Calls for pitches that don't include pay rates are exclusionary. Research has shown that when pay details aren't shared, women, BIPOC and other underrepresented folks are negatively impacted. Crafting quality pitches takes time. Respect us = share rates.
#PayTransparency
Via
@The_IIJ
:
@CNTraveler
is accepting pitches for various subject areas, including women who travel, cruising, outdoors, and city guides.
Rates: $300+
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@nytimes
' Modern Love podcast is hiring a seasoned audio editor to lead the Modern Love team, set the show's editorial ambition and define the sound of the show. 7+ yrs' experience in audio. Salary range: $118,000-$128,000.
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@yalereview
is accepting pitches on a rolling basis for essays & criticism on literature, art, history, & politics to film, television, music, & internet subcultures. $500-$1,500 for print nonfiction, $200-$500 for online pieces.
Out There podcast seeks pitches for Spring 2024 season on SILENCE--they're looking for outdoor stories from diverse voices that explore how we find stillness amidst the noise. Pay: $550 - $1,100.
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@AP
is hiring a reporter to cover philanthropy & focus on how technology & Generation Z have disrupted philanthropy, fundraising & the institutions that relied on traditional donations to operate. Remote. Deadline: Nov. 27. Salary range: $46,047-$80,714.
Via
@The_IIJ
:
@nytimes
' Sunday opinion section is looking for reported essays, opinion-y features, or big swing arguments with original ideas and sharp writing.
Rate: $500.
Pitch guide:
**FREE** For anyone who wants an audio DAW to help improve their audio production skills/workflow - or for those who want to use something with a few more plugins available, there's now a new FREE version of ProTools available 🎧📻 cc
@SRA
.
@WonderyMedia
is hiring an Associate Producer to support on day-to-day production for multiple topical always-on shows. Must love pop culture, research, and has a strong attention to detail. Starts Aug. 2023, no less than $1,400/week, 35-40 hours.
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@sorayashock
leaving audio, journalism, and media organizing is, sadly, a symbol of major structural problems in our media industry. Take note of what she says here and please, keep organizing. 👇🏽
Last week was the end of my time
@NPR
. It was also the end of my time in journalism.
I have spent close to a decade making audio & fighting for the rights of my colleagues as an organizer
@GimletUnion
, contract action mem
@NYTimesGuild
& steward
@WeMakeNPR
.
We love it when people tag us, DM us, or otherwise ping us about opportunities we should all be sharing with one another--regardless of whether we'd like the gig for ourselves.
Please help us share them wide & welcome new storytellers into the craft.
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@highcountrynews
is hiring an Indigenous Affairs Editor to help guide the magazine's journalism and produce stories that are important to Indigenous communities and tribal nations across the Western US. Salary range: $72,493-$80,548. Remote.
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@TheAtlantic
is hiring an associate producer for its podcasts team. 2+ yrs' experience editing audio with ProTools or other audio editing programs. Salary range: $65,000-$80,000. Based in NYC or DC.
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@AP
seeks a Spanish-language journalist to cover water, climate change & biodiversity in Latino communities in the US. This newsperson can be based in any U.S. bureau with an AP office. Pay range: $72,365 - $80,714. Apply by July 4.
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@CultureStrike
, a women of color, artist-led org that imagines a world where power is distributed equitably and where we live in harmony with nature, is hiring a storytelling associate. Jan-June 2024. Salary range: $65k-$70k.
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@oralhistory
is funding up to $4,000 for one project (or, one applicant) to undertake oral history research in situations of crisis in the US and internationally. Deadline: April 15.
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@currentpubmedia
is hiring a reporter to cover public media — including PBS, NPR and stations — through a website and quarterly print publication. 3-5 yrs' experience. FT, remote. Salary range: $54,000-$60,000.
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@nyu_journalism
is looking for someone to oversee the Ethics & Journalism Initiative's website, supervise contributors, create & oversee EJI’s social-media & newsletter & administer a journalism-ethics award. Pay range: $70,000-$100,000. Based in NYC.
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@girlrising
is inviting all genders of environmental activists & storytellers (writers, filmmakers, photographers) ages 17-25 from around the world to apply for our Future Rising Fellowship. $5,000 stipend. Deadline: June 29.
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@StoryCorps
is hiring an Executive Producer to focus on supporting the production of stories for its Brightness in Black Initiative, a temp position set to end December 31, 2024. Salary range: $105,000 - $115, 000. Remote. Min. 7 yrs' experience.
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@highcountrynews
is looking for a Grant Writer for a year freelance contract. ~10 hrs/wk to draft grant proposals, file & update progress reports, track foundation deadlines and grant deliverables, and identify new foundation prospects.
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@prx
Production Unit is seeking episode pitches for their Monuments series coming this fall. Story guide for the series and submission form is below:
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@nytimes
' Investigations desk is seeking a resourceful, collaborative and detail-oriented journalist to run The Times’ confidential tip line, known as TipJar. FT, based in NYC. Salary range: $108,872-$125,000.
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@sfchronicle
is hiring a bilingual reporter who can cover the lives, challenges and priorities of the growing and diverse AAPI communities in Bay Area. Based in San Francisco. Salary not listed.
Hey friends and followers, our time on this bird app will at some point (maybe soon) come to an end because of x's politics/(mis)management.
We haven't found an adequate substitute. Any ideas for another platform that would work well with what we've been doing here?
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@teamtrace
is seeking an editorial assistant to support and collaborate with editors and reporters and tend to its growing nonprofit newsroom. Based in NYC. Salary: $60-65k.
The Jewish Writers' Initiative is offering a yearlong fellowship that gives digital-first storytellers the opportunity to develop, launch & grow original audio/visual media exploring Jewish themes. Up to $25,000 in funding. Deadline: Oct. 30.
"I think about ... who can choose to prioritize their creative goals, take potentially career-making risks, invest precious years in this work without the guarantee of financial stability."
Future Rising Fellows
@girlrising
= $5,000 stipend & virtual yr-long program on storytelling training, professional development & creative enrichment. Eligibility = aged 17-25 working to address critical issues @ intersection of climate and gender justice.
Celluloid Dreams is opening submissions for film analyses, artwork and illustrations inspired by the cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky for their first publication. Deadline: December 15. Send your work to dreamscelluloid
@gmail
.com. Pay not listed.
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@ClimatePower
is hiring an Associate for its Digital Communications team to help execute a smart, targeted digital communications program across social and web channels. 1+ yrs' experience. Remote. Salary: $56,000- $66,696.
Early-career audio makers: Apply to
@AIRmedia
New Voices!
Selected New Voices receive mentorship, professional development support, structured networking sessions with leaders in the industry and a $1,000 stipend. Deadline: May 15.
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@ClimateHome
wants your accountability journalism stories on the trends and actors shaping the renewable energy supply chain. $1,600/story, including photos and videos.
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@StoryCorps
is hiring a FT, remote producer will focus on high-quality, original stories for StoryCorps’ broadcast series, to air nationally on NPR. Pay per hour: $30.22 - $31.87. Deadline: May 29.
Via
@AIRmedia
:
@reelworld
seeks an interviewer to record short listener/street interviews for use in imaging production. You'll talk to people about music and culture. This is a freelance, remote position, based in the US. Pay is approx, $100/hour.
Via
@AIRmedia
: Recent layoffs are leaving hundreds of skilled audio professionals in an industry with scarce opportunities. Join a panel with industry professionals on navigating changes. April 14, 11am PT. Free & open to the public. Register:
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@Borderless_Mag
is seeking a visionary editorial director to serve as the news outlet’s primary editor, mentor emerging journalists and lead their expanded investigative work. Based in Chicago, at least 10 yrs' experience. Pay range: $75,000 to $90,000.
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@AIRmedia
is accepting applications for New Voices to provide space, opportunity and community to underrepresented independents in audio. $1,000 stipend. Deadline: May 17.
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@NPR
is hiring an Associate Editor, Morning Edition to be the voice and writer behind NPR’s flagship newsletter, Up First. Based in DC. At least 3 yrs' experience. $42.06 per hour.
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@NPR
is hiring a Managing Editor, Digital Audience Growth & Engagement. Minimum 10 yrs' relevant managerial or professional experience. Hybrid. Salary range: $180,000- $215,000.
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@inheritedpod
is looking for pitches! Inherited is a storytelling podcast about climate change produced by, for, and about young adults, especially BIPOC folks and those from systemically marginalized communities. Deadline: Jan. 31.
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@ConversationUS
is hiring a PT (7.5-10 hrs/week) for its Outreach Team in pitching their stories for republication to our network of hundreds of publishers.
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@voxmedia
is looking for a freelance reporter or writer to help create a Religion section of their style guidance. This is a temp, PT position. This is a 4 week contract. Pay range: $33-$40/hour. Deadline: May 12.
We're reaching 500 folks--please help us spread the word!
@NarrativeGigs
is run by two independent storytellers/journalists like you & we want to keep spreading the opportunities far & wide.
And as always, please tag us or DM us with any gigs. Always happy to share.
Environmental journalists: Apply to
@CU_CEJ
as a Ted Scripps Fellow. As a fellow, you’ll audit classes and pursue an independent project of your own design. Stipend of $80,000, in Boulder, CO. Deadline: March 1.
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@WonderyMedia
is hiring a PT Story Editor for a new season of a true crime limited series focused on infamous Hollywood crime stories. Pays no less than $1,000/week. Start date: January 2.
We! Are! Hiring! We're looking for science news reporter to join Scientific American
@sciam
. This is a new role, designed for an early career journalist. Come join a welcoming, kind, creative, exciting team
Via
@The_IIJ
:
@ABNativeNews
is looking for reporters who can write about the issues Indigenous peoples in Alberta—home to First Nation communities in Treaty 6, 7, & 8 traditional territories, Metis settlements, and both urban and rural settlements—face.
Want to work as a story editor?
Last info session for Editors' Bootcamp is tomorrow 6pmEST. RSVP! .
@Serrano___
- a grad - will answer Q's.
Applications open on 10/31. You have weekends to do homework & one grad will get a freelance gig w/
@neonhummedia
.
@NovelPodcasts
is about to begin production on a podcast about K-pop, and they're looking for an aspiring K-pop star to attend a 3-month course at a K-pop academy in Seoul, South Korea (!!!)
writer tip: at this rate, please do pitch a story to multiple outlets at once *while also tailoring your angle to each!* you lose time & money waiting for one (1) very busy editor to get back to you (but i still say pitch only one ed at one pub at a time—we do share pitches)
@doxellis
Hey Justin, the pitch guide is missing pay rate information. It's essential that freelancers know what kind of pay they're looking at before putting in the labor to pitch.
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@TheVerge
is hiring a weekend editor to focus on how technology will change life in the future for a massive mainstream audience. FT, remote, pay range is: $73,000—$87,600.
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@resolvephilly
is looking to hire someone to help lead their Documenters project. This is a mixture of editing and project management. FT, based in Philadelphia, salary is $75,000.
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@thewalrus
is seeking an Editorial Fellow & a Senior Editorial Fellow. Remote, 12-month, starting in June. Fellows have the opportunity to hone fact-checking & research skills, participate in story meetings & attend seminars. Deadline: April 21.
Let's hear it for the "good old days" when white men got away with everything, when "objectivity" kept all BIPOC out of newsrooms and pay was shitty but we didn't complain!
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@voxdotcom
is assigning stories on climate change, coexistence and new frameworks for conservation; the green energy transition; politics; and solutions, adaptation, and resilience. Pay: $1/word. Email story ideas to climate
@vox
.com.
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@Jezebel
, the seminal media outlet devoted to feminism, is on the hunt for its next Editor in Chief. Min. 5 yrs' experience. Based in NYC. Salary range: $125,000-$180,000.
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@CapitalBNews
is hiring a Deputy National Editor who will bring a keen understanding of issues and institutions affect Black people in America today and the historical context that led us here. 7+ yrs' experience. Salary: $90,000 - $110,000. Remote.
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@yesmagazine
is welcoming pitches about the communities, organizations, and individuals who are redefining growth, prosperity, and the very idea of success. Deadline: June 20. Pay not listed.
Another great opp from
@ReportingHealth
:
A data fellowship offering training on data acquisition, cleaning, analysis & visualization led by some of the most skilled data reporters & journalists. $2,000 stipend & professional mentorship. Deadline: July 17.
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@el_timpano
is on the lookout for a passionate and dynamic Managing Editor to join their innovative community-driven news organization. 5+ yrs' experience. Salary range: $95,000-$110,000. Based in Bay Area. Deadline: February 20.
I'm walking out on my job with a
@Gannett
newspaper for 24 hours because I shouldn't have to dog sit for extra cash with a skilled FT job that I love and crush. The importance of our work in
#localnews
cannot be overstated. We should be paid and treated better.
#Gannettwalkout
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@voxmedia
is seeking an Associate Producer to help with The Verge’s premiere audio show: Decoder with Nilay Patel. FT and remote. Pay range: $70,000—$84,000.
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@PulitzerPrizes
is hiring an Events and Outreach Manager is responsible for researching, planning, organizing, publicizing, and overseeing the execution of outside public events. Salary Range: $87,000-$100,000. 4-6 yrs' relevant experience.
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@nextgenradio
&
@WBHM
are hosting a NextGenRadio project to train young audio storytellers living in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Deadline: April 7.
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@iseechange
runs a community engagement & data platform that allows communities to capture data on weather impacts & allows local decision makers to use it to plan for it in the face of climate change. They're hiring storytelling adjacent folks.
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@MLK50Memphis
is hiring a managing editor to supervise reporters & work closely with the visuals editor, digital editor & audience engagement manager.
Salary starts at $85,000. At least 8 yrs' experience. Based in Memphis, TN metro area.
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@scifri
is seeking an experienced science journalist to join their Audience Team as Senior Editor. Open for full-time remote work or can be based in NYC offices. Apply by April 23. $80,000 – $90,000.
We’re trying something new @ Third Coast: every Wednesday morning, we'll meet you here on Twitter to amplify a handful of opportunities, resources, people & perspectives in the audio industry, what we’re calling Community Spotlights. We’ll tweet out a handful of these every week.
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@hrw
is hiring a Junior Producer/Editor, Audio-Visual who can edit & post-produce compelling video stories. Start in July or August. Ideally based in Berlin, Johannesburg, London, New York, or DC. Pay range: $60,000-$66,000. Deadline: June 4.
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@NBCUniversal
is seeking a temp, PT writer (20 hours/week) to help expand its late night and SNL coverage. Salary: $31.25-36.08/hour , 20 hours a week. Remote.
Via
@The_IIJ
: How to pitch
@vulture
's Recommendations Editor.
For a more detailed rundown of what Vulture is looking for, take a look at their pitch guide.