Freelance Writing Jobs for Monday, June 2, 2008
June 2, 2008 by Jodee
Filed under Writing Gigs
Good morning FWJ Friends! I hope everyone had a great weekend. I’ve got some internships, blogging jobs, and content writing opps this morning. I have included a fellowship in NYC because I found it in my online travels and thought someone might be interested. There is also a Google Ads rater job on today’s list because it does involve Internet research and, well, it’s Google. There are a few mags as well that are accepting queries. I’ve also got one for a person to write about bingo in the UK. I hope you find something of interest on today’s list.
Leads…
- Paid Internships – Journalism/Photography @ Democrat & Chronicle – Rochester, NY
- Blogger/Community Magazine @ ITALY Magazine – UK
- Bingo/Broadband/Recycling Consumer Bloggers @ Mobile Broadband Genie
- Ads Quality Rater @ Google – Telecommute – US
- Cover the Growing Linux and Open Source Movement for SourceForge Inc. – Telecommute ($200-$400 per article)
- Summer Reporter Needed @ The Waterton Boundary – Calgary
- Sci-Fi Fantasy Writers Wanted
- Corporate/Promotional Writer - Contract – Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge ($45K)
- Part Time Assistant for Writing How To Manual – Vancouver
- Freelance Food Editor for Vancouver Publication - Part Time
- Freelance Proofreader/Editor/Writer – Telecommute
- Newsletter Writer for Web Site
- Sophisticated Erotica with Class – Atlanta
- Freelance Copywriter Needed for Hotels - Provincetown/Boston
- Proofreader - Contract – Acton/Boston ($10 per hour)
- Summer Intern for PR and Web Content Writing – Unpaid – Las Vegas
- Witty Writer with Strong Latin Language for Latin Celebrity Website
- Business Plan Writer - Telecommute ($2,500 per business plan)
- Freelance Article Writer for Steady Work
- Creative Copy Writing Internship - Minneapolis – Unpaid
- Freelance Writers Needed for Philadelphia Sustainability Magazine
- Freelance Article Writers – UK (GBP 20 per article)
- Bingo News Writer Required – UK
- Comedy Writer – English and Turkish
- 2008-2009 Teachers & Writers Collaborative Fellowship – New York ($10,000 stipend)
- Birder’s World Magazine Accepting Queries
- Savannah Magazine Accepting Queries
- Part Time Writer @ TCS Entertainment – Los Angeles
Good Luck!
Jodee
Well darn – most of the ones I was interested in have already been flagged.
me, too!
Same here. Why are they flagged?
I haven’t used Craigslist much. Could someone explain what flagged means? Thanks for the list.
They can be flagged for any number of reasons. I know from Craigslist that they remove postings after a few people have flagged them. It can be that the person was running a scam, poor pay rates, postings that are really non-pay being put in the paid jobs area, or just by writers hoping to eliminate competition.
Craigslist allows readers to flag ads that do not meet site guidelines. You have three choices, you can flag that the ad is miscategorized, is prohibited (meaning the person hasn’t followed the guidelines to posting in that area) or is a spam/overpost (too commercial or has been posted too much with different area Craigslist pages.)
The problem with flagging an ad is that there is no system of checks. You can go in and flag anything you want without having to really state a reason. Once a few people have flagged an ad, it is taken down from Craigslist and no longer viewable.
I was able to check the board earlier than I normally do, and still, most everything I was interested in was flagged *sigh*
I was really surprised by the amount of flagged ads I found before 8 a.m. EST!
I think we’re going to have to get used to that problem with Craigslist. Maybe posters will realize its limitations and potential for abuse and start posting here instead.
@ Ann G.
Thank you for explaining flagging. Now I understand why people are so frustrated when a job is flagged.
Thanks for the leads. Yes, some folks flagged the apparent good ones. But, a couple posts I did inquire.
BTW: I got a gig last week, the pay is pretty decent. Thanks!!!
I have children so couldn’t consider, but is anyone else salivating over the Italy job?
(Where’s a mop when you need one?)
Wendy
“EST”…that could be the problem The rest of the nation is on DST!
@ Bob H: You’re totally right. I meant EDT.
Four jobs interested me. Two were flagged. The other two said “telecommute” but weren’t. Anyway, onward and upward.
yipee some england freelance jobs…i am moving to London so I need jobs earning in pounds! Too bad the market isn’t as wide open as the american one
@ Maryam: I check UK every day as part of my regular trolling and post ‘em as I find ‘em.
@ Louise: You have a nice day too.
Is the erotica ad in Cumming, GA for real
?
Cumming??? And specifies a female writer? Sounds odd to me but I am Patty Paranoid.
umm one fo the ads is spam, beware. I just got a ” earn money for free ” thing
Sigh there isn’t really anyway of knowing what’s legit is there?
Teresa – I think it’s a fake. There’s a guy that’s been posting all over Craigslist recently asking for writers of erotica and then basically looking for phone sex during the “interviews.” If you apply, be wary, just in case it’s the same guy.
@Maryam – is that the google ads one? I got a response back saying they were looking over applicants and would be in touch when they’d narrowed the field.
@ Teresa-
Not sure if the job is a fake or not, but Cumming is indeed a city in Georgia (not too far from me, actually) so I’m assuming that part is at least real…
i dont know which one it was, one of the newsletteror article writer but i immediatly got a response and it was spam. Sad but true.
I have no idea how to keep track on who I am applying to, i should really keep a file system but since things on craigslist are never specific to who your applying to it gets hard you forget who and what you were applying to!
I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who loses track of what I have applied for. I received an automated response today that they were going over applicants and I have no idea which job it was. :0)
The ads quality rater at Google should be legit. I’ve been working for Google since last year as a Quality Rater(a different job). For my job, the pay is $15/hr, and they pay weekly. The work at home part is great. Because of a nondisclosure agreement, I can’t tell much about the job.
Google does not give out much information, but the wahm.com board has a thread about these jobs. According to them, you can only work a job two years because it is temporary. Two years is better than nothing.