33 Science Writing Opportunities

An internship that pays $650 a week and an FT job that pays $250,000 a year.

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Ameya Paleja
November 02, 2024

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Welcome to this week’s edition of The Science Freelancer.

33 gigs and jobs await you in this newsletter.

But before that a BIG Thank You

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to all the community members who took the time to fill out the survey on how The Science Freelancer should operate from here on.

In case you missed out on filling out the survey, here’s your opportunity to have your say.

For those who gave their input, a few changes have been implemented in this edition of the newsletter already.

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Since science writers do not have the same needs and are at different career levels, we have a mixed bag of opportunities here.

Type of Gigs this week

Freelance

Pitch call

Internship / Entry Gigs/ Volunteer

If you’d like to contribute opportunities to this newsletter, you can send them to me via LinkedIn.

Based on the survey, this will be a large, free-to-all community, with gigs going out once every weekend.

We will not have a paid early access option and the price of coffee has now been reduced to $3.

However, processing small payments is expensive. It will cost more than 30c or 10 percent of the contribution, so I can’t cover them anymore, and will now be charged at your end.

The good news is that you can now pay in your local currency, whether EUR, USD or INR.

I recommend buying at least 3 coffees to minimize the add-on costs. This way, you could do it just once a quarter instead of paying it every month. I will be posting more on this next week.

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Full-Time / Part-Time

Hybrid/ Remote

Resources

  • Applications are now open for Quanta Magazine’s Science Writing Fellow ($29/ hour + medical)

  • The Transmitter is now accepting applications for its science reporting fellowship ($29/ hour + medical)

  • For those looking for additional gigs, The Study Hall Sampler shares opportunities every week*.

  • Find out how you can earn more than a full-time salary every month through Lex Roman’s Journalists Pay Themselves newsletter*

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A friendly reminder.

Each writer is unique and works differently. Some opportunities in this edition may not work for you, but they could be a perfect fit for another freelancer.

So, if you see a gig that is right up someone else’s alley, send this newsletter to your freelancer friend and earn some brownie points.

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That’s it for this week.

New week, new opportunities!

Keep applying. We’ve got this!

Ameya

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