Jobs and Opps at Time Out, Hashtag Our Stories, The Conversation and Many More 🌂

Everything you need to apply for in journalism this week ☀️

This newsletter is brought to you from Carlisle, where I arrived late on Sunday, just as the Euros went into extra time. Trust me, if you thought the fact we went to penalties was stressful enough, I can promise you that trying to run to your hotel with a lot of gear in tow in time to whack the TV on really dials it up a notch. Props to the Premier Inn staff though – whatever they’re paid, it isn’t enough.

I’m in Carlisle because my partner is cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats. If you’re interested, that 1,008 miles in total if you aren’t a crow and don’t want to cycle on a load of grim A roads. If you’re super interested, here’s his YouTube updates of the glorious countryside. I’m here for his penultimate rest day, because a) it’s nice to see him and b) I’ve never been to Carlisle before and I’ve also heard there’s a castle.

However, despite being here I’ve still been working. It’s fair to say that yesterday I stretched the Premier Inn free WiFi to its limits. While some people might view this as a negative – after all, it is vital to take a break – as I sat outside last night with a glass of wine, it got me thinking that this is what freelancing (and work in general) should be about. As a freelancer and business owner, I have no fixed office I head to every day. Even for those of us that do, it’s certainly become elastic during the last 18 months.

When you realise you don’t always need to be in the same physical space, all sorts of other opportunities open up. As long as I have a laptop and WiFi I can work. But I can also go and walk along Hadrian’s Wall afterwards. Or take a coffee break at a cafe I really haven’t been to before. If anything, I’d argue that getting out of your own area makes you work better – you break out of a rut, see new things, and generate new ideas. That’s basically my three point argument to take to your boss and head off. Signed, a woman off to see a very nice castle now.

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• 🏡 This looks like a wonderful gig, producing Snapchat videos about sex ed for Hashtag Our Stories. It’s home working and open as an entry level role, with a salary of £18,000pa.

• 🏡 Parento Law are offering a summer content writer internship that pays the equivalent of £20,000pa FTE. You can either join them in their offices in Wilmslow or work entirely remotely.

• 🏡 The wonderful people at The Conversation are hiring for two editorial assistants through the Government Kickstart scheme. This means they’re paying National Minimum Wage for six months and they look like great jobs.

• Inside Housing are looking for a news reporter, and the description says it could be the perfect gig for someone starting out. It pays up to £24,000pa and also includes the chance to be on their podcasts.

• We’ve listed this one in both categories, as we think it could be achievable for someone just starting out if you have your NCTJ qualification. Newsquest are looking for a digital sports reporter to join them in Taunton, pays £20-25,000pa.

• There’s also a pretty much identical role in Newsquest Taunton, but this time for general news rather than sport. Again, it pays £20-25,000pa.

• Rise Technical are looking for a graduate SEO copywriter to join the team, and they say you’ll get specialist training in SEO. Pays £18,500-20,000pa.

• Two nice regional jobs here in a glorious part of the UK. The Northern Scot is based in Elgin, while the Inverness Courier is based in, well, Inverness. Both are looking for a senior journalist, which pays £20-24,000pa DOE.

• REDD Intelligence are looking for a financial journalist for a three-month internship and will pay the London Living Wage. They stress that there’s absolutely no need to have any prior knowledge of finance, as this will all be part of your training.

• And, finally, the British Museum are looking for an editorial assistant to work across a range of projects. It pays £23,916pa.

• 🚨 Time Out are back and it’s another corker of a job. This time they’re looking for a travel writer for a nine month contract. It pays £25-30,000pa DOE and generally looks dreamy. Closes Sunday.

• Two nice regional jobs here in a glorious part of the UK. The Northern Scot is based in Elgin, while the Inverness Courier is based in, well, Inverness. Both are looking for a senior journalist, which pays £20-24,000pa DOE.

• Newsquest are looking for a digital sports journalist to join their Taunton newsroom and get out and out to games. It pays up to £25,000pa, so could be a nice step into sport if you know more about it than me. They’ve also got a digital journalist (no sport) role too, with the same salary.

• Two nice gigs here with The Conversation this week too – they’re looking for a university relations assistant to work with their members, and an office manager. Both pay £30,000pa and offer flexible working.

• 🏡 We mentioned this one higher up, but also wanted to chuck in here as it’s also open as a next step role. Hashtag Our Stories are looking for journalists to produce Snapchat videos on sex ed and are paying up to £24,000pa.

• WIRED are looking for an audience growth manager to help them grow their digital output. And WIRED is pretty darn cool, so it’s a mission we can all get behind. Pays £30,000pa.

• 🏡 PinkNews are looking for a senior producer to work across their social channels. It pays £32,000pa and you can either be based in their London office or work flexibly from elsewhere.

• Little Black Book are looking for an editor to head up their coverage on Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. Pays £30-35,000pa.

• Formative Content are looking for a senior content editor. It’s more of a marketing agency gig, so pays up to £48,500pa.

• Finally, The Drum are looking for a journalist for maternity cover, to look at all things marketing and advertising. Pays £25-35,000pa FTE.

• The Sun are looking for freelance writers to work on Fabulous for shifts. If you’ve got loads of lifestyle ideas, head this way.

• There are also an absolute bucket load of freelance gigs from Reach too. They need TV and showbiz reporters for express.co.uk, news reporters for The Mirror, TV and showbiz reporters for OK!, news reporters, and TV and showbiz reporters for the Daily Star. Now, exhale.

• 🚨 You have until the end of tomorrow to get in on Positive News’ latest call out. They pay 25p per word and are looking for solutions-focused features.

• 🚨 OursToSave are looking for pitches for their conservation and innovation sections. Pays £50 for a 500 word piece. Send your ideas by Sunday,

• Sonder London are looking for a senior copywriter to join them on a part-time basis to write social media copy, opinion pieces, and press releases. They’re a lovely team and pay up to £200 a day.

• Olivia Utley from The Telegraph is always open to new voices for their comment section. Full details on what she’s looking for and where to send your pitch this way.

• The Big Issue are looking for holiday cover for reporting shifts across the end of July and into August. If this is you, send your details over to Alastair Reid here.

• Maybelle Morgan has just started as the entertainment editor at Refinery29 and is keen to hear your ideas. Contact details over on this tweet.

• More comment! Jess Austin from Metro.co.uk is doing her annual call-out to remind you that they’re always keen to hear from people who want to write opinion and first person.

• We’ve listed a few Headliners jobs before, they’re a charity that helps disadvantaged young people have a voice. They’re looking for freelancers based across the UK for cover, and pay National Living Wage. H/T MediaBeans.

• Aurelia are also here to remind you that they’re always open for pitches. It’s £40 a piece and you can see the full details here.

• Finally, Food52 have just published a full pitching guide, which we guess means they’re also open for pitches! Check it out this way. Rates start from $200, but up to $50 for ingredients you might need to use.

• 🚨 Last chance for the Roundhouse Film Fund which closes this week. You’ll get £500 production budget and loads of additional support. Don’t be fooled like I was last week – it says apply by the 19th, which means it closes on the 18th.

• The AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award are open, celebrating ‘distinguished’ reporting in science, engineering, and mathematics across the globe. Prizes of up to US$5,000.

• Apps are now open for the Edinburgh Young Critics Scheme, giving you mentoring and access to the film festival, to help you hone your writing as a film critic. Full details here.

• A collaboration here between Substack and Attuned, who are offering a $50,000 fellowship for a writer who would like to set up a publication about intrinsic motivation, with mentoring to make it sustainable too. H/T to LANCE.

• 🚨 Last chance for the IJ4EU’s two sets of support scheme grants. One is for investigative teams made up of freelancers, offering up to €20,000. The other is for cross-border newsroom teams offering up to €50,000.

• The Rory Peck Awards are back open for 2021. They recognise freelancers, primarily those working abroad, and there are four video-focused categories.

• 🚨 Also the last chance today for the IPG Independent Publishing Awards. It’s more books style publishing than newspapers, but they’re free to enter.

• 🎪 🚨 Don’t forget to get your tickets to our event on Thursday! Amelia Tait and Neve Gordon-Farleigh are going to be talking through how to find stories on Reddit and TikTok. Includes the recording, slides, and everything else.

• 🎪 We’re also running an event on whether or not you should have a niche with the wonderful Becky Barnes, Vanese Maddix and Natasha Preskey. Get yours below they go!

• 🚨 Well, this is just a list of things closing soon isn’t it? Applications also close next week for the NUJ’s George Viner Bursary, which gives Black and ethnic minority journalists financial assistance for tuition, accommodation and other course costs.

• 🚨 This is the last chance to apply for the Pitch category for the DIG awards. It closes on Thursday, and offers up to €15,000 to finish your journalism project.

• 🚨 The W&A Working Class Writer’s Award closes this week too, offering mentoring and support. Their inaugural winner secured a two book deal!

• This is a good one! Our pals at Journalism.co.uk have launched a new mentoring scheme for people working in regional or local news. Full details here.

• And, finally, the Global Investigative Journalist Network is offering fellowships to come to their annual conference. Full details here.

• No reading this week because I’m on holiday and have done basically no editing. The reading list returns next week!

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