Journalism Jobs - December 8

On LondonCareers.net, recruiters PFJ are looking for a reporter (18-21k) with six month's experience for a daily newspaper for a B2B firm. They're also looking for a content editor (17-18k) for a defence publisher in Surrey.

The BBC needs a part-time content producer for the writersroom website.

Guardian Unlimited need a community moderator. Pan European Recruitment have advertised on the Guardian for a private equity reporter.

GorkanaPR have posted their big list of jobs today. They've got an advert from Bella for a celeb writer, from the Morning Advertiser in Crawley for a reporter and from the Africa Conservation Fund who need an Assistant Editor.

Journalism.co.uk has that same Morning Advertising reporter job and one for a features writer, too. The Grocer -- also out in Crawley -- needs a features editor. And the Mail needs freelance website journalists.

On HoldtheFrontPage, a news agency is looking for a trainee reporter with NCTJ qualifications and shorthand.

Gumtree has an advert from a B2B publisher looking for a trainee financial reporter (15-16.5k). And a new sports/music/theatre blogging site is looking for writers.

On the Careers Group, some literary agents want an intern.

All you students are going to be pretty bored over the next few weeks, so you may as well try and get some work experience in. Check out the work experience page, or these new shiny one's I've tracked down:

- Travel/tourism website LondonNet.
- Charity OpenDemocracy (starts in January).
- Events website What's On When need interns and freelancers.

And check out the BBC's work experience page here. You might also want to try to get some shifts over the holidays, working cover on those days no one else wants to work, at places like the Mail, listed above.

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Switched over to the new Blogger Beta thing, so apologies for the random posts in the RSS feed. No idea why that happened, but it did.

Today is my last day of the slack-ass job that allowed me so much time to run this site. I've got lots of time off coming up, but we'll see how things go in mid-January when I start the new job. I might need to work on my time management skills...

Journalism Jobs - December 7

BBC needs a content producer for a children's educational site.

On Journalism.co.uk, the super-cool NMA is looking for a reporter with some experience and a news editor. And ITN is looking for online broadcast journalists.

HoldtheFrontPage has an advert from the National News Press Agency, who are looking for a picture desk operator and photographers.

On Gumtree, a copywriting company is looking for freelance writers (£9/hour), especially students.

A few new jobs at Emap. Weekly newspaper Broadcast is looking for a deputy chief subeditor. WGSN needs a kidswear associate editor and a researcher. Media and Marketing Europe needs an editor.

On Press Gazette -- so nice to see them back! -- an email marketing agency needs a managing editor. I wouldn't exactly call that "journalism", but I'm just happy to be linking to PG again. This weeks edition is apparently going to reveal how journo jobs are being outsourced to India -- which makes absolutely no sense. How would that work? This sounds -- I hesitate to admit, having not read the story, and being happy about PG's revial -- pretty silly.

Okay, sorry. Back to the jobs.

Another new website is being launched, and it's hunting for freelancers on Craigslist -- but this time, they pay (£25/article).

NatMag's Zest needs a temporary chief subeditor -- tho I find it hard to believe that won't go to an insider. Incisive have a few subediting and reporting positions still up.

Journalism Jobs - December 6

PFJ has advertised on the Guardian jobsite for a online copywriting assistant for a travel website (20-25k).

The Guardian website is looking for a business reporter.

On Journalism.co.uk, Clark White's mobile publications are looking for a subeditor. The Global Legal Group is looking for a production editor (25k). Public Affairs News needs an editor (28k). And there're some good European and regional jobs up, too.

Gumtree has a strange sounding video editor job. And Global Business Reports is again advertising for business reporeters to travel around ten months of the year and write country-specific reports.

On Craigslist, yet another new magazine -- this one about "haute lifestyle" -- is looking for contributors (unpaid). I'm going to start keeping track of all the shiny new projects people post on Craigslist and Gumtree.

The Careers Group has a part-time job at a media website (9/hour).

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Congrats to Chris, who got a job via this site: "I’ve applied for two jobs from the site and was successful for one which has got me my first real taste of journalism (a screening) and I’m going to do a review for them on Thursday, so I’d just like to say thanks!"

Journalism Jobs - December 5

If it's your dearest dream to become a financial journalist -- hey, I'm not one to pass judgement -- then head over to Journalism.co.uk today.

There, Platts is looking for two copy desk editors and Money Management magazine needs an editorial assistant. Financial newswire Bloomberg has advertised about four dozen jobs, in London and across Europe. I'm not going to list them all; just head over to that site and scroll away.

Travel website Transitions Abroad have two writing competitions, with a grand prize of money. One is for students, with a deadline of December 20. The other is for expats, with a deadline of December 31.

On JobSite, a financial printer needs proofreaders.

HoldtheFrontPage has an advert for a subeditor at Newsquest's Guardian newspapers, in north and east London. And the Ealing Gazette needs a senior reporter.

Dennis have again advertised on Gumtree for an online editorial assistant. If you're looking for a role as an editorial assistant, apply for this one. This is such a cool-sounding job and you'll get all trained-up in the ways of the internet -- which whether you like it or not, is stuff you're gonna need to know.

If you have a legal background, a lawyer needs a research assistant.

The BBC needs assistant producers for Children's Interactive and a production team assistant for Your Game.

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And excellent news: Press Gazette's back! Bought out by some group called Wilmington, though it makes you wonder what they were doing last week, eh?

Journalism Jobs - December 4

On JobsIn, a government council in North London needs a communications officer/editorial assistant (15/hour) for two months, starting... now! So apply quickly.

The BBC is looking for a broadcast assistant for their World Service Sports.

Recruiter PFJ has advertised on londoncareers.net for a part-time web editor (more editorial than techy) for a charity (£21- 34k), a reporter with a year of experience for a property B2B (£22-25k) and a subeditor on tech website (24-26k).

They've also advertised on TotalJobs for a content editor in Surrey (18-19k).

On Gorkana, new online woman's magazine twistedfairy.com is looking for voluntary contributions. Email Sarah Saunders at twistedfairymagazine@gmail.com for details. Why do all women's magazines have to use pink? Why?

Journalism.co.uk has an advert from Grand Designs for a subeditor, from FX Week for a senior reporter (£25-28k), and from Informa for an editor at a telcoms publication. If you're looking to move to sunny LA, Splash needs "news reporters."

And it's Monday -- the last Monday of my current job, thank the powers that be -- so here're a billion jobs from the Guardian jobsite...

VNU need a retail reporter (21k) and an editorial assistant (18k). BBC's Ariel needs an online editor.

Dennis' PC Pro is looking for a staff writer. A publisher needs a junior designer/production assistant (22k).

And this would be fun: Al Jazeera is looking for researchers, a news editor and deputy news editors.

NatMag's Harpers Bazaar is looking for a deputy chief subeditor. Financial newswire AFX needs markets reporters and subeditors.

Educational/medical publisher Remedica is looking for an editor, a commissioning editor and an office assistant -- having a biomed degree will help.

Granta -- "the magazine of new writing" -- needs a new editor. Noble House Media in Soho are looking for a subeditor/production assistant.

Estate Agent Foxtons needs a features/copywriter.

A children's magazine needs an editor (20k).

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And this is what the New Statesman's Peter Wilby thinks about job hunting at the big papers:

Fleet Street papers don't like advertising vacancies. Editors feel decent journalists will make themselves known without doing anything so mundane as filling out a job application. They have a mystical belief they can sniff out a star by casual encounters at parties or a brisk perusal of the smarter magazines. For senior posts, they pride themselves on "contacts" who tell them who's worth poaching from rival publications... this "informal" (as sociologists call it) mode of recruitment may help explain why growing numbers of journalists seem to come from a closed metropolitan circle.

Any thoughts? I'm pretty sure he's not looked for a job in oh, a million years, but it's true you don't see big papers/publications advertising all that often...