Happy Wednesday to TWJN supporters 👋🏼 

How’s everyone doing? I’m doing great!

About this far into the new year, people tend to give up on their resolutions… but not you! I’m gifting a full newsletter of 30+ opps to all TWJN subscribers today to motivate you to keep hustling and building up your freelance writing career! If you find these lists valuable, I’d love if you could upgrade to TWJN Pro to help support the newsletter ❤️

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3️⃣ 21 writing jobs

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2️⃣ Calls to Pitch

Free subscribers receive limited updates on Sunday. TWJN Pro Supporters get complete access with an additional update on Wednesday.

Sign up to get full access to opportunities here!

($375) In These Times | In These Times is looking for culture pitches and draft submissions that explore race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexuality, class, disabilities, capitalism, and/or climate, etc. and its impact on our lives. Pay rate is $375 for short dispatches and op-eds; $0.50-$1 per word for other articles, depending on format. Please email [email protected] with "Culture Pitch" in the subject line

($350 - $450) Daily Beast | Tony is calling for pitches for The Daily Beast’s Innovation section! He’s looking for some weird, off-beat, and/or under-the-radar tech pitches to give readers vital information for their everyday life. Rate is $350 - $450 for 800 to 1,200 words. Pitch guide here. Pitches can be sent to [email protected]

($300+) Condé Nast Traveler | Matt wants you to hit him up with queer travel stories AND essays/reporting on specific identities — also points & miles and (Après) ski. Pitch guide here. Send pitches to [email protected]

($300+ AUD) Kill Your Darlings | Aussie writers! Kill Your Darlings is looking forward to hearing your fresh non-fiction pitches! To pitch or submit your work you must be a KYD Member (membership costs $49.95 AUD per year). Pitch deadline is January 28, 11:59pm AEDT. Submission guidelines here

(£250) Woo | Felicity is commissioning pitches around wellness, youth culture, fashion, film, trends, beauty. Send pitches to [email protected]

($250+ estimate) Insider | Conz is looking for fresh new pitches on parenting, health, sex & relationships, comparing schools in the US vs the world, and being/having an old parent. Email pitches to [email protected]

($250+ estimate) Insider | Conz is also looking for essay pitches on quitting technology and how you feel about it. Say you moved from having a smart phone to a flip phone, or removed all the smart devices from your house. Email pitches to [email protected]

($200 - $400) Chicago Reader | Shawn is looking for pitches on the 2024 DNC! Pitches need a clear Chicago AND community lens. He’s also always accepting pitches on anything newsy in Chicago. Pitch guide here

($100 - $250) Pride Source | Queer freelancers! Chris is looking for pitches (reported features, sexy/sweet essays, thirst trap-y lists) and will be commissioning stories ASAP. Pitch deadline is January 12. Pitch guide here. Email pitches to [email protected]

(£0.27 per word) New Internationalist | Maxine is commissioning and writing stories on social justice, global inequality, the environment, feminism, tech politics and much, much more! Submit pitches here

(£0.25 per word) The Guardian UK | Mattie is after pitches on education, schools, & extracurricular activities for publications out with The Guardian and Evening Standard in Feb. Pitch deadline is TODAY January 10. Please email ideas to [email protected]

($0.08 CAD per word) Heartlines Spec | Canadian writers! Heartlines Spec is looking for essays centered on media, especially video games and Canadian fiction. Payment is $0.08 CAD per word for short fiction (1,000-3,500 words) and $60 CAD flat per poem. Pitch deadline is January 15 .Submission guidelines here

3️⃣ Writing Jobs

($70,000 - $85,000, Remote US) Bankrate | Bankrate is looking for an Personal Finance Editor to help build a new small-business category. You’ll be responsible for assigning content, updating existing stories, editing articles from freelance writers, and collaborating with the editorial and SEO teams on content creation. Compensation range if based in NYC is $70,000 - $102,000. Apply here

($66,000 - $84,000, Hybrid New York, NY) ZDNET | ZDNET is seeking a full-time Editor who will write, edit, and publish content about innovative new products and technologies. Apply here

($65,000 - $80,000, Hybrid New York, NY) Vox Media | Vox Media is looking for a Media Strategist to be responsible for the media plan, planning tool, and the internal RFP pre-sale process. You’ll also be responsible for ensuring the internal order management system is up to date from pitch to wrap and the Reservation Calendar is up to date. Apply here

(Up to $65,000, New York, NY) Reach Plc | Reach Plc is looking for a Sports Reporter & Social Media Producer to write stories for their brands with a focus on US Sports, manage their social media pages, and grow their social media following. This role will have an enormous responsibility in driving traffic and growing the brand. Apply here

($60,000 - $75,000, Hybrid New York, NY) ZDNET | ZDNET is seeking a full-time Staff Writer who will write, edit, and publish news stories about innovative new products and technologies. Apply here

($55,000 - $70,000, Remote US) CNET | CNET is seeking an Editor to join their paid content team who can toggle effectively between integrated marketing brainstorms, web copywriting for corporate partners, and developing the work of their paid content writers. Compensation range if based in NYC is $66,000 - $84,000. Apply here

(£53,000 - £58,000, Remote UK) Reach Plc | Reach Plc is seeking a Communications and Content Manager to play a key role in Reach’s blended internal and external corporate comms team. You’ll lead on the creation of compelling content for Reach internal and external channels, with a daily focus on the corporate LinkedIn feed and the company intranet. Apply here

(£50,000 - £55,000, London, England, UK) PEI Group | PEI Group is looking for an Editor to join their Special Projects Editorial team based in London. You’ll work across PEI’s brands to produce reports covering the private equity, real estate, private debt, and infrastructure markets, publishing valuable market insight for their subscribers across the alternative assets sector. Apply here

($50,000 - $75,000, Remote US) CNET | CNET is looking for a sharp Writer to join their editorial team and support their coverage of streaming technology and content, with a focus on popular titles and services that affect our broad audience of digital media consumers. Apply here

($50,000 - $60,000, New York, NY) Reach Plc | Reach Plc is looking for a Sports Reporter to join their newsroom team. You’ll work alongside a team of dedicated sports reporters, writing stories for their brands with a focus on US Sports. Apply here

($45,500 - $65,000, Remote US, Los Angeles, CA preferred) People | People digital is looking for a Writer to join their weekend team, working from Thursday through to Monday. The ideal candidate will be based in Los Angeles. You should be comfortable writing everything from entertainment, royals and lifestyle content to crime, human interest and political stories. Apply here

($42,000 - $72,000, Hybrid New York, NY or Charlotte, NC) CNET | CNET is hiring an Associate Writer to source research, interviews, and data points to add depth to stories and help amplify their coverage. Apply here

($42,000 - $66,000, Remote US) The Points Guy | The Points Guy is looking for an Associate Points & Miles Writer who will update, edit, and refine their evergreen editorial articles as well as tackle quick-turn news stories to maximize revenue, enhance TPG’s search presence, and deliver timely information to their millions of monthly visitors. Apply here

(£40,000 - £45,000, Hybrid London, England, UK) Letsrecycle.com | Letsrecycle.com is looking for an Editor to carry out interviews and write about topical environmental subjects with excellent attention to detail. Apply here

(Up to £40,000, Hybrid London, England, UK) Immediate Media | Immediate Media is seeking a Website Manager to be responsible for translating existing recipes from across their European portfolio of Food titles into a Spanish language version of the website, optimizing content for SEO, and driving engagement through social media marketing efforts. Apply here

(£28,000 - £30,000, Remote UK) Ellipsis | Ellipsis, an SEO content agency, is looking for a Content Writer to work across a range of clients, products, and industries to write world-class content. Apply here

(£26,000 - £30,000, Hybrid London, England, UK) The Week Junior | The Week Junior and The Week Junior Science+Nature are market-leading magazines for children. They specialize in explaining complex news, events, and ideas to a curious audience of 8 to 14-year-olds. They’re looking for a Sub Editor to be part of a three-person team responsible for ensuring factual accuracy, correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, house style, and tone of voice for each title. Apply here

(£175 per day, Remote) Wordbank | Wordbank is looking for a Freelance German Content Writer to work for their client, a leading lifestyle Japanese brand. This is a remote first, 6-month role, 4 days per week. Apply here

(£145 per day, Remote) Wordbank | Wordbank is also looking for a Freelance Spanish Content Writer to work for their client, a leading lifestyle Japanese brand. This is a remote first, 6-month role, 4 days per week. Apply here

($25 - 50 per hour, Remote) Numeral | Numeral is seeking a Social Media Fintech Ghostwriter to help them write authoritative posts for their C-suite. Apply here

(Paid, Remote US) People.com | People.com is seeking a Weekend SEO/Growth Analyst to conduct thorough keyword research for weekend follow-ups, optimize articles in collaboration with their editorial team, and meticulously track content performance against competitors. Apply here