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Happy Monday! Skim for your weekly roundup of jobs, industry readings, resources and more.

👩 ‘Four years in the front row’: Elle spoke with 23 female journalists — including Maggie Haberman, April Ryan, Jane Mayer, Yamiche Alcindor and others — about what it was like to cover the Trump presidency.

April Ryan of TheGrio said: “One of the things that separates the U.S. from other countries is our free and independent press—a press that is allowed to ask the president anything. So when the president tells me to be quiet and ‘sit down,’ it’s painful.”

📧 ‘A collection of pitches that worked’: Claire Zulkey, a freelance writer for 20 years, collected and published “actual pitches that actually sold to editors at The New York Times, The Atlantic, Folks, Runner’s World, the Costco Connection, Next Avenue, Vulture by New York Magazine, Your Teen, Real Simple and Wine Enthusiast, along with annotations about what worked about them.”

It’s available for $13 on Gumroad.

📝 Dozens of journalism jobs: Applications to be a part of Report for America’s 2021-2022 cohort of journalists are due Jan. 31. There’s dozens of open positions to apply for, including:

• Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting in Phoenix

• The Kansas City Beacon in Missouri

• PublicSource in Pittsburgh

• Asbury Park Press in Neptune, New Jersey

• Block Club Chicago

• San José Spotlight

Thanks for reading!

Mandy

P.S. Here are a few things that fueled this newsletter/me this week:

• ✨ ‘The Hill We Climb’: The poem by Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, gave me chills as I listened to it again this weekend.

• 🍪 Girl Scout cookie season: Thank you to @dariansymone for sharing @profallentweets’ note about ordering cookies online to support Troop 6000, which is “specially designed by Girl Scouts of Greater New York to serve the thousands of girls living in the New York City shelter system,” according to the scouts’ site.

• 🐶 ‘Breaking news: ice is slippery’: Dean the basset hound gave ice hockey a valiant try.

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New York journalism jobs

• Quartz | Emerging Industries Editor (Source: @KiraBind via Twitter)

• The New York Times | Multiple openings, including Visual Designer, Information Graphics; Deputy Editor, Headway; and Senior Manager, Programming (Source: The New York Times)

• The Forward | Multiple openings, including Reporter and Opinion Editor (Source: JournalismJobs.com)

Washington, D.C., area journalism jobs

• The Atlantic, Washington, D.C., or New York | Senior Editor, Culture (Source: @SwatiGauri via Twitter)

• The Washington Post | General Assignment News Desk Editor/Reporter (Source: The Washington Post)

• Daily Beast | Senior Editor, Politics (Source: @thedailybeast via Twitter)

• US News & World Report | Data Editor (Source: JournalismJobs.com)

• FTCWatch | Senior Federal Trade Commission Reporter (Source: Maria Crudele via LinkedIn)

• The Intercept | Story Editor (Politics) (Source: ONA Career Center)

• NPR | Producer, Throughline (Source: NPR)

California journalism jobs

• CapRadio, Chico | Reporter/Program Host, NSPR (Source: @pbartolone via Twitter)

• The Information | Multiple openings, including Alphabet / Google Reporter (SF); AR/VR reporter (NY or SF); AWS-cloud reporter (NY or SF); Creator Economy Reporter (NY or SF); Crypto Reporter (NY or SF); and ‘Gig’ Economy & Autonomous Vehicles Reporter (SF) (Source: The Information)

• Los Angeles Times | Multiplatform Editor, Copy Desk (Source: @AngelJennings via Twitter)

• San Francisco Chronicle | Podcast Host/Producer (Source: @TimothyORourke via Twitter)

• Marketplace, Los Angeles or New York | Editor, Marketplace (Digital) (Source: @KA_marketplace via Twitter)

• San Francisco Examiner | Editor In Chief (Source: LinkedIn)

Northeast journalism jobs

• Hearst Connecticut Media | Multiple openings, including several Reporters, Data Editor, Data Visualization Developer, Newsletter Editor, Web Producers and more (Source: @mandyhofmockel via Twitter)

• MIT Technology Review, Boston preferred but remote an option | Growth Marketing Manager (Source: @RosemaryHKelly via Twitter)

• Here & Now, Boston | Associate Producer (Source: WBUR)

• Boston.com | Staff Writer, Nights (Source: @chris_m_gavin via Twitter)

• VTDigger, Montpelier, Vermont | Multiple openings, including Senior Editor and Deputy Managing Editor (Source: VTDigger)

Texas journalism jobs

• KUT Radio, Austin | Senior Reporter and Correspondent (Source: KUT Radio)

• San Antonio Report | Editor in Chief (Source: ONA Career Center)

Seattle journalism jobs

• The Seattle Times | Multiple openings, including Assistant Metro Editor, Managing Editor and Reporter (General Assignment) (Source: The Seattle Times)

• KUOW, Seattle | KUOW News Director (Source: @arvidinseattle via Twitter)

• InvestigateWest, Seattle (temporarily remote) | News Editor (part-time) (Source: Indeed)

Oklahoma journalism jobs

• Public Radio Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma | News Anchor/Reporter (Source: publicmediajobs.org)

• The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City | Tribal affairs / Watchdog reporter (Source: JournalismJobs.com)

Remote-friendly journalism jobs

• The Wall Street Journal | Audience Interaction Producer (Source: @ammichaud via Twitter)

• Prism | Contributing Editor, Refugee Resettlement (4-month contract) (Source: @prismreports via Twitter)

Journalism jobs across the U.S.

• Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota | Business Reporter (Source: @kellystrib via Twitter)

• The Charlotte Observer | Investigative Reporter (Source: @andybechtel via Twitter)

• The Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina | Business Reporter (Source: JournalismJobs.com)

• St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri | Retail Reporter (Source: JournalismJobs.com)

• Rockford Register Star, Rockford, Illinois | Executive Editor (Source: @scottpyates via Twitter)

• Philadelphia magazine | Freelance lifestyle editor (part-time) (Source: Mediabistro)

• The News Journal, Wilmington, Delaware | Enterprise/Watchdog Reporter (Source: @cristymsilva via Twitter)

• The Kansas City Beacon | Executive Director, Beacon Media Inc. (Source: The Kansas City Beacon)

• The Detroit News | Multiple openings, including Data Reporter, Sports Editor, Assistant Business Editor and Assistant City Editor (Source: LinkedIn)

• Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin | Sports Columnist (Source: JournalismJobs.com)

Internships and fellowships

• Texas Observer | Editorial Fellow, Summer (Source: @TexasObserver via Twitter) Apply by Jan. 29.

• Documented, New York | Isaac Rauch Immigration Policy Reporting Fellowship (Source: IRE Job Center) Apply by Feb. 28.

• Better Government Association, Chicago (remote if there’s a stay-at-home order due to the pandemic) | Investigative Internship (Source: Better Government Association) Apply by March 5.

• Axios, remote | Data Visualization Intern (Source: @DanielleAlberti via Twitter)

• The Forward, New York | Multiple openings, including Editorial Fellow and Internships (Source: JournalismJobs.com)

• The Information, New York or San Francisco | Reporting Intern (Source: The Information)

Bonus opportunities

• “BuzzFeed News is looking for overflow freelance copy editors,” according to a post on the ACES Job Bank.

• Culturas — which describes itself as “a new community and content platform centering BIPOC voices, experiences, news and stories” — is looking for freelance pitches. Check out their pitch guide for a general payment breakdown.

• ProPublica and The Pudding announced they “will be sponsoring need-based scholarships for 25 students to attend an eligible journalism conference in 2021 and/or to contribute toward journalism related expenses such as subscriptions to news publications, software, FOIA fees, or equipment (think cameras, recorders, etc.).”

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No way. Not us. - Maggie

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