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Employment Resources for Journalists

The majority of these links were compiled by Cathy DuPre, editor of the excellent newsletter, Internet InfoScavenger.


Online Job Banks

  • National Diversity Journalism Job Bank. Sponsored by the Florida Times-Union, this site claims to be "the nation's most comprehensive list of journalism openings on the Internet." Available to anyone, it aims for participation by minorities and women, and specifically focuses on openings at newspapers.
  • Media Professional. An informative monthly ezine from the Young Media Professionals Committee of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. They have compiled all the job resources from their archives into one document. Send a request for the "jobs compilation" to MediaProfl@accessabc.com. Contents include Job Hunt Guides, Resource Directories, General Job Banks and Media-Focused Resources. An excellent resource. You can subscribe to the monthly ezine at the same address.
  • The Reporters Network from Houston Chronicle Interactive includes help wanted postings. Journalists looking for work post here as well. Check out these Boards: The Reporters Network Jobs Board, News Reporters Bulletin Board, and Freelance Writers Bulletin Board
  • JobLink from AJR/NewsLink. Search job listings from a detailed set of criteria including: Category (traditional media, online media, academic); Medium (newspapers, broadcasting, advertising, etc.); Experience Level; Specialty (reporter/writer, editor/manager, researcher, photojournalist, etc.); and Region (within US and "outside US").
  • The Job Bank of the National Conference of Editorial Writers (NCEW). Brings together editorial and op-ed page opportunities. Links to other job sites as well.
  • Journalism Jobs. Inclues an archive of J-JOBS, a weekly digest of journalism job postings on the Internet. The source for these job postings are journalism related newsgroups and discussion lists as well as postings sent by media organizations. Listings include both permanent and freelance opportunities.
  • The Write Jobs. Job Listings from Writers Write(tm) for staff writers, journalists, editors, technical writers, etc. Other writer-specific resources at this site include how to submit to publications via e-mail.
  • Reuters Media World Employment Office. The site requires registration, but it's free. The "employment office" links to job resources at AdWeek, Ad Age, Media Central, Rep Temps, Inc. and Reuters. You may find a few journalists' positions sprinkled throughout these resources which primarily list marketing and advertising jobs.
  • Newspaper Jobs Page. From the Detroit Free Press; select "journalism job banks" to find resources categorized by listing services, professional associations, communications companies and university sources. Also see the Knight Ridder openings. Many other helpful links for journalists at this site.
  • Broadcast Employment Services. A must for broadcast professionals. Find jobs that are available right now, post your resume, and connect to the employment pages of TV stations across the country.

News Organizations

  • CareerPath.com. Search classifieds from major newspapers across the US. Helpful if you want to restrict your job search to a specific geographic area.
  • News on the Net from Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. links to news sources by category; target your specialty and go directly to sites for possible job listings. Also includes a list of major national, international, regional and metropolitan news sources.

Mailing Lists

Subscribe to mailing lists in your field -- job postings appear frequently.

  • The Beat Page. Mailing lists for journalists compiled by Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.
  • Liszt. A mailing list directory, Liszt lets you search for even more mailing lists that relate to journalism, jobs, or specific categories or beats.

Just for Freelancers

  • FreelanceOnline. Includes art, Web design/maintenance and writing and editing related jobs. Full-time jobs are also listed. The service is provided by Dan A. Wilson, editor of The Editor's DeskTop.
  • The Writers' Forum. Writing tips from Phil Philcox and the staff at The Press Association. Includes articles like "Promoting Yourself and Your Writing Online - No Charge!" and information on self-publishing, and how to market your book via e-mail.

A Media Recruiter

Journalism and Writers' Resources
If the online job banks don't help, try using the journalism mega sites. Look for news organizations or publications that you can contact directly. Many post employment opportunities on their web sites.

Interview Sources

  • GuestFinder is a web-based service designed to make it easy for journalists to find guests and interview sources. Highly recommended.