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Hello and welcome to another edition of Inside The Newsroom, home to more journalism opportunities than any other newsletter in the world.
Before we get to this week's newsletter, a quick announcement that we will be incorporating our Freelance Friday newsletter into this Wednesday newsletter going forward. The reception of our freelance pitch call board has been fantastic, and now it's time to keep everything in one place. So from now on, we'll feature new and existing freelance pitch calls each and every Wednesday.
Now to this week's newsletter... Last week we talked about belief and momentum. This week I want to talk about something quieter, but just as powerful: the way comparison gets normalized in our lives, and how much peace we get back when we stop participating in it.
As I’ve moved through different stages of life and work, I’ve noticed how easy it is to mistake comparison for ambition. In journalism especially, we’re surrounded by constant markers — bylines, promotions, audience numbers, job titles, who’s moving where, who’s launching what. Over time, that noise can become so familiar that it feels normal to measure our worth against friends, peers, family, and even complete strangers online. But the more I do that, the less grounded I feel in my own life.
I’m finding that comparison works on both micro and macro levels. On the micro level, it’s opening social media for five minutes and immediately feeling behind before the day has even started. It’s seeing someone else’s announcement and suddenly questioning decisions I was confident in an hour earlier. On the macro level, it’s building whole narratives about where I “should” be by now, based on timelines that were never mine to begin with. And every time I fall into that pattern, the same question surfaces: what am I doing this all for?
What experience has taught me is that contentment doesn’t come from winning the comparison game — because there is no finish line there. It comes from returning to alignment: my values, my pace, my priorities, my definition of enough. The less I compare, the more whole I feel. The more I compare, the more fragmented I feel. It’s that simple, and that hard.
So maybe the practice this week is not to eliminate comparison forever, but to notice it faster and come back to ourselves sooner. To remember that a meaningful life and career don’t have to look impressive from the outside to be deeply right on the inside. With that, here’s to choosing alignment over performance, and to building a path that actually feels like ours.
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📰 Journalism Jobs
U.S. 🇺🇸
Bloomberg — Energy & Commodities Editor | Full-Time | San Francisco, CA | Editor| Deadline: Rolling | Apply here
Citycast — Reporter Biz/Dev/Transit | Full-Time | Washington, D.C. | Reporter| Deadline: Rolling | Apply here
Gannett — Kansas Statehouse Reporter | Full-Time | Topeka, KS | Reporter| Deadline: Rolling | Apply here
Hearst — Weekend Anchor Reporter | Full-Time | Milwaukee, WI | Broadcast| Deadline: Rolling | Apply here
MediaNews Group — Page Designer | Full-Time | Boulder, CO | Design| Deadline: Rolling | Apply here
UK 🇬🇧
BBC — Journalist | Full-Time | Derby, UK | Reporter | Salary: £27,600-£33,900 | Deadline: 🔜 April 24, 2026 | Apply here
Financial Times — Senior Art Director | Fixed-Term | London, UK | Design| Deadline: Rolling | Apply here
Future — Product Photographer | Full-Time | Bath, UK | Photo| Deadline: Rolling | Apply here
ITV — On-Screen Journalist | Full-Time | Cambridge, UK | Reporter | Salary: £30,195-£60,283 | Deadline: April 30, 2026 | Apply here
LADbible Group — Journalist (Sportbible) | Full-Time | Manchester, UK | Reporter| Deadline: Rolling | Apply here
Europe 🇪🇺
Condé Nast — Senior Visuals Editor | Full-Time | Paris, France | Editor| Deadline: Rolling | Apply here
The New York Times — News Assistant Intern | Internship | Paris, France | Broadcast| Deadline: Rolling | Apply here
Axel Springer — Head of SEO | Full-Time | Berlin, Germany | Strategy| Deadline: Rolling | Apply here
🌳 Freelance Opportunities
➡️ Mill Media — Pitch Call Writers Manchester & LiverpoolType: Freelance | Location: Remote | Rate: £200-£300/article 🔗 Apply here
➡️ Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine — PitchesType: Freelance | Location: Remote 🔗 Apply here
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📅 Journalism Calendar
Fellowships, grants, events, and awards with upcoming deadlines. Become a paid subscriber for full access to our calendar.
🎓 Fellowships
➡️ Journalismfund Europe | Professional Development for Environmental Journalism | Grant📍 Europe • 💰 €75,000⏰ Deadline: April 23, 2026 🔗 Apply here
➡️ Solutions Journalist Network | Solutions Climate Visuals Fellowship | Fellowship📍 U.S.⏰ Deadline: April 24, 2026 🔗 Apply here
➡️ Fund For Investigative Journalism | Investigative Grants | Grant📍 Worldwide • 💰 $10,000⏰ Deadline: April 27, 2026 🔗 Apply here
🧠 Events & Trainings
➡️ National Press Club | Covering Impactful Elections Stories In 2026 | Webinar📍 Online • 🗓️ April 23, 2026 • Free⏰ Deadline: Rolling 🔗 Register here
➡️ International News Media Association | Why Young Audiences Pay: If You Give Them Something Worth Paying For | Event📍 Online • 🗓️ April 23, 2026⏰ Deadline: Rolling 🔗 Register here
➡️ SABEW | How to Get Your Start in Business Journalism | Webinar📍 Online • 🗓️ April 24, 2026 ⏰ Deadline: Rolling 🔗 Register here
🏆 Awards
➡️ The Publisher Newsletter Awards | Award📍 UK ⏰ Deadline: April 24, 2026 🔗 Apply here
➡️ Council for the Advancement of Science Writing | Sharon Begley Science Reporting Award | Award📍 UK • 💰 $20,000 ⏰ Deadline: April 30, 2026 🔗 Apply here
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That's all for today. Thank you as ever for reading and supporting. See you again next week 👋
