Write At Home #251
Freelance journalist and writer jobs | February 19, 2023
Hello! Welcome to Write At Home, a comprehensive round-up of the best journalist and writer jobs on offer.
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Below you’ll find dozens of the most recent gigs divided up into three simple categories:
- Freelance journalist calls-for-pitches
- Permanent(ish) / ongoing journalist jobs
- Content writer / copywriter / blogger opportunities
Unless otherwise stated, all are home-based or have a remote working option.
Good luck!
Freelance journalist calls-for-pitches
- Dating Stories | Metro would like to hear your best / worst dating stories! ~$120 / £100 per piece.
- Photography Pitches | Reader’s Digest is looking for practical tips, guides, and explainers about photography to publish on its website. ~$120 / £100 per piece.
- King Charles’ Coronation | Reader’s Digest is looking for profiles, overviews, predictions, etc, about King Charles’ Coronation (this time for the print magazine). ~$480 / £400 per piece.
- Interviews With Serving Military Personnel | Insider is looking for stories tied to interviews with serving military personnel. $325+ / £270+ per piece.
- Economic Inequality In America | The Economic Hardship Reporting Project, a journalism non-profit that gives grants to journalists reporting on economic inequality in America, is taking pitches (non-US writers welcome). Up to $1.50 / £1.25 per word.
- Labour, Higher Education, Union Democracy, Left Internationalism | In These Times is keen to receive pitches about labour, higher education, union democracy, left internationalism, etc. Up to $500 / £415 per piece.
- Stories With A Liberal Slant | Liberal Currents is taking pitches. $100 / £83 per piece.
- NYC Op-Eds | Streetsblog New York is on the lookout for op-ed ideas. $250 / £205 per piece.
- Literary Pitches | Taco Bell Quarterly, a literary magazine, pays for submissions. $100 / £83 per piece.
- Writing From The Indian Subcontinent & Beyond | Hammock, a platform for contemporary writing from the Indian subcontinent and beyond, is looking for stories covering a whole range of topics. Up to $250 / £205 per piece.
- Video Game Pitches | Lost In Cult, a video games publication, is looking for some specific content at the moment. $155+ / £130+ per piece.
- LGBTQ+ Food Stories | SAVEUR is seeking food stories related to LGBTQ+ people and causes. £?
- You, Riverdale, Ted Lasso Pitches | Fandom is looking for pitches from writers knowledgeable about You, Riverdale, and Ted Lasso. £?
- Stylist Features / First-Person Essays | Stylist is looking to commission reported features and interesting first-person / essays. £?
- Women’s History, Fashion, Trends, Beauty | Girls United is looking for pitches on all things women’s history, fashion, trends, and beauty. £?
Permanent(ish) / ongoing journalist jobs
- Freelance Travel Writers | Viator is looking for travel writers with expertise on: the Caribbean, Central America, Brazil, Venezuela, Tanzania, Ghana, Texas, Germany, the Netherlands, the Balkans, Portugal, the Philippines. $250 / £205 per piece.
- Freelance Music Writers | Holler, a site focused on country, americana, and roots music, is looking for writers. $210+ / £175+ per piece.
- Freelance LGBTQ+ Writers | Queerty is keen to hear from freelance LGBTQ+ writers ahead of Pride season. £?
- Freelance Crypto Journalist | DL News is looking for a talented journalist to cover the fast-moving world of crypto. £?
- Freelance Benelux Writers | Discover Benelux, an English-language magazine promoting Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, is recruiting freelance writers. £?
- Freelance News & Features Writers (US) | The National is looking to expand its pool of US-based freelance news and features writers. £?
- Freelance Hip Hop News Writers | HipHopDX, a source of Hip Hop news, is looking for freelance writers. £?
- Freelance Entertainment Writers | Fandom, an entertainment site, is looking to expand its freelance pool. £?
Content writer / copywriter / blogger opportunities
- Freelance Public Policy Writers | California YIMBY, an advocacy organization, is looking for freelance policy writers. $50 / £41 per hour.
- Freelance Mental Health Writer | York Mind, a mental health organisation, is recruiting a freelance content writer / developer. $30 / £25 per hour.
- Freelance Non-Profit Marketing Writer | Stephen Colón is looking for a freelance marketing writer who can produce transactional emails and nurture campaign content for a small non-profit. ~$0.50 / £0.42 per word.
- Marketing / Social Copywriter (US) | The 19th, an independent non-profit newsroom reporting at the intersection of gender, politics, and policy, is seeking a part time marketing copywriter and social media producer. $75 / £62 per hour.
- Freelance Social Justice Newsletter Writer | Impact Media is looking for a newsletter writer who deeply cares about social justice. Up to $35 / £29 per hour.
- Freelance Senior Medical Writer | Guy Shipman is looking for an EU-based freelance senior medical writer. Up to $80 / £66 per hour.
- Freelance B2B Tech Thought Leadership Copywriter | A global creative agency is looking for a mid- to senior-level editorial copywriter to focus on B2B tech and thought leadership content. ~$420 / £350 per day.
- Freelance Product Reviewer | Jenni Gritters is looking for a budding product reviewer. $20 / £16 per hour.
- Freelance Finance / Precious Metals Content Writer | SEO Savvy is keen to hear from freelance content writers with experience covering finance and precious metal topics. $30 / £25 per hour.
- Email Copywriter | If you’re a talented email copywriter, check this one out. Up to $42 / £35 per hour.
- Freelance Food Industry Content Writer | The Common Market, a non-profit food distribution group, is hiring a freelance content writer. Up to $45 / £37 per hour.
- Freelance Clean Energy Writer | A clean energy company is looking for a hardworking, motivated, and detail-oriented freelance writer and social media coordinator. Up to $30 / £25 per hour.
- Freelance News Reporters | The Telegraph’s news team is keen to hear from freelance reporters based across the UK. $220 / £180 per day.
- Freelance Economics & Finance Writer | Wanted: a talented and enthusiastic writer to create engaging scripts for an economics and finance-focused YouTube channel. £?
- Freelance Technology Writers (i) | A telecomnas company is seeking a technology writer to strategize and create relevant content. £?
- Freelance Technology Writers (ii) | Bluewater Technologies Group is also looking for a talented freelance writer for an upcoming project. £?
- Freelance Personal Care Copywriters | AKT London, a personal care brand, is on the hunt for freelance copywriters. £?
- Freelance Beauty Copywriters | Samuel Pickering is looking for freelance copywriters with strong beauty experience. £?
- Freelance Advertorials / Sponsored Content Writers | AmeriForce Media is looking for experienced content writers who have a background in advertorials / sponsored content. £?
- Freelance Copywriters | FS1, a marketing, creative, and commercial-focused recruitment agency, has a few freelance copywriter opportunities available at the moment. £?
- Freelance Property / Real Estate Writer | Chestertons, a real estate business, is looking for a freelance copywriter to produce content for web and email. £?
- Freelance Internal Audit Social Media Copywriter | Francesca Monaco, who works with the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors, is looking for a freelance social media copywriter. £?
- Freelance ClimateTech Copywriter | Gerardo Bonilla is looking to work with a freelance copywriter for a project in the ClimateTech space. £?
- Freelance Junior Copywriters | If you’re a freelance junior copywriter, Emma Whiley wants to hear from you! £?
Feedback welcome!
My name's Alasdair and I'm a UK-based freelance journalist and writer. I've spent years trawling through job sites and social media looking for work... and now, every Wednesday and Sunday, I'm doing it for you too.
Write At Home is a curated list, one that highlights the best roles, and weeds out the rubbish. Pay is a major factor in whether an opportunity gets featured, though you will find a few not-so-well remunerated gigs if I think they're interesting enough.
Likewise, jobs that don't offer a remote working option are generally discarded, bar those which seem particularly appealing (in which case the location will be shown in brackets).
This methodology is a work in progress – please get in touch via email (writeathomeuk@gmail.com) or Twitter if you have any suggestions or feedback!
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