✍️ Journalism Jobs and Media News Update ✍️ — November 21
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Hello folks, it’s that time of the week once again as we update our job board with 536 journalism jobs and internships, and bring you some of the most important and interesting media news from the past week.
Part of those hundreds of new openings come from ABC News, the AP, the BBC, Bloomberg, CNN, Condé Nast, ESPN, Financial Times, Hearst, Los Angeles Times, National Geographic, NBC News, New York Magazine, the New York Times, Nexstar, Politico, Sky News, Telemundo and Yahoo News.
And this week’s news roundup includes OpenAI firing its CEO, The Guardian’s record U.S. reader revenue, the New York Times’ machine learning paywall, and TIME’s top 100 books of 2023.
Check out Friday’s Journalism Calendar update where we showcased 63 total listings on the calendar, broken down as follows: 33 fellowships/grants (6 new); 25 webinars/events (9 new); and six awards (two new).
And lastly, if you have a job, internship, fellowship, webinar, conference or award that you want to promote in our newsletter and on the board, fill out this quick form and we’ll get 17,000 pairs of eyes on your opening/opportunity.
Thank you as ever and see you again on Friday!
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USA Today
Election Reporting Fellowship Program
The USA Today Network’s statehouse reporting fellowship program expands the coverage of the country’s largest news publisher at a critical time as they serve audiences with local, regional and national election journalism.
Locations: Hartford, CT; Lincoln, NE; Cheyenne, WY; Remote, U.S.; Salt Lake City, UT
Salary: $19.28-$21.41/hour
When: January 2 to December 27, 2024
Requirements: Has proven experience in a digital news environment filing accurate, concise, and clean copy on deadline; Robust understanding of what’s happening in state politics and across the country to create conversation-starting journalism; Infinitely curious and always has a story idea ready to go; Can manage time wisely, balancing short-turn stories with deeper investigations; Enjoys collaborating with editors and writers across the network on breaking news and special packages; Ensures our coverage includes a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices; Upholds Gannett’s standards of journalistic rigor, accuracy, and fairness; Valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and the minimum liability insurance required by state law.
Deadline: ASAP
Elections Opinion Writer, USA TODAY Network Election Team
Location: Remote, U.S.
Salary: $38.46/hour
When: January 2 to December 27, 2024
Requirements: Proven experience in a digital news environment filing accurate, concise, and clean copy on deadline; Robust understanding of what’s happening in politics and across the country to create conversation-starting journalism; Infinitely curious and always has a story idea ready to go; Can manage time wisely, balancing short-turn stories with deeper investigations; Enjoys collaborating with editors and writers across the network on breaking news and special packages; Ensures our coverage includes a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices; Upholds Gannett’s standards of journalistic rigor, accuracy, and fairness; Has a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and the minimum liability insurance required by state law.
Deadline: Rolling
Mastering User Needs For News: Ask Me Anything
Smartocto is ending the year with a webinar where you can ask all your burning questions regarding user needs. Dmitry Shishkin and smartocto's CMO, Rutger Verhoeven, will provide the answers and reflect on numerous use cases of newsrooms introducing the model. They will also share what they've learned from User Needs Labs, a project aimed at assisting 10 European news websites in better aligning with their visitors' preferences.
Type: Webinar
By: Smartocto
Where: Online
When: December 13, 2023
Cost: Free
📰 Media News Roundup 📰
OpenAI Fires CEO, Staff Revolts — We start with a wild weekend of boardroom drama at OpenAI, the developer behind ChatGPT, which bled into Monday as Microsoft hired its former CEO, Sam Altman. Per reports, the majority of OpenAI’s staff have threatened to quit if Altman was not reinstated.
What’s Happening To G/O Media? — A week after shutting down Jezebel, the pressure is building on G/O Media, owner of the likes of Deadspin, Gizmodo, the Onion and Quartz. A Media Operator asks whether the media giant will soon be dead.
The Guardian U.S.’s Record Reader Revenue — Axios’ Sara Fischer explains how the Guardian expects to make a record $33 million in digital reader revenue in the U.S., a decade after launching. The growing number now accounts for around a third of all digital reader revenue.
Inside the Cyprus Papers — The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists shed light on the data journalism that helped it expose some of the world’s richest criminals.
Writing the AI Rulebook — The Columbia Journalism Review’s Hamilton Nolan digs deep into how tradition-bound journalism is grappling with a generational technological evolution.
TV, Football Headed In Different Directions — Bloomberg News’ Lucas Shaw asks the question of why live TV has been collapsing for a decade, while football has resisted the decline.
Are Journalists More Trusted Than New Brands? — Javier Garza Ramos explores whether, for a number of reasons, individual journalists are now more trusted than whole news brands, using Latin America as an example.
NYT Paywall Machine Learning — New York Times senior data scientist details his team’s paywall strategy, and how it embraced machine learning to boost the number of subscribers.
TIME’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2023 — TIME’s annual list of the 100 best books from the past year is out, with plenty on there to add to your reading list.
Longtime AP Sports Editor Passes — We end with the sad news that Terry Taylor, who ran the sports desk at the Associated Press from 1992 until she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013, has passed at the age of 71. Taylor was a trailblazer for women in sports journalism, as she became the first woman sports editor at the AP.
amazing links as usual. thank you.