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2026 Paid Opportunities for Laid-Off Journalists
Kaitlyn Arford
February 05, 2026
A few notes:
These are just pitch calls and resources for recently laid-off journalists
Don’t send AI pitches
This is a living, breathing document of open offers. Please use the comment section to add more!
— Kaitlyn
Journalists | |
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Court Watch needs pitches involving federal courts ($300) | The Lenfield Institute needs remote contractors to support data/analytics, subscription strategy, business operations, technologists, creator platforms, local news, and more |
Men’s Health Magazine needs narrative features, profiles, and reported investigations | Bloomberg is open to freelance pitches for ideas, culture, and books coverage |
Bulwark needs news stories | Current Affairs is open to book reviews |
More Perfect Union needs journalists and producers | The Intercept needs op-eds, reporting, etc. for its voices section |
New Lines Magazine is open to pitches from the foreign desk | |
Front Office Sports needs freelance pitches for features and exclusives | The Boston Globe needs freelancers for the Sunday magazine |
Transformer needs pitches on AI and AI policy | Observer needs arts and culture writers |
The 51st (Washington, D.C.) does amazing work and always needs pitches | Vox Media politics wants to hear from you and has a bunch of full-time jobs open |
City Cast DC is hiring new reporters | The Juggernaut needs reporting on South Asia |
Financial Times needs full-time reporters |
General Offers |
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Project C is offering a free session on independent journalism |
ILJ is offering a free ticket to the freelance journalism conference |
The Video Consortium is offering a membership (limited spots available) |
beehiiv is offering a year free |
Freelance Opportunities! offers free subscriptions to laid-off journalists |
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