Young Journos in Scotland Newsletter #29
Job Opportunities: Bauer Media Group, BBC Radio Orkney, BAFTA Scotland
Hi, everybody! I hope you’re all well and managing with this scorching heat (hello climate emergency) 🌞 Despite being Italian, I’m in my full vampire mode right now 🧛
Welcome to the Young Journos in Scotland Newsletter, a weekly rundown of the best journalist and writing opportunities in Scotland.
My name is Iris and I am an Italian multimedia journalist based in Glasgow, currently working as a part-time Digital Engagement Editor at Bella Caledonia. You can find me on Instagram and Twitter 🌻
As usual, below you’ll find the most recent job opportunities in the Scottish media industry (plus some extra freelance and home-working gigs).
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Issue #29 - Thursday 22 July
As previously anticipated, we have an exciting collaboration coming up next week!
Our friends over at Case by Case, a newsletter that publishes great and FREE pitches for you to transform and take for yourself (no strings attached), is going to create some exclusive content for you lovely subscribers.
Keep your eyes peeled because we are gonna feature some article ideas you can use for your freelance or staff work or for job interviews!
Loads of jobs at Reach, some examples:
Bauer Media Group is looking for a Multimedia News and Sports Reporter based in Scotland.
Exciting jobs in Dundee offered by DC Thomson, including:
STV is looking for Runners and a Self Shooting Producer Director based in Glasgow.
BBC Radio Orkney is hiring a Journalist, they’re open to flexible working.
Women’s magazine Platinum Magazine is looking for feature ideas covering health and wellness, sex and relationships, and inspiring real-life stories relevant to a 50+ women's audience.
Harriet Hall is looking for freelance lifestyle journalists to do some lifestyle news shifts at the Independent.
Josephine Price is commissioning for the National Geographic Travel UK’s website.
May Woods from Green Queen Magazine is looking for pitches on:
medical cannabis quietly legalised in Ireland ‘as a last resort’;
the implications of potential legalisation at a federal level in the US.
Jenna Mahale is looking for ideas for i-d.
Rolling Stone is seeking ambitious long-form stories on the business of music.
WeAreEurope is looking for pitches for their next issue, looking at disinformation and the consequences offline.
Calm is hiring an Editorial Producer to work on its vertical Work Life.
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) is hiring a Science Writer Consultant to work from home.
BAFTA Scotland is looking for a talented Learning, Inclusion and Talent Producer to join its team.
RES is searching for an experienced Content Creator (Communications) at their Glasgow office.
Screen Scotland is looking for a Screen Production and Skills Officer based in Edinburgh.
The University of Edinburgh has some comms vacancies open. You can apply to become their new Student Digital Communications Officer or their new Communications and Events Administrator.
Foreign journalists completing their master’s degrees at colleges and universities in the United States can apply for this scholarship offered by the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents in the United States (AFPC-USA).
Documentarians are invited to submit their films on human rights to the Watch Docs Festival, organized by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, which will take place Dec. 3 to 10 in Warsaw, Poland.
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