For aspiring journalists and photographers from across the world!

The World Curling Federation is pleased to open applications for our Sports Media Trainee Programme 2023, which has been paused for two seasons due to COVID-19.

The programme is designed to give young journalists and photographers the opportunity to gain invaluable, hands-on media experience at an international curling event.

Trainee journalists interview athletes, write features, create content for social media and report on the competition. Photographers will capture, edit and distribute images of the competition.

The work of the trainee journalists and photographers is published on the World Curling Federation website and social media channels. Content will also be used by mainstream news outlets and the Federation’s Member Associations.

Entries will be accepted from those who are between 18-35 years old (by the application deadline), have a passion for sport and a keen interest in writing or photography. Applicants do not need to be enrolled in formal education in order to be eligible for the programme.

The successful candidates will be invited to one of the following World Curling Federation events:

a) World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2023 / World Senior Curling Championships 2023 (Gangneung, Korea) 22-29 April 2023

b) Pan Continental Curling Championships 2023 TBD November

c) Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships 2023 TBD November

The World Curling Federation cover all travel, accommodation and incidental costs for trainees.

How to apply?

Along with their application, photographers must submit a portfolio of ten sports images.

Writers must submit a 500-word essay about the following topic:

Their favourite athlete or moment in sport and how it has influenced their life.
Submit your application by filling in this form by Sunday 19 February 2023 at 5pm (GMT).

Maisonneuve is an award-winning, not-for-profit general-interest magazine, published in English and based in Montreal. We are seeking a brilliant magazine fanatic to join our small but dedicated team. This position is suited to highly motivated individuals who are self-starters, creative thinkers and willing to learn under the leadership of the magazine's editor-in-chief and publisher. While Maisonneuve is based in Montreal, the majority of the work can be completed remotely. We will prioritize candidates who live in the city but welcome applications from elsewhere.

If you are serious about beautifully crafted long-form writing and working in independent media, please apply!

Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Exeter Cathedral is now inviting applications from writers, poets, storytellers, spoken word artists and lyricists, to become the next Riddler in Residence.

Working closely with partners to reach local groups and communities, you will be co-creating a literary response to the heritage of Exeter Cathedral and its significant Library and Archives collections. This is an exciting opportunity to devise and deliver creative workshops with community groups and young people, focusing on themes of nature, environment and heritage.

There will also be time within the residency to create your own response to Exeter Cathedral’s building and treasures, including the 10th century poems and riddles of The Exeter Book. The Exeter Book has UNESCO Memory of the World status, signalling its “outstanding significance” to British and world history. Exeter itself is a UNESCO City of Literature and member of the Cities of Culture global network.

We are looking for an energetic and forward-thinking Associate Producer to take on a vital role for our local afternoon radio program, The Homestretch. You’re someone with interests in a wide range of topics.  You love music and sports and quirky stories, but you also have serious journalistic chops. You are a tenacious and creative chaser and a fast worker. 
 
You will be part of a small, tight-knit team, so strong formal and informal leadership and self-management skills are essential.
 
Your job will be to gather, write, and even present, on air, material for The Homestretch, often on a tight timeframe.  You may also be asked to contribute to our other platforms, with digital or social media items related to stories you gather
You will participate in the production, direction and/or post-production of the show or a program segment.
 
You should be comfortable with the demands and needs of television, radio and online news production.
 
You should have some experience in gathering tape and voicing segments and be comfortable chasing and developing enterprise journalism and original research.
 
Advice, guidance and direction are regularly available from one or more producers, but there is wide latitude for initiative and judgement. There may be opportunities to coordinate the work of others and close cooperation with the program unit is essential. 

Pitch your ideas for Season 3 of Inherited using this form. You are encouraged to submit even if you feel like the idea is just a little sprout. We'll meet you where you are, and help you grow it!

Inherited is a storytelling podcast about climate change produced by, for, and about young adults, especially BIPOC folks and those from systemically marginalized communities. To read more about us and listen to seasons 1+2, check out our website at https://yr.media/inherited/ – or find our back catalog wherever you get your podcasts. We are particularly interested in stories that focus on systemic challenges/experiences, rather than those focused on individual responsibility (i.e. "use paper straws"). 

Season 3 will be built around themes of earth, air, fire, water, and ~ ether ~ through our ongoing lens of climate and youth. This concept of the 5 elements of nature is cross-cultural, multi-disciplinary, and can be interpreted many different ways!

These themes are very broad so no need to try to box your story into one if it doesn't fit. If you're not sure or you don't think your story fits into any of the five, please submit anyway and we'll help you find it a home!

The massive, hilarious, and surprising mistakes in science - and why these happy accidents sometimes lead to brilliant discoveries.

While we are open to other stand-out creative directions, PBS Digital Studios is interested in pursuing a new and exciting angle for this series that plays off the exponential growth in the “get ready with me”, unboxing, and satisfying organization trends on TikTok and YouTube. These trends have grown into a unique space where the host/creator is talking about something totally different than what is happening/what they are doing. We want to emulate that. We imagine this show as featuring our host in the lab doing something science related (maybe the series follows them building or designing their lab, doing science experiments that are perhaps related to the story in some way, seeing the ‘behind the scenes’ of lab work) while recounting funny stories of scientific mess ups from history, and what we’ve learned from them. The science element of the episodes should have an interesting outcome that the viewers can take away, in addition to the story that they learned. (Similar to Make Up x Muder Mystery below, viewers get to see the process of the make up and perhaps learn techniques from that, but then also are entertained by the murder mystery story.)

Format
Your show should be 8-12 YouTube episodes between 7 - 15 minutes, and include 8-12 short vertical videos for distribution on social platforms.

Eight fellows will be selected via an open application process. Applicants to the program must:

• Be of at least one of the following priority groups: Black, Indigenous, a person of colour
• Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada
• An emerging or sophomore storyteller (please see "Applicants" section below for more information)
• NOT be currently enrolled as a full-time student
• Be able to participate in lab taking place on Wednesday evenings, 5:00-6:00 pm (EST) between June and August 2023 (subject to change)
• Have a non-fiction limited podcast series idea in early development that can be honed in September and October 2023 in preparation for an in-person October 2023 showcase event in Toronto. (Please see "Projects" section below for more information)

Making Contact is an award-winning, 29-minute weekly documentary-style public affairs program heard on over a hundred radio stations in the United States and across the world.

Making Contact tells stories that go beyond the breaking news to showcase voices and perspectives often excluded by corporate media. We focus on the human realities of politics and the connections between local and global events through a social justice lens. We are committed to uplifting the voices of people and movements who are doing the work on the ground and to the practice of movement journalism as a means of social change.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• We are seeking pitches for sound-rich, narrative audio features with in-person reporting on these issue areas:
• Environmental justice and the climate crisis
• Economic justice, labor and workers’ rights
• Immigration and migration
• Indigenous sovereignty and rights
• Racial justice 
• LGBTQIA+ and gender issues
• Health disparities and justice, including reproductive justice
• State violence, policing and the prison-industrial complex from an abolitionist perspective

Season 7 has come to a close, but we're already looking for stories for 2023. If you have a moment from your past that you need help resolving, send us an email at heavyweight@gimletmedia.com

We are currently soliciting pitches for Issue 19 of Logic(s): supa dupa skies (move slow and heal things)

Pitch window closes on January 27, 2023

These media layoffs are damn depressing. I’ve been there and it sucks. I’m always looking for West Coast travel and consumer auto trend pieces at Via, a AAA magazine. Pitch us at viamail@viamagazine.com. Pay ranges from $1/word to $400 flat fee, depending on the story.

Lonely Planet is looking to expand their list of expert writers throughout France. 

In particular, we're looking for expertise in:

- Burgundy
- Brittany
- Champagne
- Corsica
- Loire Valley
- Normandy
- Occitania

Digital rates are upwards of $300 and will be assigned with an eye to taking on a print project (rates upwards of $1,500 dependent on word count and research times).

New call for pitches from @techreview, for our upcoming issue on ⭐️accessibility⭐️. We're looking for *big* swings: narrative features, investigations, essential profiles, and sharp essays at the intersection of accessibility+technology. Rates: $1-2/word. Pitch deadline: Feb 3

Pitch call! Cosmo is seeking reported features for the PRIDE ISSUE. As an editor and moreover as a queer, I welcome lively departures from the well-meaning yet starchy ��️‍��LGBTQ+ Content™️ media outlets tend to generate in June. Let’s be ungovernable. $1.50-$2/word. Deadline: 1/30.

As a Content Strategist  you will create and maintain rich content based on customer needs and use cases. You will work with teammates to ensure content accuracy and establish best practices for creation, maintenance, and quality assurance of content.  

Responsibilities of the position:  

• Create and maintain rich content for airlines, based on an in-depth understanding of their product and specific use cases 
• Craft merchandising strategies leveraging ATPCO's retailing solutions  
• Effectively manage and enforce complex governance and content approval processes 
• Maintain strong relationships with airline clients via regularly scheduled check-in calls