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Journo Resources @journoresources.org.uk · 5h

🤳 With the rise of TikTok and Reels, there’s more chance than ever that a journalist will appear on your screen. In our new piece, we share tips from broadcast journalists on how to speak with confidence in front of a camera

How To Speak With Confidence In Front Of A Camera As A Journalist

We break down tips for both TV and social media.

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Journo Resources @journoresources.org.uk · 20h

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Journo Resources and Journalists' Charity Team Up On New Mentoring Scheme

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Journo Resources @journoresources.org.uk · 1d

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Journo Resources @journoresources.org.uk · 2d

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Journo Resources @journoresources.org.uk · 2d

🎪 Are you keen to better engage your readers? Join live-blogging experts Tickaroo for fresh data, case studies and real-world examples of how to transform your reporting – including polls and elections

Select tickets – FREE: Why Audience Engagement Isn't Just a Buzzword — How To Make Your Journalism Interactive – Zoom

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Journo Resources @journoresources.org.uk · 3d

🗞️ London based? If so, the Hackney Citizen needs a chief reporter/assistant editor to gather the most important stories in Hackney and east London for their community readership. It’s remote and pays £28-34,000pa – deadline October 10

Chief Reporter / Assistant Editor at Hackney Citizen

Pays £28–34,000pa

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Danny Postel @dannypostel.bsky.social · 11d

Call for Pitches: looking for a review-essay on boys and men, connecting the Netflix series Adolescence; Richard Reeves’s work; Scott Galloway’s new book Notes on Being a Man; “To Be A Boy” podcast; Centre for Policy Research on Men and Boys (UK); Michael Smerconish’s CNN special; and related stuff.

Submissions and Guidelines | New Lines Magazine

A local magazine for the world

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Kawai 加鬼 Shen 👻 @kawaishen.bsky.social · 10d

Cake Zine's next call for pitches is for a rogue 🥩 issue: www.instagram.com/cake_zine/p/...

Writer's rates:
Shorter pieces (350 words or less), poems, and recipes: $125-$175; Mid-length (500 to 1K words): $200; Longform (2K words - plus or minus): $300

Visual art: Rate based on commission

Cake Zine on Instagram: "And now…something completely different. After three years and seven issues in the pastry case, Cake Zine is going rogue with a one-off, medium-rare special issue: Steak Zine. ...

Steak Zine, a one-off publication from Cake Zine, takes an in-depth look at the cultural significance of steak and the steakhouse experience. From historical deep dives to personal essays, this specia...

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Streets.mn @streets.mn · 4d

Newsletter: Midway’s Suburban Design Trap + A Call for Pitches on Highway Equity : https://streets.mn/2025/10/06/newsletter-october-1-2025/

In this issue of the Streets.mn newsletter: why Midway's suburban design trap, a history of 35th/36th streets in MPLS, a call for pitches, plus the latest ...

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Indian Science Journalists' Collective @scijournoindia.bsky.social · 5d

Pitch call by NatGeo editor

🔹Health, wellness, and culture

🔹Send pitches to [email protected]

🔹"prioritizing timely, widely relevant stories over evergreen or super-niche topics"

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#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #pitch #story #freelanceGig

#callforpitches #pitch #pitchcall | Yasmine Maggio | 28 comments

CALL FOR PITCHES: I’m looking for smart, sharp pitches for National Geographic on food science, pets, and plants/backyard plants. Successful stories will be science driven, serviceable, and cite resea...

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 18d

We're running a two-stage process to pick the four writers. The first deadline is 11:59 pm September 28th, and the second is 11:59 pm October 5th 2025. Get your pitch in by the first deadline to have the best chance.

Find out all the details and apply now 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/black-histor...

Black History Month: Pitch

We're running a dedicated series of think pieces as part of the Queer Gaze - our landmark writing scheme - for UK Black History Month

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saul badman @saulelbein.bsky.social · 11d

Pitch us, and we’ll take your weird stories and make them sing

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Alison Laurence @dinostalgia.bsky.social · 9d

The monster is a friend, or so we @contingent-mag.bsky.social suggest in our CFP... a fiend to historians especially, though not exclusively.

Pitch us an essay about your historical monster, whatever form that monster takes, by October 20!

Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · 9d

It’s here! The call for pitches for our deluxe December issue, “A Time of Monsters,” supported by a grant from the Kitchings Family Foundation.

CFP: A Time of Monsters

The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

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Journo Resources @journoresources.org.uk · 3d

🎪 Are you looking for your next journalism job or finding the courage to freelance? Join Geoff Poulton on October 29 and learn how to be an empowered journalist – and set yourself up for success in our practical workshop

Buy tickets – How To Be An Empowered Journalist – And Set Yourself Up For Career Success! – Zoom

How To Be An Empowered Journalist – And Set Yourself Up For Career Success! – Zoom, Wed 29 Oct 2025 - Are you feeling the sting of rejection while searching for your next journalism job? Or, are you…

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Journo Resources @journoresources.org.uk · 4d

💡Do you love the idea of a drop-by mentoring session? Well, you’re in luck! Journo Resources have teamed up with Journalists' Charity to give you go-to advice whenever you need it – book a call today 🔗

Journo Resources and Journalists' Charity Team Up On New Mentoring Scheme

Offering on-demand, 1-2-1 sessions.

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Journo Resources @journoresources.org.uk · 4d

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Journo Resources @journoresources.org.uk · 10d

🤳 With the rise of TikTok and Reels, there’s more chance than ever that a journalist will appear on your screen. In our new piece, we share tips from broadcast journalists on how to speak with confidence in front of a camera

How To Speak With Confidence In Front Of A Camera As A Journalist

We break down tips for both TV and social media.

www.journoresources.org.uk

Journo Resources @journoresources.org.uk · 11d

🎪 NEW: Are you keen to better engage your readers? Join live-blogging experts Tickaroo for fresh data, case studies and real-world examples of how to transform your reporting – including polls and elections

Select tickets – FREE: Why Audience Engagement Isn't Just a Buzzword — How To Make Your Journalism Interactive – Zoom

FREE: Why Audience Engagement Isn't Just a Buzzword — How To Make Your Journalism Interactive – Zoom, Thu 30 Oct 2025 - Are you keen to better engage and interact with your readers? In a changing…

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Journo Resources @journoresources.org.uk · 12d

💌 No-one enjoys the job-hunt! Sign up to JR’s weekly newsletter where we’ll do the leg-work for you – delivered direct to your inboxes every Tuesday 👇

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Journo Resources @journoresources.org.uk · 12d

🚨 TONIGHT: There’s still time to grab tickets for our new workshop with Hannah Shewan Stevens! The latest instalment of the Ideas Series will take us through tips and tricks for generating endless pitches – an upping the chance of getting commissioned

Buy tickets – The Ideas Series: The Tips And Tricks You Need For Endless Ideas And Pitches

The Ideas Series: The Tips And Tricks You Need For Endless Ideas And Pitches, Mon 29 Sep 2025 - Do you put yourself under pressure to land those commissions? Is the freelance hustle draining you dry…

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Journo Resources @journoresources.org.uk · 12d

🗞️ London based? If so, the Hackney Citizen needs a chief reporter/assistant editor to gather the most important stories in Hackney and east London for their community readership. It’s remote and pays £28-34,000pa – deadline October 10

Chief Reporter / Assistant Editor at Hackney Citizen

Pays £28–34,000pa

www.journoresources.org.uk

Journo Resources @journoresources.org.uk · 13d

🎪 NEW: Are you looking for your next journalism job or finding the courage to freelance? Join journalist and coach Geoff Poulton on October 29 and learn how to be an empowered journalist – and set yourself up for success in our practical workshop

Buy tickets – How To Be An Empowered Journalist – And Set Yourself Up For Career Success! – Zoom

How To Be An Empowered Journalist – And Set Yourself Up For Career Success! – Zoom, Wed 29 Oct 2025 - Are you feeling the sting of rejection while searching for your next journalism job? Or, are you…

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Journo Resources @journoresources.org.uk · 13d

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Journo Resources @journoresources.org.uk · 13d

Navigating loss is a complicated and non-linear journey, and as journalists it can be hard to navigate alongside a demanding career. Lexie Gutteridge discusses how to manage grief and and healing through writing

Grief Journalism: How To Find Meaning When You're Grieving — And Respect Other's Grief

“Be mindful in covering stories that are related to grief in the news because even though you feel that you might be equipped to do so, recognising [your triggers] is important.”

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Journo Resources @journoresources.org.uk · 14d

🧸 Love toys? B2B trade publisher Alakat Publishing needs a new assistant editor for Toyworld. You’ll be working on their magazine and writing daily news for their website for approximately £26,000pa – deadline October 10

Assistant Editor at toyworld

Pays c£26,000pa

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