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Hello and welcome to the very first edition of Inside The Newsroom on Ghost!
If you're reading this, the transition worked. You're here, we're here, and everything is exactly where it should be.
If you're a paid subscriber, your access is already active. Log in with the same email you use for this newsletter, and everything unlocks automatically. You also still have access to your spreadsheet with all of the opportunities as normal. If you're on the free tier and want to upgrade, you'll find the same subscription options - same prices, same benefits, just a new home.
Click the button below for 80% off annual subscriptions for your first year. You'll gain full access to our Job Board, Freelance Board, and Journalism Calendar. Or if you're not sure about anything, try us free with a one-week trial.
The move wasn't about changing what we do. It was about having the space to grow into what we want to become. Ghost gives us that. So welcome to the new home. The opportunities below are waiting, same as always. The only thing that's changed is the address.
With that, you can find all of our sponsored opportunities and tasters of everything we have to offer below. Thanks for being with us and welcome to Ghost!
🚨Sponsored Opportunities🚨
🆕 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 still hiring for the below two positions. Please reach out to me directly if you'd like a personal introduction to its recruiters.
- Station: KGTV
- Location: San Diego, CA
- Type: Full-Time
- Salary: $31.25-$33 per hour
- Deadline: ASAP
- Station: WGBA/WACY
- Location: Green Bay, WI
- Type: Full-Time
- Salary: Competitive
- Deadline: ASAP
The Guardian Foundation
The Guardian Foundation is an independent charity whose mission is to promote global press freedom and access to liberal journalism.
The Emerging Voices Awards celebrate new voices and fresh perspectives in the UK which, now more than ever, is essential to the future of quality, independent journalism.
- Type: Award
- Prize: ÂŁ1,000 for the winner, ÂŁ200 for the runner-up
- Location: United Kingdom
- Deadline: February 1, 2026 (19-25 age category) and February 15, 2026 (16-18 age category)
- More info and apply here
Wallace House Center for Journalists
The Knight-Wallace Fellowships offer accomplished journalists two rare commodities: time and resources. Journalists eager for growth and deeply committed to the future of journalism spend an academic year at the University of Michigan to access the resources of a world-class university and dive into a journalism project. Areas of focus can include but are not limited to sharpening professional skills, addressing a challenge facing your newsroom, digging into data and research for a long-term reporting project, or developing a journalism venture.
- Type: Fellowship
- Stipend: $85,000
- Location: Ann Arbor, MI
- Deadline: February 1, 2026
The Livingston Awards recognize outstanding reporting by journalists under the age of 35. Each year, prizes of $10,000 are presented in local, national and international reporting.
- Type: Award
- Prize: $10,000
- Location: Worldwide
- Deadline: February 1, 2026
Report For America
Report for America has 70 open positions available for journalists looking to make a real impact in local newsrooms across the U.S.
These aren’t just jobs, they’re opportunities to cover critical beats that are often overlooked, from housing and education to criminal justice and rural communities. Positions span the country, from small towns to major cities, and cover everything from data journalism to bilingual reporting.
Available beats include: Housing & Development, Education Environment & Climate, Criminal Justice, Rural Communities, Immigration & Human Rights, Investigative & Data Journalism
The deadline to apply is February 16, 2026.
đź’Ľ Journalism Jobs and Internships
This week’s new organizations on the job board include BBC News, Bloomberg, Boston Globe, CBC Radio Canada, CBS News, Condé Nast, Disney, Dow Jones, ESPN, Financial Times, Hearst, ITV News, McClatchy, National Geographic, Nexstar, NPR, PA Media, Politico, Reuters, Scripps, Sky News, TechCrunch, The Canadian Press, The Economist, The Globe and Mail, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Telegraph, The Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, and Yahoo News.
Paid subscribers can browse all current roles, filter by location, beat, and contract type, and set alerts for new openings.
For more information about our job board, click here.
✍️ Freelance Pitch Calls
This week's freelance board features pitch calls and ongoing commissions from 1843 by The Economist, Aeon, Atlas Obscura, BBC Wildlife Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, The New Yorker, National Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, The Guardian Long Read, Wired, Scientific American, Harper's Magazine, The Paris Review, Granta, Longreads, Narratively, Topic, and Catapult.
Categories include arts and entertainment, business and finance, climate and environment, culture and personal essays, education, food and drink, gaming and tech, health and science, investigative and long-form journalism, lifestyle and consumer, parenting and family, photography and visual storytelling, poetry and fiction, politics and social justice, regional and local news, sports and outdoors, and travel.
For more information about our freelance board, click here.
🗓️ Journalism Calendar
If your organization has an upcoming opportunity for the Calendar, fill out this quick form or write to me at daniel@insidethenewsroom.com.
This week we have 159 active calendar entries of which 21 are new. They’re broken down as follows: 70 fellowships, grants and mentorship schemes (12 new); 34 conferences, webinars and trainings (5 new); 55 awards (4 new).
Fellowships
We have several fellowships with deadlines coming up in the next week, including the Knight-Wallace Fellowships at the University of Michigan, which offers accomplished journalists an academic year to access university resources and develop journalism projects ($85,000 stipend); the Ferriss - UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship, which offers ten $10,000 reporting grants per year to journalists covering the science, policy, business and culture of psychedelics; and the Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship at Mongabay, which provides $3,000 over six months for journalists from biodiversity hotspots in tropical countries to report on critical environmental issues.
Events and Trainings
Some in-person and virtual events coming up in the next week include the International News Media Association’s "Key Trends on AI in Newsrooms" webinar, featuring insights from newsrooms using AI effectively; the Advancing Democracy Peer Network monthly gathering hosted by Solutions Journalism Network, Hearken, and Trusting News for journalists covering politics, government, and elections; and the Institute for Independent Journalists’ "Mobile Reporting: Tools for Making Content on The Go" webinar, a free session on creating content while on the move.
Awards
And lastly, several deadlines for awards and contests are approaching, including The Guardian Foundation’s Emerging Voices Awards, which offers £1,000 prizes to recognize outstanding journalism from emerging voices in the UK; and The Victor K. McElheny Award for Local and Regional Science Journalism, which honors outstanding local and regional journalism covering science, public health, technology, or the environment with a $10,000 prize.
For more information about our journalism calendar, click here.
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đź’° Media Salaries Database
Our media salaries database contains a total of more than 14,000 salary records. See what others in similar positions are being paid and negotiate yourself a higher wage by becoming a paid subscriber below.
