The Chinese News Group (Dazhong Bao)

Chinese News is currently looking for an English-language freelance reporter for an English-language print reporter.

The Chinese News Group has been serving the GTA’s Chinese-Canadian community both in print and online for over 21 years. A qualified candidate will work with the editor for specific coverage of a story.

The Chinese News Group, also known as Da Zhong Bao, has proven to be an ideal place for young reporters to generate stories, practice their craft, build their portfolios and gain valuable experience.

Please send your resume to jack@chinesenewsgroup.com.

The deadline for application is October 31, 2014.

Globe and Mail 2015 Summer Program

The Globe and Mail is looking to hire reporters, editors, digital/video/multimedia specialists, designers and others for the summer of 2015. These are fully paid jobs and not internships. We are seeking freelance writers and editors, experienced journalists from other organizations, recent graduates or students in their graduating year.

The Globe and Mail has won more national journalism awards than any of its Canadian competitors, has been honoured internationally for its world-class website, and has captured two Emmys for video

projects, so we need the best journalists to cover for our regular staff when they go on summer vacation.

Even though these jobs are just for the summer, the program is a great way to get your foot in the door at The Globe and Mail and its digital properties. We have hired many future senior editors, reporters, digital editors, foreign correspondents and columnists through our summer program.

We are looking for people who have previous journalism experience, whether at a Canadian daily or an online organization or a school paper. We want people who have a true passion for journalism, great drive combined with common sense, and an ability to step into and be a full part of Canada’s best news organization.

If you have no journalism or publishing experience through a school, freelance, regular blog or some other organization, you won’t make it to the interview stage. Applicants must be Canadian citizens or have the pre-existing right to work in Canada through to September, 2015.

We accept applications by e-mail only. No phone calls, please!

The deadline for applications is Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. Interviews will be conducted in the three-week period after that.

Please e-mail the following to summerjobs2015@globeandmail.com.

1. Resume, including relevant experience, as an attachment.

2. A 100-word explanation, also as an attachment, of what you would bring to The Globe newspaper and/or its digital operations. This note is critical. We get more than 500 applicants for a limited number of positions so be sure to let us know why you should be chosen.

3. Three examples of your work with links.

In the subject line of your e-mail application, please indicate your city or school and whether you are seeking editing, web, reporting, photography or newspaper design work.

The subject line should therefore look like this: Montreal-photographer or Carleton-editor or Halifax-videographer etc.

The large volume of applicants we receive every year means we cannot respond to everyone who applies. But you will hear from us shortly after the deadline if you are chosen for an interview. If you are chosen for an interview, please spend a little time with The Globe and Mail and globeandmail.com before we see you to better understand what we do.

Jim Sheppard

Melissa Whetstone

2015 Summer Program Co-chairs

The Plaid Zebra

Join The Plaid Zebra’s paid freelancer team

Looking for journalism work that’s good for your portfolio, well-paying, and interesting? ThePlaidZebra.com, a Toronto-based unconventional lifestyle magazine, is looking to expand its roster of freelance writers and photographers.

Applicants should have a strong voice, an eye for unorthodox stories, and an interest in life that defies the nine-to-five grind. If selected, contibutors will pitch and produce one to three stories weekly for a base rate of $50 per story. The magazine will also select a team of paid junior writers that will receive mentorship from the editors before becoming regular freelance contributors. Hours and time commitments will be flexible and manageable for students.

To learn more and apply, come to The Plaid Zebra’s Ryerson info and portfolio session on Thursday, Sept. 18 at 6 p.m. in RCC 187. Please be prepared to provide a one-sentence bio and two to three samples of your writing and/or photography. (Both physical and digital submissions are welcome.) After reviewing the submissions, the editors will interview the most qualified applicants and make their selection.

Send any questions to plaidzebramagazine@gmail.com. If you cannot attend the meeting but are interested in applying, send your bio and portfolio to the same address by Sept. 18.

dandyhorse - stipend

dandyhorse magazine is looking for a new web editor. This is a part-time position of approximately 10 hours per week working from home for a four-month term, with occasional team meetings. Deadline for application: September 20, 2014, 5 p.m.

About you: You have some writing/blogging/editing experience, you like bikes, are willing to learn and have the ability to focus your attention on details. The ideal candidate would also have another job, and have experience working two part-time jobs at the same time.

Details: The web editor will produce approximately two or three self-generated stories per month (including in total at least two Bike Spotting sessions over four months) – leads, contacts and ideas provide (pitches always welcome). PLUS you will copy edit and upload one or two stories per week from other contributors. All stories are posted to social media.

We work in WordPress. Training and style guide are provided.

Break it down: Approximately 3-4 hours a day @ 2-3 days a week for 4 months. You will work with a variety of contributors; from highly-skilled, established, regularly-published writers and photographers to students and guest bloggers who work for bike advocacy groups or like-minded environmental organizations who are looking to promote their good works and events, along with two or three other part-time editors.

This is a volunteer position with a small stipend.

You will:

- Gain experience editing and producing stories for a magazine, online,

- Participate in marketing campaigns and events for the magazine,

- Get copy and web editing experience, and;

- Help increase positive bike culture, especially in Toronto!

- Build up by-lined stories for your portfolio.

Other duties:

NEWSLETTER –this simple monthly aggregate or ‘round up’ of dandy stories from the web and promotions (includes at least one partner/external story).  Done in MailChimp.

SOCIAL MEDIA: The web editors execute social media regularly, according to dandy guidelines. Every story we produce must be posted to Facebook and must be Tweeted twice. We also post information from like(bike)-minded organizations and promote bike events.

Interested candidates should contact Tammy Thorne at tammy@dandyhorsemagazine.com to arrange an interview.

dandyhorse magazine is Canada’s premier arts and advocacy cycling lifestyle magazine with a bi-annual hard copy circulation of 4,000-10,000 (dependent on ad revenue). dandyhorse magazine dot com receives about 10,000 page views each and every month and we have almost 3,000 followers on Twitter.

rabble.ca

Position: Labour Beat reporter internship

Anticipated Hours: 12 hours per week, 39 weeks (September to May)
Location: Ottawa, Toronto or Vancouver

The placement

In partnership with Unifor, rabble.ca is pleased to announce our third annual Labour Beat Internship. The placement will provide the successful candidate with unique opportunities to develop a grounding for reporting on national labour issues. The internship will involve access to meetings, conferences, media briefings and interviews with leaders in the labour movement, and may include shadowing rabble's Parliament Hill reporter to committees and scrums.

In addition, the successful candidate will become familiar with some of the daily tasks involved in producing a daily national news site. The successful candidate will work one-on-one with rabble's editors, and will have opportunities to participate in the production of multimedia storytelling. Working independently from our desks in Ottawa, Toronto or Vancouver, the candidate will be expected to pitch news stories, take regular news-writing assignments and work with the editor to prepare articles for publication. The labour reporter will also gain experience in research and fact-checking. Strong writing, editing and research skills are a must, as are a demonstrated interest in the labour movement, current affairs and the ability to meet quick deadlines and to work independently.

Responsibilities
1) Assist with copyediting and fact-checking of news articles
2) Assist with Labour Issue page, blogs and Activist Toolkit
3) Attend weekly story meetings and monthly editorial meetings
4) Contribute weekly news stories to rabble.ca
5) Contribute weekly roundups or brief reports to rabble.ca
6) Research, edit labour-related stories
7) Contribute to events listing
8) Other tasks as required

Supervision and reporting
Report to rabble.ca's editor.

Qualifications:
- Journalism degree and/or 2 years working experience in the field
- Demonstrated experience in online media and knowledge of the labour movement
- Creative problem-solving and decision-making skills for a virtual office
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Familiarity with Internet technology
- Demonstrated capacity to work independently
- Must have computer and high-speed Internet access

To apply
Applications are accepted by email only and should be sent to jobs@rabble.ca by midnight, September 9, 2014.

Applications must include:
- A cover letter, indicating why you are interested in the Labour Reporter internship and
how it fits into your future career aspirations
- Your resume
- Three writing samples (published or unpublished)

Remuneration

This is a paid internship placement, sponsored in partnership with Unifor.

rabble.ca is an employment equity employer.

About rabble.ca
rabble.ca is a Canadian independent media success story. Built on the efforts of progressive journalists, writers, artists and progressives across the country, rabble launched on April 18, 2001, just before the protests against the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City.

rabble.ca is a registered not-for-profit organization. We rely on the support of individual and organization donors and our sustaining partners.

The site gets up to 450,000 visitors monthly, and we are growing. rabble.ca features some of the best new and emerging progressive voices in Canada. rabble.ca is 100 per cent free to read, watch, listen, post and discuss the news of the day -- the "news for the rest of us." rabble.ca delivers intentionally progressive journalism. The rabble.ca site aims to present a range of opinion from people who are engaged in struggles for social justice, workers' rights, peace, and an inclusive society. rabble.ca is committed to reflecting current events accurately from a progressive point of view. rabble.ca's role is to report on stories and viewpoints that are underreported, not reported, or mis-reported in mainstream media. The need for accurate, current reporting on issues concerning the labour movement is a key example of rabble's mandate.

About Unifor
Unifor is Canada's largest private sector union, with more than 305,000 members across the country, working in every major sector of the Canadian economy.

Unifor brings a modern approach to unionism: adopting new tools, involving and engaging our members, and always looking for new ways to develop the role and approach of our union to meet the demands of the 21st century.

Every person of working age in Canada has a right to a good job and the benefits of economic progress.

Unifor was officially formed on August 31, 2013, at a Founding Convention in Toronto, Ontario.

It marked the coming together of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW) and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) -- two of Canada's largest and most influential labour unions.

Berkeley Payment Solutions

Marketing Coordinator Intern
$15/hr, up to 25hrs a week

Berkeley Payment Solutions is looking for a part time Marketing Coordinator intern to assist with duties relating to the creation of Visa and MasterCard prepaid card artwork, collateral, blog posts, website landing pages, email campaigns, and infographics. 

We’d love to see your writing samples, digital design work, or portfolio!

Main Responsibilities:
- Creating, editing, and maintaining website pages and blog posts using WordPress 
- Helping with social media posts, PowerPoint presentation design, and infographics
- Creating Visa and MasterCard prepaid card mockups for clients
- Creating design and communications for email campaigns using Salesforce and iContact
- Creating and editing online banner ads, web imagery, and other digital assets
- Helping with content creation for an internal knowledgebase project
- Data entry, data cleanup, and duplicate record removal in Salesforce

Qualifications:
- Strong knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
- Experience with digital design or print design projects
- Excellent English writing, editing, and communication abilities
- Good knowledge of CMSs or publishing platforms like WordPress
- Detail-oriented on repetitive tasks like data entry
- Basic knowledge of HTML a plus

About Berkeley:
- One of Canada’s fastest growing financial technology companies, ranked 66th in the 2014 Profit500 – our third consecutive year in the top 100.
- A fun, dynamic, and challenging work environment
- Be part of exciting initiatives that take advantage of new technologies
- Formal and informal opportunities and support for ongoing learning, growth, and development

Berkeley Payment Solutions provides prepaid credit card programs for over 500 businesses, governments, and financial institutions in North America.

Berkeley helps companies leverage the convenience and choice of Visa and MasterCard prepaid credit card programs for employee rewards, consumer rebates, sales incentives, monetary compensation, and government disbursements.

Through strategic partnerships with leading financial institutions, Berkeley provides prepaid credit card product development, program management, reporting, IT consulting, and prepaid card design, processing, and fulfillment.

Send your applications to:
kholland@baystreethr.com