We’re looking for freelance journalists to join the CoinDesk global editorial team and report on bitcoin and the digital currency economy.
You’ll have experience in technology or possibly finance, and be incredibly passionate about great content and technology.
You’ll enjoy finding stories, interviewing the influencers behind them, and hunting down leads. Relentless, driven and ambitious, you’ll pay attention to the details and love breaking a story. You’ll also be diligent and fanatical about accurate reporting and precise copy.
You’ll enjoy being part of a small but focused team and working in a rapidly changing industry.
Our core team is based in central London, but we will consider international applications from those who wish to work remotely.
The role
You will be responsible for:
Finding and reporting digital currency news
Analysis and deep reporting pieces
Building relationships with and interviewing relevant influencers and companies
Attending and reporting at events and conferences
Submitting stories through WordPress
Sub-editing articles
Supporting 24-hour coverage of the digital currency industry
Requirements
Strong experience in news journalism
Experience with technology and/or finance sectors
Experience in online/digital media
Willingness to work around the clock and in a fast-moving environment to get the job done
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As part of the global network, you'll have access to various assignments and editorial tools in Storyhunter's online platform created specifically for video journalists and documentary filmmakers.
The candidate should have at least 2 years of professional video journalism/documentary filmmaking experience and be capable of handling all aspects of production and post-production.
We are seeking students to join our team to work remotely, with flexible hours and compensation per story or project. Responsibilities include fact-checking, writing stories for the website, researching stories, compiling directory entries and working in WordPress. Must be a detail-oriented self-starter who is able to work independently and must have a passion for exploring and showcasing independent food businesses.
The NYU School of Law Office of Communications is hiring a graduate student to prepare a report for strategic planning purposes. The student will read/skim/consider a list of 10 or more books and perhaps a dozen articles on the transmission of ideas, why certain ideas stick, and social media and where it’s heading, and then write a report on the literature.
The report will be presented to a committee of faculty and administrators at the Law School.
Our ideal candidate is a critical thinker, strong writer, familiar with social media/marketing/branding, and interested in how ideas spread. Payment for this project will be dependent upon the hours worked, up to $1,500.
As a Sports Correspondent, contributors at isportsweb.com will be assigned to cover a sports beat for a team they have interest in. As that team’s correspondent, contributors are expected to generate multiple stories per week about that team. These stories can and should be opinionated, and we give our writers freedom to pick topics they find relevant to their particular team.
While our contributors are unpaid to start, we do help all writers gain media credentials to games. This is not guaranteed, but we have been able to gain media access in the NFL, NCAA basketball and NCAA football.
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Curbed seeks longform and narrative journalism pitches from freelance writers and photographs on the subjects we cover, including architecture and design, real estate, and neighborhoods, for our New York City, National, San Francisco, and Los Angeles sites. See our full writers' guidelines here:
http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/12/03/curbed_seeks_longform_journalismheres_how_to_pitch.php.