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‘The Star Tribune isn’t the only local newspaper that’s growing’: Kristen Hare wrote for Poynter about the renaming of The Star Tribune “to reflect its expanding ambitions,” plus statewide efforts at other news outlets from The Advocate/Times-Picayune to The Post and Courier to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
‘Why the reliable office workhorse rarely gets ahead’: Rachel Feintzeig wrote for The Wall Street Journal about how “working too hard can hurt your career trajectory, but there are other paths to office stardom.”
+ Also from WSJ: “After a pay boom, raises are shrinking”
‘How did this get made?’ Writer Jen A. Miller shared in her newsletter, Notes from a Hired Pen, how she pitched two ideas to The New York Times, including her emails to editors, the timeline for acceptance and a little behind the scenes information on how they both got published.
+ Also from Miller: “Dealing with freelancer summer doldrums”
Thanks for reading!
Mandy
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New York journalism jobs
The New York Times | Fact Checker, Books (Source: The New York Times) 💰
Newsday, Melville | Multiple openings, Reporter - Business (Personal Finance); Reporter - Investigations; Assistant Managing Editor - Business; Reporter-Nassau Politics; and more (Source: Robert Shields via LinkedIn) 💰
Quartz | Staff Reporter (Source: Dan Hirschhorn via LinkedIn) 💰
NBC News Digital | Manager, Audience Development (Source: Jason Mandragona via LinkedIn) 💰
Rest of World, New York preferred though location flexible | Social Video Producer (contract) (Source: J. Gabriel Boylan via LinkedIn) 💰
Washington, D.C., area journalism jobs
The Washington Post | News Designer (Source: The Washington Post) 💰
ProPublica | Reporter, D.C. (Source: Talia Buford via LinkedIn) 💰
Politico | Congressional Reporter (Source: Politico)
International Center for Journalists | Program Director (Source: International Center for Journalists) 💰
WETA/NewsHour Productions | Associate Producer, Foreign Affairs (Source: JournalismJobs.com) 💰
Inside Washington Publishers | Federal Policy Reporter (Source: JournalismJobs.com)
California journalism jobs
Los Angeles Times | Director of Audience Engagement and Platforms (Source: JournalismJobs.com)
Berkeleyside | Education Reporter (Source: Pamela Turntine via LinkedIn) 💰
Apple News, Culver City | Apple News Editor, Local News (Source: Lauren King via LinkedIn) 💰
The Sacramento Bee | Multiple openings, including California Governor Reporter and Legislative Reporter (Source: Rhema Thompson Bland via LinkedIn) 💰
The San Francisco Standard | Editorial Design Director (Source: Jon Steinberg via LinkedIn) 💰
The Bakersfield Californian | Sports Reporter (Source: JournalismJobs.com) 💰
Texas journalism jobs
The Dallas Morning News | Multiple openings, including Workforce and Economic Mobility Reporter; Events Producer; Energy and Natural Resources Reporter; Real Estate Reporter; Public Safety Editor; Deputy Breaking News Editor; Education Lab Reporter; High School Sports Reporter; Senior Product Manager; and more (Source: Leezel Tanglao via LinkedIn)
San Antonio Express-News | Multiple openings, including Deputy Business Editor and Video Content Producer (Source: Megan (Hughes) Broyd and JJ Velasquez via LinkedIn)
Fort Worth Star-Telegram | Service Journalism Editor (Source: JournalismJobs.com)
Chron, Houston | Culture Reporter (Source: Abigail Rosenthal via LinkedIn)
The Austin American-Statesman | Local News Editor (Source: Bridget Grumet via LinkedIn)
Time Out | Texas and Southern USA Editor (Source: Rossilynne Skena Culgan via LinkedIn)
South Carolina journalism jobs
The State, Columbia | Metro Editor (Source: JournalismJobs.com)
The Island Packet, Hilton Head | Multiple openings, including News Reporter and Senior Reporter (Source: JournalismJobs.com)
Pennsylvania journalism jobs
PublicSource, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Higher Education Reporter (Source: Halle Stockton via LinkedIn) 💰
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Data Reporter (Source: IRE)
Remote-friendly journalism jobs
ProPublica | Product Manager, Engagement and Crowdsourcing Tools (Source: Ben Werdmuller via LinkedIn) 💰
The GroundTruth Project | Training Manager (Source: Rachel Rohr via LinkedIn) 💰
Yahoo News | Editorial Manager, Curation (Source: Coleen O’Lear via LinkedIn) 💰
Outside | Editorial Director (Source: Ryleigh Nucilli via LinkedIn) 💰
Snopes | Remote Digital Reporter (Source: ONA) 💰
The Fuller Project | Editor in Chief (Source: IRE) 💰
Journalism jobs across the U.S.
The Seattle Times | Multiple openings, including Government and Politics Editor and Education Lab Reporter (Source: ONA) 💰
The Emancipator, Boston | Senior Audience Engagement Editor (Source: Adriana Lacy via LinkedIn)
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, St. Petersburg, Florida | Faculty, Journalism Funding Ethics (Source: JournalismJobs.com) 💰
The Times-Picayune | Nola.com, New Orleans | Senior Audience Editor-Sports (Source: Justin Mitchell via LinkedIn)
Honolulu Civil Beat | Economic Inequality Reporter (Source: ONA) 💰
Wisconsin Watch, Madison | Associate Director of Philanthropy (Source: Anna January via LinkedIn) 💰
The Gazette, Denver | Colorado Rockies Beat Reporter (Source: APSE) 💰
Bridge Michigan, Lansing | Outdoors Life Reporter (Source: ONA) 💰
Lee Enterprises, Greensboro or Winston-Salem, North Carolina | Managing Editor/Planning & Audience Engagement (Source: Rachel Crader via LinkedIn)
New Hampshire Public Radio, Concord | Reporter, Youth and Education (Source: JournalismJobs.com) 💰
WUOT, Knoxville, Tennessee | News Director (Source: publicmediajobs.com) 💰
Internships and fellowships
WBUR, Boston | News Fellowship (Source: Cici Yu via LinkedIn) Apply by September 27.💰
LNP Media Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania | Newsroom Intern Spring 2025 (Source: JournalismJobs.com) Apply by October 6. 💰
Newsday, Melville, New York | Social Media Internship (Source: Robert Shields via LinkedIn) 💰
Bonus opportunities
“The National Press Foundation is offering two all-expenses-paid fellowships for the annual Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, October 14–16, 2024,” according to its website. Apply by today.
ProPublica is accepting applications for its Emerging Reporters program. “Selected students will receive a $9K stipend, mentorship, trainings and a trip to a journalism conference,” Talia Buford wrote on LinkedIn. Apply by September 3.
Applications are open for McGraw Fellowships for Business Journalism from the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, according to a posting on IRE. The fellowships “provide experienced journalists with a grant up to $15,000 and the editorial support needed to produce deeply reported enterprise and investigative stories that delve into critical issues related to the global economy, business or finance,” the post shows. Apply by October 6.
Freelance writer Kaitlyn Arford shared dozens of opportunities for journalists, copywriters and more on Friday.
Halt! Who goes there? - Maggie
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