Your Weekly Dose of Freelance Writing Opportunities ✍
Hello Freelancer 👋
Hope you’re doing well? This is the first edition of 2026, so Happy New Year! Hope you had a great festive break and are feeling refreshed.
In today’s edition: Vacancies opening up at Daily Mirror, Business Insider, Questrade more.
Good luck with the applications this week!
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Opportunities ✍
Daily Mirror: Writers/Journalists (via Matt Atherton): “It's a new year, and the Mirror's news team is on the hunt for some freelancers to help with shifts. We're looking for anyone that fancies themselves as the next award-winning journalist who loves writing about anything from crime, health, and weather, to even a little bit of royal and - my personal favourite - weird news. You don't have to be a seasoned pro with a CV full of national and international exclusives! It's a jungle out there, especially for the newbies in our industry, so please do reach out whatever your experience! Get in touch at matt.atherton@reachplc.com if you're keen!”
Business Insider: Writers: “We’re looking for Costco, Trader Joe’s, and/or Aldi shoppers to write posts like this for our grocery diaries. You MUST be able to visit the store and snap photos of each item you’re speaking about during your next trip! Sometimes it’s easier to snap photos first and write second. We’d love to hear about why you like each product and what you use it for/why it’s a great value. We also love to differentiate our diaries. If you have a larger grocery budget, work as a dietitian or personal trainer, are a chef/culinary expert, spend over $500 every trip, or work at one of these stores — it’s also worth noting! Rates for stories like these begin at $175 per piece”.
Questrade: Writer (via Kat Angus): “I’m the Deputy Editor for the new media arm of Questrade, and my inbox is officially open for pitches. Everyone is welcome to pitch, but I especially welcome fresh voices, perspectives, and ideas that are perhaps considered unusual for finance content”.
Copywriter (via Daniel Levy): “Our client is working on a pitch for a household cleaning brand and looking for a copywriter to team up with an Art Director to help bring their conceptual routes to life. The role is focused on shaping the key messaging for each idea, grounded in the brand proposition and territory, and writing high-level copy to show how the ideas could stretch across a few channels such as social, shopper, digital display and print.” Day rate: £350.
