✍️ 350 New Journalism Jobs + Weekly Freelance Pitches, Fellowships and Events Listings — July 22, 2026
Hello and welcome to another edition of Inside The Newsroom, home to more journalism opportunities than any other newsletter in the world.
Last week we talked about saying no. This week I want to talk about something we don’t always give language to: grief for the career you thought you’d have, and how you can mourn a path without abandoning the one you’re on.
It's something I think about a lot, probably too much. My career in journalism didn't turn out the way I had planned coming out of journalism school. I completed a string of internships, quickly found a job at The Guardian, and then landed a job with The Wall Street Journal. A lot of success came very quickly, and in a flash it was all over as I decided to run this newsletter full time. While I would have made the same decision 10 times out of 10, I still can't help but think about what could have been.
That’s the part people don’t always understand. This isn’t regret about the choices we make, but grief for a version of the future that was real for a while, then suddenly wasn’t. I can be proud of Inside The Newsroom and still feel the pull of the life I was building before I stepped off it: the newsroom rhythm, the byline at a place that still feels like a credential in certain rooms, the career that looked, from the outside, like it was only going up.
It catches me in ordinary moments. A former colleague gets a new job or promotion, or someone asks what it was like at the Journal and I answer easily, then feel oddly quiet afterward — not because I want to go back, but because a whole parallel story ended mid-chapter. And every time I treat that feeling like a secret I’m not allowed to have, the same question surfaces: what am I protecting by pretending I never wanted the other life at all?
What all of this has taught me is that grief isn’t disloyalty to your current work. It’s honesty. You can love what you’re building and still mourn what you left, especially when you chose to leave. Naming that doesn’t weaken the present. It stops you from performing a version of yourself that never had to let anything go.
I don’t think my story is universal, but the feeling might be. Plenty of folks might never get the Guardian-and-Journal run. Plenty lose a newsroom without choosing to. Plenty are trying to stitch a career together from freelance, contracts, and pivots they never imagined. That ties into our piece on reality not being romantic. Mourning a path that closed isn’t weakness. It’s what happens when you finally admit the map you were given doesn’t match the terrain you’re on.
So this week try to name one closed door without trying to fix it in the same breath — what you thought would happen, what actually happened, and what you’re still building that the old story didn’t make room for. With that, here’s to grieving honestly, and to making a life in journalism that doesn’t require pretending you never wanted anything else.
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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. 🇺🇸
Associated Press — Director of Elections Product and Engineering | D.C., D.C. | Strategy | Salary: $190,000–$210,000 | Deadline: July 22, 2026 | Apply here
LexisNexis — Editorial Data Reporting Intern | Remote, U.S. | Data Viz | Deadline: July 31, 2026 | Apply here
Univision — Content Producer (Freelance) | Miami, FL | Producer | Deadline: July 31, 2026 | Apply here
Nexstar — News Photographer | Colorado Springs, CO | Photo | Salary: $19.50/hour | Deadline: Rolling | Apply here
New York Public Radio — Social Media Producer | New York, NY | Strategy | Deadline: Rolling | Apply here
UK 🇬🇧
BBC — Senior Content Producer, Breakfast (Fixed-Term) | Northampton, UK | Producer | Salary: £40,200–£43,000 | Deadline: July 24, 2026 | Apply here
Chefs in Schools — Content & Social Media Officer | London, UK | Strategy | Salary: £36,408 | Deadline: July 26, 2026 | Apply here
Newsquest — Editor, The Impartial Reporter | Enniskillen, UK | Editor | Deadline: July 24, 2026 | Apply here
The Times — Broadcast Journalist (Fixed-Term) | London, UK | Reporter | Deadline: July 26, 2026 | Apply here
Bucks Free Press — News Editor | High Wycombe, UK | Editor | Deadline: July 30, 2026 | Apply here
Canada 🇨🇦
CBC — Research Analyst, Audience and Revenue Growth | Toronto, Canada | Research | Deadline: July 24, 2026 | Apply here
Bell Media — Newscaster Operator | Remote, Canada | Broadcast | Deadline: July 31, 2026 | Apply here
CBC — Early Morning Producer/Director, The Early Edition | Vancouver, Canada | Producer | Deadline: July 31, 2026 | Apply here
Torstar — One-Year Reporter Journalism Intern | Toronto, Canada | Reporter | Deadline: August 3, 2026 | Apply here
Morningstar — Credit Marketing & Communications, Copy Editor, Content | Toronto, Canada | Communications | Salary: $47,476–$69,634 | Deadline: Rolling | Apply here
Europe 🇪🇺
Bauer Media — Multimedia Content Creator, Today FM | Dublin, Ireland | Producer | Deadline: July 28, 2026 | Apply here
Springer Nature — Publishing Intern | Madrid, Spain | Data | Deadline: July 30, 2026 | Apply here
Sky — Stage, NOW Data Analytics & Insight (Internship) | Milano, Italy | Strategy | Deadline: Rolling | Apply here
Warner Bros. Discovery — Stage, Journalisme CNN (Internship) | Paris, France | Reporter | Deadline: Rolling | Apply here
Fastmarkets — Price Reporter, Forest Products | Sofia, Bulgaria | Reporter | Deadline: Rolling | Apply here
🌳 Freelance Opportunities
- 🌲 Coda Story — Pitch Call: Armed Conflict, Disinformation & More | Rate: Varies | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
- 🌲 Ms. Magazine — Pitch Call: Digital | Rate: Varies | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
- 🌲 The Saturday Evening Post — Pitch Call: Fiction | Rate: Varies | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
- 🌲 Electric Literature — Pitch Call: Creative/Literary Writing | Rate: $100 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
- 🌲 Capital & Main — Pitch Call: Pitches | Rate: Varies | 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
➡️ Data Fellowship | USC Center for Health Journalism | Fellowship📍 U.S. • $2,000 ⏰ Deadline: July 22, 2026 🔗 Apply here
➡️ Journalists in Aging Fellows Program | Gerontological Society of America | Fellowship📍 U.S. ⏰ Deadline: July 24, 2026 🔗 Apply here
➡️ European Cross-Border Grants | Journalismfund Europe | Grant📍 Europe ⏰ Deadline: July 30, 2026 🔗 Apply here
🧠 Events & Trainings
➡️ Authenticity in the Age of AI: Storytelling, Trust & Synthetic Media | Women in AI UK | Webinar📍 Online • 🗓️ July 23, 2026 ⏰ Deadline: Rolling 🔗 Register here
➡️ Social Video for Journalists | Online News Association | Training📍 Worldwide • 🗓️ July 27–August 31, 2026 ⏰ Deadline: Rolling 🔗 Register here
➡️ From SEO to AEO and Beyond: Building Resilient Newsrooms in the AI Era | Indiegraf | Webinar📍 Online • 🗓️ July 30, 2026 ⏰ Deadline: Rolling 🔗 Register here
🏆 Awards
➡️ Barlett & Steele Awards | The Reynolds Center | Award📍 U.S. • $1,000–$3,000 ⏰ Deadline: July 31, 2026 🔗 Apply here
➡️ Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism | European Parliament | Award📍 Worldwide ⏰ Deadline: July 31, 2026 🔗 Apply here
🔧 Journalism Tools of the Week
🎬 Animoto — Drag-and-drop video maker for newsrooms and freelancers
📋 What it does: Turns photos, clips, screen recordings, and voiceovers into polished social and explainer videos using templates, licensed music, and Getty Images stock — no Premiere required.
📋 Why it matters for journalists: Lets reporters and producers ship platform-native video on deadline without a dedicated edit suite — useful for breaking news recaps, newsletter promos, and vertical social clips.
📋 Fast start: Pick a template, drop in your footage or stills, add a voiceover in-browser, and export for TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube the same day.
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