Week of 5/12/2025

Greetings!

I’m sending out a short newsletter each week with freelance opportunities, job offerings and industry news.

Media classifieds🕵️‍♀️

• The New York Times is hiring an SF-based technology reporter ($125-170k)

• The Information seeks an SF-based AI reporter ($100-180k)

• Fortune is hiring an NYC-based energy reporter ($70-80k)

• BBC is hiring a London-based senior climate journalist (£42-49k) and a “global journalism” science and climate writer (£28-35k)

• Philly’s Chestnut Hill Local seeks a hybrid environmental reporter ($48k)

• El Tímpano seeks a Bay Area-based senior health reporter/editor ($80-95k)

• The Narwhal is hiring and anywhere-in-Canada-based assistant editor ($60-71k CAD)

• WebMD seeks an Atlanta- or Newark-based medical reporter (no salary listed)

• The Pulitzer Center is hiring a remote or DC-based director of editorial programs ($130-145k)

Freelance pitch calls 💵

• MIT Tech Review seeks pitches by May 30 for its next print issue, themed to “the body” (no rates given, but typically around $1.50/word)

• Designer Observer seeks opinion pitches about the rise of AI image-making ($1.50/word, usually for 500-900 words)

• Light and Seed wants pitches about “how tech and innovation intersect with National Forests and Grasslands in the U.S” - specifically about bioengineering, and specifically not about carbon capture, AI or drones ($1000 for 1,000 words, email erinvriley@gmail.com by May 28)

• New Lines Magazine is looking for pitches about “zombie ideas today that should be consigned to the rubbish bin of history” (no rate given, but usually $800; send pitches to Danny Postel: dpostel@newlinesmag.com)

• Self is looking for service-oriented lifestyle/wellness pitches about pretty much anything: “mental well-being, work, culture, family, friendships, romantic love, sex, etc” ($450-800, email anna_borges@condnast.com)

• Runher seeks pitches for “deeply reported stories about women’s running that invite readers to immerse themselves in the sport and its community” ($0.50-2/word for 1,000-5,000 words)

• The International Science Council is looking for writers to join its roster of contributors (no rates given)

  Opportunities & resources 💪

• The Earth Journalism Network is accepting applications for story grants about great apes and One Health (up to $1500)

• The European Geosciences Union is offering fellowships to report on research “in the Earth, planetary or space sciences,” in any European language (up to €5000)

• Stanford is accepting applications for a health equity media fellowship ($6,000 stipend + $500 for travel)

• Tarbell is offering grants for stories “examining how today’s technical advancements and policy decisions lay the groundwork for how artificial intelligence will shape our future” (up to $15k)

• The Sitka Foundation is offering biodiversity reporting grants for British Columbia-centered stories ($10k)

Industry news 🗞

• Knight Journalism fellow Bettina Chang surveyed editors and found a major training gap

• YES! magazine is shuttering after nearly 30 years of independent journalism

• Leading scientific journal editors are receiving “vaguely threatening” letters from a federal prosecutor

• A student journalist at Columbia covered a pro-Palestine protest and then faced threats to her graduation

• Time is launching a “longevity” editorial vertical

• The International Journalists’ Network published a guide for freelancers looking to expand their beat

• The New York Times profiled Dear Media, a popular women’s interests podcast conglomerate run by a man

Stay in touch 💻

Did I miss anything? If you have questions, concerns, or want to share an opportunity with Tip Sheet subscribers, you can always reach me at rachelnuwer@gmail.com.

As always, the Freelance 101 doc is available here.