✍️ Journalism Jobs, Internships, Fellowships, Events, Awards and Salaries ✍️ — May 1
30 fellowships and grants; 60 events and workshops; 500+ new journalism jobs and openings; 250+ new media salaries added
Hello folks and welcome to another edition of Inside The Newsroom, home of the world’s largest journalism job board and calendar. This week we have another 500+ new openings, 35+ calendar entries, as well as another update to our media salaries database. Check out individual updates on all of that below.
Friday is World Press Freedom Day, with the UN this year hosting its annual day of events in Chile. For anyone unable to make it to Chile, I’ve included a number of free events and webinars below.
We also have a couple of sponsored openings immediately below, so do check them out as well. If you want to sponsor/promote an opening of your own, you can do so by filling out this quick form and I’ll get right back to you.
That’s all from me today, write to me if you have any issues or questions — daniellevitt32@gmail.com. Until then, speak to you again soon!
💼 New Jobs and Internships
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.
We added another 504 jobs and internships to the board this weekend, including the following cities: Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Bath, Birmingham, Boston, Bristol, Buffalo, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Dayton, Denver, Detroit, Hertfordshire, Houston, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Los Angeles, Manchester, Miami, Montreal, Nashville, Newcastle, New Orleans, New York, Norwich, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Orlando, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Sacramento, Saint Paul, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Washington, D.C., Wichita and Yorkshire.
And check out our featured opening below…
🆕 The Video Consortium
The Video Consortium is a global nonprofit media organization that connects and supports today's nonfiction filmmakers and visual journalists to tell bold stories that change the world.
Director, Local Video Journalism Program
Location: Remote, U.S.
Ideal Candidate: 4+ years working as a video/documentary journalist, video producer, and/or multimedia editor within US-based local newsrooms; Negotiating and partnership prowess: experience in brokering successful partnerships with positive impact; Passion, enthusiasm, and excitement for building new things from the ground up; Meticulous and nuanced written and oral communication skills; Excellent project management skills and extreme organizational abilities.
Salary: $70,000-$74,000
Deadline: May 6
🆕 Searchlight New Mexico
Searchlight New Mexico is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization dedicated to investigative reporting. In a landscape of shrinking media resources, their mission is to focus high-impact journalism on topics of local, regional and national interest in order to allow the public to see into the remote recesses of government and to expose abuses of power.
Location: Santa Fe, NM
Ideal Candidate: 5+ years experience in significant newsroom leadership roles in a newsroom; Clear understanding of First Amendment and the highest regard for upholding those standards; Experience in high-level decision-making with complex, impactful or sensitive news content; History of successful leadership, innovation and goal achievement; Demonstrated strong competitive instincts and intellectual curiosity; Demonstrated ability to effectively manage and coordinate in an environment of accountability.
🗓️ Journalism Calendar
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.
Right now we have 105 active calendar entries, of which 38 are new. They’re broken down as follows: 30 fellowships and grants (7 new); 60 events and workshops (26 new); 15 awards (5 new)
Fellowships and grants with deadlines approaching include the Find Your Mentor Program from Digital Women Leaders, the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Reporting Grant, and Poynter’s Transgender Coverage Reporting Grant.
Among free upcoming webinars and events include the The Intersections of Press Freedom and the Environment hosted by the Society of Environmental Journalists, Springer Nature's webinar on Science for a Sustainable Future, Media Freedom Rapid Response’s event on Europe’s Press Freedom Battlegrounds, Amnesty International’s webinar on the Voices Amidst Conflict: Protecting Journalists on World Press Freedom Day, The National Press Club’s even on Updates and Status of Cases of U.S. Journalists Austin Tice and Evan Gershkovich, AI and the Future of Journalism: Human Rights Reporting, by the Journalists and Writers Foundation, and Columbia University's The Future of Press Freedom: Democracy, Law, and the News.
And approaching award and competition deadlines include the IJ4EU Impact Award by the Investigative Journalism For Europe, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s Mountain Photo Essay Competition, and the Online News Association’s 2024 Online Journalism Awards.
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💰 Media Salaries Database
We added another 250+ new media salaries to our database this week, taking the total number of records to almost 7,400. New organizations include ABC News, Argus Media, Associated Press, BBC News, CBS News, CBS Sports, CNBC, Disney, Dotdash Meredith, ESPN, KABC, KTLA, KTXL, Los Angeles Times, Minnesota Public Radio, NBC News, TNT Sports and the Toledo Free Press.
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