The Sampler

This is a once-a-week sampling of Study Hall’s collection of tools and resources for media workers.

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-NPR is hiring an editor for its Newshub team on a temporary, 12-week contract. They will draft and edit display copy, including story headlines, social media summaries for Facebook and alert language, send push notifications, and more. Candidates should have at least three years of experience editing and managing branded social accounts. The salary rate is $45.67 per hour. The position is represented by SAG-AFTRA and will be remote and full-time, ending on May 9, 2025.

-MIT Technology Review’s commissioning editor, Rachel Courtland, is looking for pitches of longer pieces — narrative features, compelling investigations, essential profiles, and super-sharp essays — on the theme of “creativity” for an upcoming print issue. “Please note that we will likely be getting a lot of pitches on AI and creativity. This is not to dissuade you from pitching on that topic if you feel like you have a strong and specific idea. But we would especially welcome pitches on other subjects, ones that interpret the theme in other ways." Rates range from $1 to $2 per word. Send pitches to [email protected] by December 4.

-The Lever is hiring a political newsletter writer to develop and author a daily email “spotlighting the day’s most important and overlooked news, along with spotlighting The Lever’s latest money-in-politics and corporate-accountability journalism.” Candidates should have at least five years of newsletter writing experience and “deep knowledge of money in politics and an eagerness to track breaking daily developments in the space.” The salary range is $70,000-$90,000. To apply, send a cover letter, resume, references, and three clips to [email protected].

-The Financial Times is hiring a reporter based in NYC for its weekly specialist publication, BoardIQ. They will write in-depth, data-driven content about mutual fund directors, including a mix of features, data-driven stories, news pieces and investigations. Candidates must be “eager to jump into the fund board world and develop the key inside sources.” The salary range is $71,000-$85,000, and the position is represented by the Writers Guild of America East.

-​​Bloomberg News is hiring a bilingual reporter based in LA (or Austin, TX) to “lead high-impact coverage of US immigration issues as President Donald Trump begins his second term.” The role is focused on chronicling major shifts in border policy, from heightened enforcement to new deportation measures, and exploring how these actions impact businesses, the economy, big cities and rural areas. Candidates should have at least five years of experience in immigration, political and/or economic reporting, preferably with a focus on global migration and policy. “Spanish-language skills are essential.” The salary range is $115,000-$140,000.