when I say that your efforts will not go unnoticed, and will, in fact, endear you to your commissioning editor!
We’ve decided to publish Journo Resources’ style guide so you can get an idea of what a typical house style is like. While you’re not likely to follow our style guide while writing for the Guardian or the Washington Post, we hope this will still give you some insight into what commissioning editors typically want to see. Let us know if you think our style guide is missing anything, if you disagree with parts, or if you’ve read a great style guide before and want to share!
The Swindon Advertiser is hiring a reporter to focus on breaking news, features, and trending stories. They say it’s a perfect role for someone just starting out. They’re paying £20–25,000pa.
Which? is in need of a researcher/writer to focus on digital-first reviews of everything from hair straighteners to frying pans. It looks like a super fun and varied role and you only need to be in the office for two days a week. Pays from £25,000pa.
🏡 Mortgage Strategy and the Mortgage Finance Gazette have an opening for a reporter, and it’s primarily a remote-working role. It pays £26-30,000pa.
🚨 There’s a very short deadline for these adverts for internships at The Sun. First up, there’s a social media internship looking after a range of platforms. There’s also one looking at women’s sports and another looking at copy-editing. They all last six months, pay London Living Wage, and include an NCTJ qualification.
🚨 There’s also a News UK internship with Times Radio as a broadcast assistant. Again, it pays London Living Wage, lasts six months, and includes an NCTJ.
National Club Golfer is looking for a golf journalist to write copy, work across social media, and generally know a lot about golf. It pays £22–28,000pa.
There’s a junior reporter gig open at Tes, which stands for The Times Education Supplement. Confusingly, it’s actually a separate company from The Times now, but it’s still a great gig nonetheless and pays £26–28,000pa.
🚨 Applications to The Times Graduate Scheme are currently open, but they close next Monday. It’s a two-year scheme offering formal training with News Associates and pays above London Living Wage.
BIMA is offering a digital marketing internship, which is a set programme of training at the National Minimum Wage leading to a paid job.
Tes, formerly The Times Educational Supplement, is hiring a correspondent to focus on investigations, exclusives, and public interest journalism. It pays £33–36,000pa.
🚨🕑 There’s a quick turnaround on this gig with TTG Media. They are looking for a sub-editor to work two days a week and are paying £35,000pa FTE.
Diabetes UK is looking for a content producer to work on stories across print, online, and video. They’re paying £29,121–32,356pa.
🏡 Newson Health is hiring a content editor to write, commission, and edit pieces around perimenopause and menopause. Pays £30–35,000pa.
🏡 Agency Hackers is looking for a news reporter for a very cool-looking job reporting on marketing and advertising agencies. It pays £26,000pa.
Pulse, which focuses on health policy, is hiring an investigations and analysis editor. You’ll be paid £37–40,000pa and you’ll be part of a small, friendly team.
The Imperial War Museum is looking for a digital producer to create original content across a number of channels. It’s a maternity cover and pays £31,824pa. Found via the lovely people at MediaBeans.
The Yorkshire Post is hiring an investigative reporter who’ll get under the skin of their (pretty huge) patch, pulling off FOI requests, and nurturing contacts. It pays £26–32,000pa.
And, finally, a couple of jobs at The Independent. They’re looking for a short-form content editor and an assistant video news editor — both pay £31–40,000pa.
Understanding this job advert is a bit of a mission in itself, but I’m 90 percent sure they’re looking for an editor. It’s with BDO and you’ll be covering tax knowledge, so ideally you need to not hate taxes. Pays up to £75,000pa.
🚨 This week is the last chance to apply to Law.com International’s editor role, where you’ll commission, edit, and manage articles for the publication. It pays up to £55,000pa.
🏡 🇪🇺 Bellingcat? has a vacancy for an editor to help lead major stories and investigations around conflict, corruption, and disinformation. It pays €47–49,500pa DOE. They’re also looking for a tech community facilitator to join their investigations team to bridge the gap between research and software. That one pays €52–55,000pa.
Canon, off of cameras, is looking for a social media specialist to work on their own social media channels, keeping them at the forefront as a market leader. It pays up to £44,625pa. Here’s to hoping you also get a free camera.
There are also two jobs up with Global Witness at the moment. They’re in need of a senior data investigations advisor, who’ll take the lead on data-driven investigations and be paid £52,494pa. They’re also looking for a senior investigator to work in their forests newsroom, at the same pay rate.
🕑 I love the alliteration in this name. Crustacean Compassion is hiring a communications manager to work on their campaigns and media coverage. It pays £40,000pa FTE.
🏡 My old pals at Save The Student are in need of a freelance content editor. They’re a lovely gang and you’ll be working on optimising content for search for 10–15 hours a week. Pays £15ph — please mention we sent you!
Kiera Fields from Insider is looking to hear from freelancers based in Dubai, for an upcoming project. That’s all the details we have.
This digital content production specialist role pays £225–227 per day, but does require a little bit of knowledge of CSS and HTML.
PopSciDIY has a call out for freelance pitches that can help teach other people things, whatever that might be. Send them your ideas this way.
🏡 This is a gig for a freelance travel PR. They’re looking for someone who can work for one or two days a week on UK-based projects. Pays up to £250 a day.
This one is a little old, but doesn’t seem to have been picked up much — Indy100 is looking for freelancers who can write about all things internet-focused.
DerbyWorld is looking for Derby-based freelance journalists to expand their team. Get in touch with Michael.
The Daily Dot is taking pitches on internet culture and is paying US$250 a piece.
The Football Association is hiring a freelance communications manager to look after their work on the women’s game and it hasn’t had tonnes of applicants yet. Again, found via MediaBeans.
Battersea Arts Centre looking for a freelancer to work on audience development and reach.
And, finally, Inside Hook is also open to pitches, especially on music and TV.
🚨 Last call to apply to the Freelance Journalism Awards! It’s a super quick form and there are seven categories to choose from, each with a £100 cash prize.
🚨 The deadline is also this week for the Lorenzo Natali Journalism Prize, for work on the theme of development, democracy and human rights around the world. There are prizes of €10,000.
🚨 Monday is the deadline for The Allard Prize for Photography, which comes with a prize of CAD$1,000.
🎪 There’s still time to grab tickets to our event in a few weeks’ time on setting up your own newsletter and making money. Join us live or watch back.
🚨 LPA Futures 2023 also closes this week — it offers mentoring, representation, and kit for people looking to kickstart a career in commercial photography.
🚨 It’s also a Monday deadline for the Richard Beeston Bursary 2023, which awards £6,000 to an aspiring foreign correspondent to spend six weeks abroad working on a story, in association with The Times.
A reminder that The International Women’s Media Fund is open for rolling applications for women journalists across the globe for a range of reasons.
The Everyday Projects are offering two photographers a grant of US$6,000 to work on a documentary project in addition to mentoring.
The Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for War Correspondents awards €7,000 to journalists who have covered conflict situations. It’s also now open.
Also open is the grant programme from The International Fact-Checking Network, which offers newsrooms a cash pot of up to US$100,000.
Just one piece from us this week, it’s been a busy one! It’s a good one though — this week we’re looking at how to read scientific research papers and use them for your journalism.
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