ZDNet, a global news and advice brand that helps professionals embrace innovation at work and in life,  is looking for detail-oriented individuals with extensive experience working in the world of taxes to join our Finance Review Board.

As a contract reviewer, you will be instrumental in helping fact-check our content by drawing on your professional experience. Responsibilities include identifying and suggesting corrections for inaccurate or misleading information, helping provide clarity on complicated topics, and/or identifying important information omitted from the copy.

You will review content for ZDNet’s Finance category. Your byline will accompany the content you review and include a link to your bio and headshot.

We are currently looking for experts with extensive experience in various facets of personal finance, specifically taxes. Experience writing related content is a plus. This is a freelance opportunity.

Hi copy editors, proofreaders, production editors, and other people interested in working on glorious books—I'll be announcing an open call for freelance proofreaders, copy editors, and cold readers this winter. Our test will be available for one month, and applicants can expect to hear back by the following month.

Dates TK, but a heads-up for prod ed ppl seeking freelance opportunities with Catapult, Counterpoint, and Soft Skull Press! ✨ 📚 😎 

Documented is seeking a creative senior researcher to support our expanding investigations into threats to our democracy. This is an exciting opportunity for an organized, motivated individual to hone their investigative and professional skills and have a real impact. You would be joining a team of researchers, journalists and policy experts who are committed to exposing the ways in which organized special interests are undermining the freedom to vote, protections for marginalized communities, and a free and fair judiciary. This role includes frequent work with outside media and others.

We're hiring for our research/curation roles for Tailwind. ~3-5 hours/week digging-up, surfacing, and organizing content for niche newsletters. Basically getting paid to go down rabbit holes and curate interesting content!

Applications for the 2024-2025 Writer in Residence at Saskatoon Public Library are now open.

The Writer in Residence is a full-time term position open to writers from across Canada who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents. This individual acts as a mentor to writers in and around Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, reviewing manuscripts and providing criticism and advice about publishing. The Writer offers individual consultations, group workshops and programs, author readings and participates in other special events during their residency.

In addition to working directly with local writers, the Writer in Residence program enables the author to work on their own writing projects. This residency requires working collaboratively with the public through individual consultations, school visits, group workshops and public lectures or seminars. The position requires 36.25 hours a week: 14.5 hours (40 percent) of the author’s time will be devoted to library programs and projects, while 21.75 hours (60 percent) will be used for their own creative writing.

Looking for a freelance Make Developer to help out on an invoicing system project. 

IndieReader, one of the original book review services for small press, hybrid and self-published authors, is looking for professional book reviewers with previous editorial experience (preferably writing book reviews).

The position pays $40-$45 per 350-400 word review. Reviewers will be credited for their work.

Please submit three book review samples along with your CV.

The CBC’s Parliamentary bureau in Ottawa is looking for an energetic and creative senior writer to join the team behind the award-winning show Power & Politics.

You must have the panache and self-confidence to bring our programming to life. You think on your feet, enjoy working in a fast-paced breaking news environment and aspire to inform, entertain and enlighten our audiences.

The writer will shape the on-air voice of Power & Politics. The successful candidate must be able to write clear, concise broadcast copy, while incorporating the show’s personality. The position involves visual storytelling through the use of video and graphics - all this while meeting the tight deadlines of a live 2-hour daily television show.  The writer is a key member of the show’s editorial team.

While this is primarily a television production job, a comfort level with all media lines is essential. You will also have experience developing and executing social media strategies to help expand the journalistic footprint of Power & Politics beyond the traditional media platforms, and outside the program’s two-hour daily broadcast. You will have the ability to write online content based on stories generated by Power & Politics.

The hours of work will be Monday to Friday from 11:00 to 19:15 but are subject to change due to operational requirements.

Descriptive Video Works (owned by Keywords Studios www.keywordsstudios.com) is recognized in the audiovisual industry as a leading provider of Audio Description (AD) in North America: https://descriptivevideoworks.com/. DVW is building a global team to manage the creation of audio description for blind and low-vision consumers of film and television content for its growing international client base. We have recently successfully expanded our services into Latin America and Europe and continue to grow our team. We are therefore looking for a candidate who share our commitment to accessibility to join our team.

DVW is seeking experienced freelance Hindi language audio description script writers and/or QC'ers to join our growing team.

Static Media’s site Tasting Table is looking for enthusiastic freelance original recipe developers to join our team. Ideal candidates have at least three years of experience creating original recipes for the web, including step-by-step instructions and photos similar to the recipe content we share on Tasting Table. We are looking for creative individuals who are self-sufficient and versatile. These positions are work-from-home with flexible, stable hours. Location does not matter; U.S. and international candidates are encouraged to apply.

We are seeking an experienced Content Designer focused on Game Developer Documentation to work closely with our Netflix Games Developer Platform (NGDP) team, a group made of front-end and backend engineers, product designers, product managers, additional content designers, and other cross-functional partners. The NGDP team works with multiple internal teams to build innovative features that our game developer partners use in their games – such as usernames, leaderboards, push notifications, cloud saves, and more.

As our games effort grows, we’re seeking a full-time Content Designer to lead workstreams in game developer support and documentation, creating a best-in-class experience for how our internal and external game developers ingest all the technical information and requirements needed to implement our unique online services for mobile and cloud games on Netflix.

The ideal candidate will have experience in Content Design/Content Strategy, UX Writing, and Technical Writing, with the ability to multitask while working in a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment. They’ll be self-motivated, proactive, highly organized, and have a steadfast attention to detail. They’ll work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, particularly with engineers, to ingest and synthesize complex technical information. They’ll also be able to prioritize their own work, communicate effectively, and represent their work to key stakeholders. And of course, they’ll have a passion for, and deep knowledge of, games and games development.

YOU ARE:

- an educated writer
- skilled in science-based research
- with a developed craft of calm, thoughtful writing that inspires
- and tech savvy in G-Suite, Trello and able to get up to speed in Airtable, Miro, etc.
- professional, self-reliant, self-directed, known for your follow-through
- a native or highly fluent English speaker
- anywhere in the world (this is a remote post)

One of my friends is looking for technical writers who can write about virtualization, running Windows applications on a Mac, Mac how-tos, and how to free up your memory on your computer. Think VMWare. This is a paid freelance position at $400 per 1,000-1,500 word piece. If interested, DM me and I can connect you.

Wondery is hiring for a Freelance Senior Story Editor/Lead Writer for a new weekly narrative show that tells contemporary and historical stories about royals from around the globe. This role will work closely and collaboratively with writers, producers, and hosts. We’re looking for an experienced storyteller who can easily inhabit other people’s points of view, pivot between comedy and tragedy, and find hidden and surprising parallels between today’s headlines and events from the past.

This is a full-time six month contract position with the possibility to extend. We’re looking for someone to start ASAP. Compensation is based on experience and skillset and will be no less than $2,100 per week.

Hi all. A former student in my travel writing class is working on a memoir and is looking at hiring someone to guide her through the process. I don’t have the time to do that right now but if anyone on here does that kind of work please let me know. Thanks!

Please contact Don Genova for more information at don@dongenova.com.