Good morning FWJ Friends! I’ve got leads for editors, copy writers, and magazine writers for you today. Opps for bloggers, technical writers, and sports writers also made the list. There are a number of internships included as well.
I would encourage you to apply for the jobs that interest you and that you feel you are qualified for, even if you think it’s a bit of a stretch. Challenge yourself and go after the job you *really* want – if you don’t put yourself in the running, you have no chance of getting it, after all. And when you get hired for a great gig, please do let the rest of us know so we can share in your success!
Leads…
- Executive Online Editor with Social Media Chops – 3 Month Contract – New York
- Freelance How To Writers @ Mahalo.com ($45-$200 per article)
- Internship @ Elite Traveler Magazine - New York – Unpaid
- Freelance Editor for Word Style Sheets, Document Templates – Telecommute
- Online Movie Writers – Telecommute
- Part Time Editorial Intern - Telecommute ($10 per hour)
- Intern with National Family Planning Group – Washington, D.C. – Stipend
- Fall Editorial Internships @ The Bay Guardian – San Francisco – Unpaid
- Grant Writer – Telecommute
- Australia/NZ Recipe Editor @ AllRecipes.com - Contract – Telecommute
- Web Copywriter – Contract – Nintendo – Redmond/Seattle
- Writers Needed for Local Magazine - Doylestown, PA
- Guest Writer for Cutting Edge Technology Web Site – Telecommute
- Editorial Intern – Yardley, PA – School Credit
- Creative Freelance Writer for Long Term Project @ Catalogs.com – Telecommute ($50 per accepted submission)
- Arts and Entertainment Internships – Philadelphia
- College Students: Earn Money Blogging
- Contract Technical Content Writer Wanted – Telecommute
- Content Writer/Researcher for Solar Energy Web Site – Telecommute
- Editorial Internship @ iweddingPlan.com - Unpaid
- Editorial Intern @ Show Business Weekly – Manhattan – Unpaid
- Editorial Internship Opportunities @ FiLife – Chelsea/New York – Paid
- Writing Internships @ Davler Media Group – New York – Unpaid
- Fall Editorial Internship @ The Onion – New York – Unpaid
- Technical Copywriter – Contract – Chelsea
- Write Short 150-250 Word Software Reviews – Telecommute ($15 each)
- U of MN Students @ The Minnesota Daily
- Writing Internship Opportunity – Pasadena ($12-$20 per hour)
- Video Game Researchers/Walkthrough Writers – Telecommute ($10 per hour for researchers/$100-$250 per walkthrough)
- Seeking Writer for iPhone Blog
- Contract Writer for Container Gardening Book
- Writing Talent for Cancer Publication – Contract – Downtown Houston
- Freelance Writers and Editors - Contract – Telecommute
- Newspaper Stringer for Sports – Dallas
- Blogging Interns
- Economics Subject Experts – 4-6 Week Temp Assignment – Southern NH
- Writing/Research Intern @ CheapFlights.com - Boston ($15 per hour/3 days per week)
- Blog Writers Needed ($20 per article)
- Sports Writer Needed – Austin ($25 per game)
- Writing/Journalism Interns Needed – Houston – Unpaid
- Seeking Freelance Writers – Journalism/Media Students Welcome – Ottawa
- Editor @ TekSource Canada – Part Time – Six Month Contract – Telecommute
- Junior Writer – Canadian Sovereignty Issues and Progressive Politics – Telecommute ($20 per submission)
- Writers Wanted for Automotive Site – Telecommute
- Technical Writer - 3 Month Contract – Toronto ($42 per hour
Good Luck!
Hi Jodee,
I’m wondering about all of the unpaid internships you’ve been listing lately. Some of them do say that they offer college credit and that’s reasonable. But many of them (like today’s “iWedding” listing) say you’ll get “great experience.” There is more than one internship that offers no compensation and no mention of college credit.
I’m wondering if offering an “internship” is the new way of getting people to work for nothing. It targets college students who want to get some bylines.
Are you listing these assuming that there is college credit involved?
I’m just wondering if you could perhaps put something like an asterick (I can’t spell it, apparently!) next to internships like this and then down at the bottom of the post put a little note saying a true internship, if unpaid, should offer college credit. Do NOT right for free! Or something similar.
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Okay, now my college intern story. I worked as an on air personality for a Christian radio station outside Philly for college credit. I was a horrible on air personality. I would forget to turn my mike off and start talking when I shouldn’t. I got hysterical on air once when I did a live newscast and had to report that there was an outbreak of syphilis in Chester County. I can’t tell you how many times someone peaked their head in and said “Robin, we’ve got dead air.”
Yet, they still offered to hire me once I graduated because I was great in the editing room. I recorded tons of commercials and PSA’s and put them together. I helped to create a fabulous and irreverent spoof commercial for the Heffer Project – a really great organization that gets cows and other livestock into the hands of people in third world countries. We took the text of the commercial that was very doom and gloom and “Millions of people are dying all over the world” and spliced it together with pieces of the Holy Grail “Bring out your dead!” I lost the tape long ago and it’s one of those things that I would pay good money to get back in my hands.
Okay, just needed to share my memories. Unpaid internships for college credit are legitimate and can be a great experience, but unpaid internships for nothing only benefit the people offering the internship.
Terrific list, Jodee – THANKS!
I hope that I’m not going to be “entered to win one of 4 American Express gift cards” this week…! LOL!
Best of luck to other applicants!
Cheers,
~victoria
I’m not sure that unpaid/noncredit internships are necessarily bad. Not long ago, I read an article about the declining value of a college degree; its gist was that “book learning” is fine, but, these days, *everybody* has a degree. Employers are often seeking applicants who have done something more than attend class for four years.
Sure, getting money and credits is great, but you can earn money sweeping floors, and earning credits does nothing to separate you from the pack. After graduation, other applicants may be full of theory, but you will have had real-world experience.
Morning Jodee:
Great work as always. I applied to ‘Freelance How To Writers @ Mahalo.com’. Question, I sent a cover letter and my resume and forgot to include a sample, even though my work is linked on my resume. Will that be a problem? Or should I resubmit my resume? Please help!
Thanks!
Nicole, I am a writer for Mahalo (they’re great, by the way!). If you forgot to send a sample but there are links to samples on your resume, I’d say that’s fine. If you’re still worried about it, try just sending a quick follow-up email with samples attached. They’re very friendly over there.
Re: College Degrees.
I think it depends. I saw an area job ad here for, of all things, a taxi dispatcher and it stated that applicants without a college degree would be turned away. I’m still trying to understand how NOT having a college degree make you unqualified to dispatch taxi cabs.
@Carly:
Okay! I think I will let it set with the links but I begin to worry I will email them samples. Mahalo looks like a great site, and your comment is a added bonus, hopefully I will hear something soon. I’m still a bit green in the gills with Freelancing so maybe this can be another opportunity for me and if not I will try again somewhere else.
Excellent list, Jodee! Thanks. I`m applying for several of the jobs this morning.
The email I received back from the ‘Blog Writers Wanted $20 per’ stated that to be in the running for the gig, I had to register on three debt relief websites in order to review them, and even listed how much ‘debt’ I should enter during the registration, so I wouldn’t be directed to the wrong registration platform. This sent up a red flag to me; I admit the pay was listed high, but thought perhaps this was a site that wanted to build up its content fast. If anyone pursues this, I would advise caution.
Hi everyone,
I’m new to this site.
I am a copy editor with more than 10 years’ experience, looking for freelance editing jobs.
I saw the post above with links to job suggestions; are there any other places on this site that list other job possibilities? I’m very happy in my full-time job, but I’m looking to do some side work.
I’d appreciate any help!
Thanx,
Jamie
Too bad mahalo.com is overwhelmed with responses. But, they did say they are keeping me on file for the next openings. It looks like a very promising site with excellent pay. Wonder if openings come up quickly.
Does anyone know if PageWise still takes on freelancers? They were a really quick way to make money with little effort – I really learned the ins and outs of keyword articles. I know that what I did originally publish with them is now on essortment.com.
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