✍️ Journalism Jobs, Internships, Fellowships, Events, Awards and Salaries ✍️ — February 28
491 new jobs and internships; 44 fellowships and grants; 61 events and webinars; 23 awards and competitions
Hello folks and a happy Wednesday! Welcome to another midweek edition of Inside The Newsroom where we share updates to our Jobs and Internships Board, Journalism Calendar, Candidate Board, and Media Salaries Database.
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New Jobs and Internships 💼
This week we have a total of 491 new openings in towns and cities across multiple countries. In North America they include New York, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Toronto, Chicago, Boston, Kansas City, Vancouver, Austin, Boston, Minneapolis, Miami, San Diego, Seattle, Indianapolis, Denver and hundreds more. In Europe, we list jobs in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle, Brighton, Norwich, Cardiff, Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Milan.
If your organization is hiring now or in the future, fill out this quick form or write to me at danielevitt32@gmail.com or reply to this email.
And check out some of our premium promoted jobs below…
🆕 Silvers Grants for Works in Progress
Writers of any nationality may apply for up to $10,000 to support long-form writing in the fields of literary criticism, arts writing, political analysis, and/or social reportage.
Type: Grant
Grant: Up to $10,000
By: The Robert Silvers Foundation
Where: Worldwide
🆕 Embarcadero Media
Embarcadero Media was founded in 1979 and operates three community newspapers, eight news and entertainment websites and publishes specialty publications and digital media enterprises on the San Francisco Peninsula and in the East Bay. It’s hiring for several positions including:
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Salary: $21-$27/hour
Ideal Candidate: 2+ years professional reporting experience, thorough knowledge of AP Style; Familiar with the Palo Alto area; Fluency in written and spoken Spanish is a big plus.
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Salary: $21-$27/hour
Ideal Candidate: At least one year of professional reporting experience; thorough knowledge of AP style; Familiar with the Midpeninsula area; Fluency in written and spoken Spanish is a big plus.
City Cast
City Cast’s mission is to make podcasts and newsletters that connect people with the cities they love. It is looking for many positions including:
Location: Houston, TX
Salary: $80,000-$100,000
Ideal Candidate: Experience editing and mixing audio quickly to a high level of technical proficiency; Experience managing an editorial team; Strong track record at coaching on-air talent, and cultivating chemistry between hosts and guests; Proven leadership ability, with a passion and knack for mentoring and cultivating talent.
Deadline: March 8
Location: Austin, TX
Salary: $80,000-$105,000
Ideal Candidate: 5+ years experience in journalism or related field, in a public-facing role (host, performer, etc.); Some experience audio interviewing and editing; Voracious appetite for news and information about your community and the broader world; Strong written, verbal, and social communication skills.
Deadline: March 18
Voice Media Group
Voice Media Group is a media and technology company that specializes in serving advertisers, business owners and readers across the U.S. VMG is looking for multiple positions including:
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Salary: $65,000-$75,000
Ideal Candidate: The Phoenix News Times is looking for a journalist with 5+ years' in a newsroom and 3+ years’ experience managing journalists and editing breaking, daily and enterprise stories. A working knowledge of — or eagerness to immerse yourself in — the character, people, politics and culture of Phoenix and the Valley.
Deadline: Rolling
Location: Miami, FL
Salary: $45,000
Ideal Candidate: The Miami New Times is looking for a journalist with a solid culture, music and food background to cover developing stories through the week and find news of interest to an educated urban readership
Deadline: Rolling
ConsumerAffairs
ConsumerAffairs helps consumers make smart buying decisions in moments of need. It educates readers about their options, learn about their specific needs, and connect them directly to brands. ConsumerAffairs is looking for two positions…
Location: Remote, U.S.
Ideal Candidates: Experience analyzing data in spreadsheets, such as Google Sheets or Excel; Experience creating data visualizations in tools such as Datawrapper, Flourish or Tableau; Ability to turn numbers into cogent, well-written and engaging journalism. Strong writing skills are a must; Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously; Strong ability to prioritize tasks, communicate about the scope of a project and meet deadlines.
Deadline: March 5
Location: Remote, U.S.
Ideal Candidate: 3+ years professional journalism experience reporting on consumer-focused issues, such as business, technology, health care, housing, finance, the automotive industry or product safety; Skills interpreting spreadsheet data in programs such as Google Sheets and Excel; Experience navigating public records processes, especially FOIA, and working with government datasets.
Deadline: March 5
Vineyard Gazette
The Vineyard Gazette is a leading newspaper for Martha's Vineyard, featuring local news, weather, opinion, tides, obituaries, real estate and job listings, tourist information. It’s looking for a General Assignment Reporter:
Location: Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Ideal Candidate: Excellent writing and editing skills; Curious mind and a nose for news; Multimedia experience is a plus.
Deadline: March 1
International Symposium on Online Journalism Conference
The 25th annual International Symposium on Online Journalism is a premier global conference that brings together journalists, media executives and scholars to discuss the impact of the digital revolution on journalism. This year’s special anniversary conference will include speakers like the president and CEO of The New York Times, and the founder and editor of Meduza, an independent Russian news site operating from Latvia. It also features panels on AI, visual investigations, election coverage and much more.
Type: Conference
By: Knight Center at UT Austin
Where/When: Online or Austin, TX/April 12-13, 2024
Cost: $30 (online) or $300 (in person)
USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism National Fellowship
The Center for Health Journalism National Fellowship helps journalists pursue ambitious, health-centered stories with reporting grants, five months of mentoring, and an all-expenses-paid week of intensive training at the USC campus in Los Angeles.
Type: Fellowship
Grant: $2,000-$10,000
By: University of Southern California
Where/When: USC campus in Los Angeles/June 24-28, 2024
Journalism Calendar 🗓️
Right now we have 128 total postings on our ever-growing Journalism Calendar, broken down as follows: 44 fellowships and grants (26 new); 61 events and webinars (33 new); 23 awards and competitions (8 new).
If your organization has an upcoming opportunity for the Calendar, fill out this quick form or write to me at danielevitt32@gmail.com or reply to this email.
Some fellowships include: The Robert Silvers Foundation’s grants of up to $10,000 for works in progress; Reynolds Journalism Institute’s WIJ 2024 Scholarship; Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism’s AI Journalism Lab Fellowship; the International Center for Journalists’ 2024 ICFJ-News Corp Media Fellowship for Digital Innovation; and Investigative Reporters and Editors’ Diversity Fellowships.
Webinars I’ll be tuning in to and checkout out: the Institute for Independent Journalist’s 2024 Freelance Journalism Conference; the Center for Cooperative Media’s webinar on How To Create A Media Kit That Sells; the Online News Association’s AI + Fact-Checking in an Election Year webinar; SABEW’s Annual Conference and The Guardian’s webinar on The Unfolding Crisis In The Middle East
And some awards to start preparing your nominations: Print Charity’s Rising Star Awards; the International Press Institute’s Press Freedom Awards; and The Orwell Society’s Young Journalists Award 2024.
That’s all from me this week. Thank you so so much as ever for tuning in, I’m going to go for a walk and start preparing for next week. Speak soon! 👋