✍️ 350 New Journalism Jobs + Weekly Freelance Pitches, Fellowships and Events Listings — July 15, 2026
Hello and welcome to another edition of Inside The Newsroom, home to more journalism opportunities than any other newsletter in the world.
Hope everybody has had a great week so far. Last week we talked about trust. This week we're going to talk about a skill we rarely mention out loud: saying no, and how not every yes is harmless.
I used to think refusal was for people with options and seniority. Everyone else, especially early in a career, was supposed to be grateful, flexible, available. There is certainly truth in showing up, but I’ve learned the harder version: yes without discernment isn’t virtue. It’s how you end up over-committed, underpaid, and strangely less respected, because people learn you’ll do what they don’t want to.
I know the feeling. It’s the rewrite that wasn’t in the brief, accepted because pushing back felt like disappearing. Or the pitch you take at a rate you already know is too low, because you’re afraid silence will follow a decline. The fear isn’t laziness. It’s survival math, the quiet calculation that if you say no, someone else will say yes, and you might not get called again.
What I've learnt over time is that no isn’t rudeness when it’s clear. It’s information. It protects the work that actually deserves your best. The most professional people I know aren’t yes-machines, they’re reliable because they’re selective.
Journalism trains the opposite instinct. News doesn’t wait, and freelancers especially know what an empty month looks like, so availability starts to feel like the best ability. The industry rewards the person who picks up, flies out, files again. Some of that is the job, but not all of it. A lot of exploitation survives on the polite fear that refusal will cost you your place in the room. Sometimes it might. More often, the cost of endless yes is slower: thin work, burnout, the gradual erosion of the reporter you meant to be.
So this week, think of what you can say no to, inside or out of journalism. One clean no — a bad rate, a timeline that insults the reporting, a meeting that could be an email. Not performatively. Not with a speech. Just accurately: I can’t do that well right now. With that, here’s to protecting the work by protecting the person doing it.
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🆕 New England First Amendment Coalition
The New England First Amendment Coalition defends First Amendment freedoms and government transparency, and runs monthly online workshops aimed at journalists based across the U.S. and around the world.
Intro To R 102
R is a free, open-source programming language and software environment widely used for statistical computing, data manipulation, and graphics
- Type: Workshop
- When: August 11, 2026
- Location: Webinar
- Eligibility: Journalists (and non-journalists) from around the world
- Registration Deadline: Rolling
🆕 Karsh Fellowship
Applications are now open for the Karsh Journalism Fellowship — the world's only journalism fellowship providing specialized education in Jewish issues. Open to early- and mid-career professional journalists of all backgrounds and platforms. Fellows receive a $4,000 stipend, with all travel and lodging covered, and join three intensive retreats in Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, D.C., engaging directly with leading journalists, scholars, policymakers, and cultural figures. The program is nonpartisan, grounded in accuracy, independence, and accountability. Deadline: Apply by September 1, 2026. Find out more here.
The Daily Beast
- Type: Full-Time
- Location: New York
- Salary: $105,000-$130,000
- Ideal Candidate: Minimum 4 years experience in journalism, with at least 2 years in editing role; Oversee news coverage, ensuring timely, accurate and engaging reporting; Strong news judgment and the ability to make quick editorial decisions; Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines with a small team; Managing and mentoring an ambitious team of reporters; Assigning and editing stories, providing guidance to reporters to produce high-quality content. Must also be comfortable with writing breaking news when needed.
- Deadline: Rolling
More Perfect Union
- Type: Full-Time
- Location: Remote, U.S.
- Salary: $85,000
- Ideal Candidate: Identify opportunities in the news cycle to work with creators and produce content with substantive and original angles on current topics; Oversee production of 2-3 original vertical videos per week; Analyze and report out contributor content metrics; In collaboration with the Creator Talent Lead, train and mentor new and existing creators in best practices for video production, editorial alignment, storytelling and other skills; Manage and negotiate contracts for creator projects and manage influencer-related communication.
- Deadline: Rolling
📰 Journalism Jobs
U.S. 🇺🇸
Nexstar — Investigative Reporter | Las Vegas, NV | Broadcast | Deadline: July 20, 2026 | Apply here
Univision — Editor | Miami, FL | Editor | Deadline: July 31, 2026 | Apply here
TEGNA — Meteorologist | Denver, CO | Meteorology | Deadline: August 19, 2026 | Apply here
LexisNexis — Legal Editor | Remote, U.S. | Editor | Deadline: August 28, 2026 | Apply here
Ars Technica — Senior Technology Reporter | New York, NY | Reporter | Deadline: Rolling | Apply here
UK 🇬🇧
BBC — Senior Journalist, BBC Northern Ireland (Fixed-Term) | Belfast, UK | Reporter | Deadline: July 15, 2026 | Apply here
The Dorset Echo — News Reporter | Weymouth, UK | Reporter | Deadline: July 17, 2026 | Apply here
Condé Nast — Manager, Social Media | London, UK | Strategy | Deadline: July 31, 2026 | Apply here
Bucks Free Press & Reading Chronicle — Online News Reporter (Fixed-Term) | Reading, UK | Reporter | Deadline: July 31, 2026 | Apply here
Newsquest — Senior Editor, North & Mid Essex | Colchester, UK | Editor | Deadline: August 1, 2026 | Apply here
Canada 🇨🇦
CBC — Executive Producer for Ici Nord L’Ontario (French Speaking) | Sudbury, Canada | Broadcast | Deadline: July 16, 2026 | Apply here
CBC — Social Media Producer & Creator | Toronto, Canada | Strategy | Deadline: July 17, 2026 | Apply here
Torstar — Digital Producer (Fixed-Term) | Toronto, Canada | Producer | Deadline: July 17, 2026 | Apply here
Almaguin News — Reporter (Fixed-Term) | Toronto, Canada | Reporter | Deadline: July 26, 2026 | Apply here
Torstar — One-Year Reporter Journalism Intern (Internship) | Toronto, Canada | Reporter | Deadline: August 3, 2026 | Apply here
Europe 🇪🇺
Springer Nature — Associate Senior Editor, Communications Physics | Madrid, Spain | Communications | Deadline: July 27, 2026 | Apply here
Sky — Stage Analytics Content Engagement (Internship) | Milano, Italy | Producer | Deadline: July 30, 2026 | Apply here
Springer Nature — Data Journalist/Redacteur | Utrecht, Netherlands | Data | Deadline: August 16, 2026 | Apply here
Condé Nast — Digital Platforms Editor | Paris, France | Editor | Deadline: Rolling | Apply here
Springer Nature — Associate Senior Editor, Nature Reviews Materials | Heidelberg, Germany | Editor | Deadline: July 15, 2026 | Apply here
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- 🌲 Bolts — Pitch Call: Various Topics | Rate: $800 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
- 🌲 Mother Jones — Pitch Call: Features (Print) / Longform Features (Digital) | Rate: $1.75/word / $0.75/word | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
- 🌲 MIT Technology Review — Pitch Call: Analysis Pieces / Features / Reported Essays | Rate: $1–$2/word | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
- 🌲 IndieWire — Pitch Call: Film & TV Essays / Reported Pieces | Rate: $300 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
- 🌲 Rest of World — Pitch Call: Features | Rate: $1/word | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
📅 Journalism Calendar
Fellowships, grants, events, and awards with upcoming deadlines. Become a paid subscriber for full access to our calendar.
🎓 Fellowships
➡️ Claude Corps Fellow | Claude Corps | Fellowship📍 Worldwide • $85,000 ⏰ Deadline: July 17, 2026 🔗 Apply here
➡️ Data Fellowship | University of Southern California | Fellowship📍 U.S. • $2,000 ⏰ Deadline: July 22, 2026 🔗 Apply here
➡️ Writers-in-Residence | INKspire | Fellowship📍 Toronto • Starts August 10, 2026 ⏰ Deadline: July 24, 2026 🔗 Apply here
🧠 Events & Trainings
➡️ Reimagining News Audiences: The Role of Visuals in Developing Connection, Trust, and Growth with your Community | CatchLight | Webinar📍 Worldwide • 🗓️ July 16, 2026 ⏰ Deadline: Rolling 🔗 Register here
➡️ News Founders Workshop | Reynolds Journalism Institute | Workshop📍 U.S. ⏰ Deadline: July 18, 2026 🔗 Register here
➡️ Datawrapper tables: Deep dive | Datawrapper | Webinar📍 Worldwide • 🗓️ July 22, 2026 ⏰ Deadline: Rolling 🔗 Register here
🏆 Awards
➡️ Pamela Tobey Award for Excellence in Visual Storytelling | National Press Club | Award📍 U.S. • Free ⏰ Deadline: July 20, 2026 🔗 Apply here
➡️ Barlett & Steele Awards | The Reynolds Center | Award📍 U.S. • $1,000–$3,000 ⏰ Deadline: July 31, 2026 🔗 Apply here
🔧 Journalism Tools of the Week
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📋 Fast start: Paste a paragraph into Wordtune, try Rewrite or Change Tone, then grab the version that still sounds like you.
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