Do you love writing and connecting with an audience? Are you studying about nutrition and dietetics? Are you passionate about food and living a healthy lifestyle?
If so, then you’ll love working with us.
We’re a new food/health & wellness start-up, and we’re growing very quickly! We’re looking for 2 talented, motivated contributors to join our growing editorial team. You’ll help with content creation, editing, writing, editorial brainstorming, social media and more.
Ideally, you will have the ability work 15 hours a week from our Soho offices. Days are flexible. Start date is ASAP or November 1.
You must:
• Be creative with copy
• Have journalistic/writing experience
• Have an academic and/or professional background in nutrition/dietetics
• Have editing skills
• Be web and social media savvy
• Blogging and digital media experience is a plus
• Be self-motivated and able to manage multiple tasks
• Have previous internship experience, participation in college clubs/organizations or in-depth coursework in a related field
A sense of humor and a “go-get-‘em” attitude is a bonus! Foodies and health nuts welcome.
You get:
• TONS of karmic goodness
• Experience helping millions of people struggling to manage their health conditions with food-based solutions
• You’ll get free yoga classes with the Founder
• Monthly dinners where we test user submitted recipes
• Access to senior media, health and culinary professionals
Remote Position: Contributor to join our start-up as we go into our next big stage of building content on our site. While working remotely, position begins with handling of short news articles on a range of entrepreneurial and small business topics associated with the New York tech entrepreneur scene. Able to commit to a block of time once or twice a week to receive in-house assignments to be done remotely and reliably. Chance to show your writing skills and progress to longer length assignments.
American Entrepreneurship Today (R) is a registered trademark associated with our national site for entrepreneurship: AmericanEntrepreneurship.com and a growing family of state web sites covering entrepreneurship that includes NY, PA and NJ: Check out our NY Site: www.AmericanEntrepreneurship.com/ny
Candidates should have had solid exposure to writing courses and able to submit samples of prior work. We are located in New Jersey. Right candidate will work remotely in New York City with periodic meetings with publisher.
Those People, a new Black Magazine, is looking for Black writers with an interesting and unique perspective.
Full disclosure: we have no dollars to give. What we offer is an opportunity to write for the only thoughtful news outlet covering podcasts. We enjoy wonderful relationships with podcast and radio all-stars and we have remarkable access to these brilliant artists. For writers who are interested in podcasts, who love attending podcast events and who spend most of their free-time with headphones on, The Timbre is the perfect place to put your powerful prose. We are looking for a few writers to join our small team of dedicated podcast enthusiasts and journalists. We are looking to expand our coverage and are especially interested in people interested in comedy podcasts and podcasting news, essays and reviews. For the right person, we are open to crafting a weekly/biweekly/monthly column or assigning specific material.
phati’tude || Conversations in Literature is seeking contributors for its website (www.phatitude.org). Our website has grown from a space featuring "phati’tude Literary Magazine" (currently on hiatus) into a literary hub that addresses the bigger conversation with thought-provoking insight on social, cultural and political ideas. We’re looking for writers interested in developing weekly columns and articles that can help us develop an editorial presence with content that is creative, impactful, and true to the phati’tude brand. This is a virtual assignment.
Get Paid to Create
Company Description:
ThinkAlike lets you create quick and stylish polls and share your opinion on fun questions from the people you follow. The more you vote, the more interesting new connections you'll find with your friends and the people you care about.
We believe that helping people express opinions - and find others who feel the same way - can make the world a happier and more connected place
Job Description:
Do you have a creative eye and an inquisitive mind?
We’re looking to invest in a select number of creative, socially active makers to help us guide and grow our budding social platform. ThinkAlike is more than a pretty picture, it is asking a thought provoking question whether with words (75 characters or less), imagery or a combination of both.
What you’ll do:
-- Choose your topic(s):
- Entertainment
- Beauty
- Food
- Travel
- Nature
- Sports
- Music
- News and Current events
- Social Issues
- Street Culture
- OR propose a topic suited to your passion
-- Post a minimum of 3 times a day
-- Share each post to your existing social media
-- Grow your following by rating other content and inviting friends to follow you
What you’ll receive:
We’re offering $60/month to start. In time, if you can grow your following and your content is both and high quality, we will start to increase the payment rate.
Architizer is seeking paid content contributors interested in gaining experience in the architecture and design media industry in our New York City office.
Duties
- Research: Scouring both the web and the Architizer database for leads, and supporting writers as needed
- Production: Processing data, including text and images, as well as original reporting where appropriate
- Engaging communities: Assist social media by drafting content to disseminate via social media channels and/or seed content on partner sites.
- Providing administrative support to the content department: Organizing calendars, updating press lists, fact-checking, requesting photography, etc.
Qualifications
- Enrolled in a degree related to art history, urban studies, design criticism, journalism, communications, or English.
- Knowledge of architecture and design is desirable but not required. All applicants should have a passion for Architizer content.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, start-up office environment
- Understanding of copy-editing and web publishing best practices
- Proficiency in social media and related management tools
- Experience with Adobe Photoshop
- Over 18 with the legal ability to work in the United States
Details
- Contributors are expected to work a minimum of 16 hours (two days) a week in the Architizer office in Lower Manhattan.
The Coney Island History Project is seeking part-time freelance interviewers to be part of a team conducting audio interviews for an oral history project in the Southern Brooklyn neighborhoods of Coney Island, Bensonhurst and Gravesend.
Interviewers must have professional training and experience in oral history or radio reporting. They will conduct, record and edit audio interviews in Chinese--both Cantonese and Mandarin--or another language for which we require interviewers. Interviews are conducted with immigrants and foreign-born New Yorkers. Additional work transcribing and translating the interview is also available. This project starts immediately and is ongoing.
Desired skills:
- Fully bilingual in Chinese, either Cantonese or Mandarin, and English, or another language for which we require interviewers
-Training and experience in oral history or radio reporting
-Provide samples of previous oral history interviews or audio recordings
-Experience with recording equipment and digital editing
-Ability to work independently
-Excellent written and communication skills
The Research & Investigation Team straddles the worlds of scholarship and politics: we aspire to the rigor of academia, and data determines the positions we take, but we are also mindful of the political landscape and keenly aware of the conversations driving state and federal legislation. We deploy evidence strategically to advance evidence-based measures that will save lives.
Policy Contributors will support various projects undertaken by the Research & Investigations team, whether drawing on data related to gun violence, press coverage and criminal records related to individual gun homicide incidents, or data generated through internal analyses and investigations.
Responsibilities:
Track shootings reported on by the press in a selection of states and conduct follow-up research with public databases, public records requests, and law enforcement contacts
Draw on public or internal databases to answer basic questions about gun violence and crime
Provide both substantive and administrative support for the conduct and dissemination of ongoing research projects and investigations
Qualifications:
Demonstrated interest in public-policy and/or political advocacy
Comfort in a fast-moving environment
Scrupulous attention to detail
A self-starter, willing to take the initiative on projects
Ability to quickly learn and adapt to a fast-paced, high-intensity environment
Responsible for shooting video and sound bites and conducting interviews in the field, working both alone and with a reporter. Fills in on Assignment Desk as-needed.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
•Shoots b-roll and conducts interviews
•Reports relevant information back to station from scene of news events
•Assists Reporters with gathering b-roll and interviews
•Assists Reporters and Truck Operators during live shots and live events
•Checks equipment and notifies ENG of equipment problems
•Makes sure tapes or P2 cards are properly labeled before being ingested
•Enters information into Planning Grid and researches stories for Assignment Desk
•Trains interns/new hires in the field
REQUIREMENTS:
•Must be able to drive to story locations (must have valid Driver’s License)
•Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds
•Must be able to work shifts as needed in a 24/7 newsroom including overnights, weekends, and holidays
Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
•Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism, Communications or related field preferred
•One year of experience working in news preferred.
Time Warner Cable supports a drug-free environment and is EOE M/F/V/D.