#WeeklyGigs March 10
Supporting freelancers with an amazing curated list of the best jobs, fellowships and grants
Hi all, hope your week’s off to a good start!
The coronavirus is keeping us plenty busy, hope you’re keeping yourself safe while covering it. Be sure you have insurance and do a complete risk analysis before attempting any interviews or getting into quarantined areas!
#StoryPitches
Here are the top story pitches from last week!
Get an editors attention by posting one on HackPack, so they know what is happening in your part of the world! We take them and send them out to clients and highlight the best ones here.
Here’s a few of the best story pitches we’ve seen last week!
A great imagery piece in Jakarta! Arpan is ready to do a cool piece about the “Starbucks on cycling" phenomenon. A great piece to show life conditions in the capital. Connect with Arpan here.
Romania's fight against coronavirus comes up against the Orthodox Church's customs. An interesting video report on how healthcare specialists are battling traditional habits. Connect with Mircea to commission the piece.
And now on to the curated list of opportunities on HackPack. To see a personalized list, log into your profile on HackPack. Add languages, location and areas of expertise to your profile information so you see opportunities that fit you.
#WeeklyGigs
Global
Thomson Foundation offers mobile journalism competition 14.03.2020
Documentary Film Festival in Perm, Russia seeking applicants 09.05.2020
UAE film platform seeks applicants for program and grants 14.03.2020
Apply to Ocean Science Journalism fellowship in the US 16.04.2020
Journalists covering environmental topics can apply for an award 31.03.2020
UC Berkeley offers fellowship program on food & farming 14.03.2020
Photographers can apply to the iPhone Photography Awards 30.03.2020
Africa
Benin-based journalists can apply for assistance grant 30.05.2020
Journalists in developing countries can apply for production grant 01.04.2020
Egyptian filmmakers can apply for a film festival 14.03.2020
Grant for cross-border stories in Africa, Asia & Europe around money movements 15.03.2020
Asia
BBC News seeks a digital journalist based in Singapore 19.03.2020
BBC Burmese Service is looking for a video journalist based in Myanmar 21.03.2020
AFP seeks a news editor based in Hong Kong 21.03.2020
Journalists in Myanmar & Vietnam can apply to Women in News Accelerator 19.03.2020
Europe
Seeking video journalists to do English stand ups in Rome, Venice, Milano & Florence 14.03.2020
BBC News seeks a digital news editor based in London 21.03.2020
Apply to become an EJO fellow, writing about the media industry based in Berlin 14.03.2020
Recent grads can apply for Google Fellowship to explore journalism & tech 29.03.2020
Latin America
Journalists in developing countries can apply for production grant 01.04.2020
Journalist can apply to award for stories on education 21.05.2020
News stories about northeast Brazil can receive cash prizes 30.03.2020
Middle East
Journalists in developing countries can apply for production grant 01.04.2020
Arab Photographers can apply for documentary program 14.04.2020
North America
Maynard Institute offers fellowship in San Francisco to minority journalists 29.03.2020
Native American journalists can apply to fellowship to cover a conference in Arizona 30.03.2020
Apply to EJF fellowships at Freie Universität Berlin to European, Russian & US journalists 14.03.2020
Russia & Eastern Partnership Countries
Journalists in developing countries can apply for production grant 01.04.2020
Apply to EJF fellowships at Freie Universität Berlin to Euopean, Russian & US journalists 14.03.2020
Helping you tell the stories that matter!
Justin Varilek
Founder, HackPack
