✍️ 400 New Journalism Jobs + Weekly Freelance Pitches, Fellowships and Events Listings — February 18, 2026
Special moments in our lives + hundreds of journalism opportunities
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. I certainly have — on the weekend I got engaged. It was everything I had dreamed of and more, and of course up there with one of the most special moments in my life so far.
So this week, I want to talk about special moments. We can't get engaged every week, at least that's what they tell me, but special moments happen more than we might think. The feeling of pride and relief after you hit publish on the story you've been working on for weeks. The moment a colleague or friend confides in you. When a reader or subscribers takes the time out of their day to send you a thank you email.
These moments show up in the middle of ordinary weeks, between the admin, the rejection and amid the chaos that we spoke about last week. Slowing down to notice a good moment can feel indulgent or naive. But those moments are rare. If we don’t take a minute to reflect on them, our days quickly become just a string of tasks that must be done.
Cherishing them doesn’t mean framing them or posting them. Sometimes it means simply pausing long enough to notice them. It’s a kind of respect — for the work, for ourselves, for the fact that good things did happen in the middle of the grind.
So when a special moment comes — a yes, a breakthrough, a piece that finally works — give it a few seconds. Or a few minutes. They don’t come around often.
And on that note, let's get to this week's opportunities...
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E.W. Scripps
E.W. Scripps is one of the nation’s largest local TV broadcasters, and aims to serve its communities through quality, objective local journalism. Browse all of its openings here, and remember to mention that we sent you. 🙏
Scripps are hiring for two positions in particular. Please reach out to me directly if you'd like a personal introduction to its recruiters.
Senior Reporter/Fill-In Anchor
- Station: WTMJ
- Location: Milwaukee, WI
- Type: Full-Time
- What You'll Do: Generate ideas for stories for multiple platforms; Report live on location from various news events; Prepare informative, engaging, and factual stories for viewers; Research stories through personal contacts, the internet, and other sources; Collaborate effectively with News, Promotion, Production, and Engineering on daily broadcast, special projects, and online coverage.
- Salary: Competitive
- Deadline: ASAP
- Station: KSTU
- Location: Salt Lake City, UT
- Type: Full-Time
- What You'll Do: Develop and organize newscasts or local programs; Write story development and showcasing; Collaborate with reporters, anchors, news managers and assignment editors to determine content needs; Enhance content with graphics, video, research, and station branding; Oversee live broadcast and up to the minute editorial decisions.
- Salary: Competitive
- Deadline: ASAP
🆕 The Guardian Foundation
The Guardian Foundation offers a number of bursaries each year for a postgraduate qualification in journalism. The primary aim of these bursary awards is to assist students who face financial difficulty in attaining the qualifications needed to pursue a career in journalism, and who come from backgrounds that are underrepresented in the media. The majority of bursary recipients are supported to secure a role in journalism at The Guardian.
- Type: Bursary
- Stipend: Tuition fees + at least £7,415 living expenses
- Location: UK
- Ideal Candidate: Please read the FAQs to who is eligible.
- Deadline: Rolling
🆕 The Robert B. Silvers Foundation
The Robert B. Silvers Foundation is a charitable trust established by a bequest of the late Robert B. Silvers, a founding editor of The New York Review of Books, with the aim of supporting writers working in the fields of long-form literary and arts criticism, the intellectual essay, political analysis, and social reportage.
2026 Silvers Grants for Work in Progress
- Type: Grant
- Stipend: Up to $10,000
- Location: Worldwide
- Deadline: March 31, 2025
📰 Journalism Jobs
United States
GlobalData — Trends Editor, Technology | New York, NY | Editor | Salary: $70,000 | Deadline: February 28, 2026 Apply here
Nexstar — Digital Producer, News | Las Vegas, NV | Broadcast | Deadline: February 28, 2026 Apply here
Univision — Producer | Miami, FL | Broadcast Type: Freelance | Deadline: February 28, 2026 Apply here
United Kingdom
Newsquest — Reporter | Haverfordwest | Reporter | Deadline: February 20, 2026 Apply here
Compassion UK — Social Media Officer | Fleet | Strategy | Salary: £29,650 | Deadline: February 22, 2026 Apply here
St John International — Social Media and Engagement Officer | London | Strategy | Salary: £35,000 | Deadline: February 24, 2026 Apply here
Arthritis UK — Health Information Editor | London or Chesterfield | Editor | Salary: £29,742-£32,716 | Deadline: February 25, 2026 Apply here
🌳 Freelance Opportunities
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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 & Grants
➡️ 2026-2028 AJI Reporting Fellowship Allbritton Journalism Institute | Fellowship 📍 U.S. • 💰 $60,000 ⏰ Deadline: February 18, 2026 🔗 Apply here
➡️ Club of Rome Communications Fellow Club of Rome | Fellowship 📍 Worldwide • 🗓️ July 1, 2026 – January 31, 2027 ⏰ Deadline: February 20, 2026 🔗 Apply here
➡️ The London Library Emerging Writers Programme London Library | Fellowship 📍 UK ⏰ Deadline: February 23, 2026 🔗 Apply here
🧠 Events & Trainings
➡️ AI & Copyright Licensing – A New Frontier National Press Foundation | Webinar 📍 Online • 🗓️ February 19, 2026 • Free 🔗 Register here
➡️ Ask Me Anything: Local News, Trusted Messengers and History American Press Institute | Webinar 📍 Online • 🗓️ February 19, 2026 • Free 🔗 Register here
➡️ How Journalism Collaboratives Can Raise Money From Small-Dollar Donors Center for Cooperative Media | Webinar 📍 Online • 🗓️ February 24, 2026 • Free 🔗 Register here
🏆 Awards and Contests
➡️ StoryFest 2026 Awards Planet Forward | Award 📍 Worldwide ⏰ Deadline: February 23, 2026 🔗 Apply here
➡️ The Observer Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism The International Anthony Burgess Foundation | Award 📍 UK ⏰ Deadline: February 28, 2026 🔗 Apply here
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📋 Why it matters for journalists:Pitch editors with a clear, on-brand deck in minutes. Build beat or project overviews, turn an investigation into a visual narrative, or prep for conferences and panels without design overhead. No design experience needed—you refine what the AI drafts.
📋 Fast start:Sign up (Google or email), Enter a topic or paste your text, Let AI generate the deck, Tweak in the editor or regenerate slides, Export or present.
💼 Prisma AI — Visual AI and computer vision platform
📋 What it does:Prisma AI’s Gryphos platform makes cameras “intelligent”: it can analyze multiple video feeds in real time using 230+ AI libraries and APIs. Use cases include facial recognition, sentiment analysis, object and bag detection, license-plate recognition, and alerts when the system flags events or infractions. Built for enterprises (aviation, banking, security, infrastructure) with customizable deployment and proof-of-concept support.
📋 Why it matters for journalists:Useful for reporting on where and how visual AI is deployed—airports, borders, public space, retail. Understanding what “the camera can see” helps you ask better questions of sources and explain accuracy, bias, and privacy to audiences. Newsrooms exploring visual verification or archive search can also look to this category of tech to see what’s possible.
📋 Fast start:Explore the site and product overview, Request a demo for your use case, Define scope with their team, Select APIs and run a proof of concept if relevant.
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