Sonia Weiser
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Journalist. she/her. Founder: Opps of the Week (acquired by @Studyhallxyz ). Subscribe: contact: sdweiser @gmail Rep: @ericsmithrocks .
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🧵🧵🧵 For those of you who don't already know, Opportunities of the Week has been acquired by (the new)
@studyhallxyz
. Obviously, I have many thoughts on this transition and the state of journalism and I'd love for you to read them. (1/TK)
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Who knew "righty tighty lefty loosey" would get me so far in life
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People who have in-unit laundry, do you just wash stuff all the time for fun?
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Just once, I want to see a job description describe the workplace as "slow-moving" or "snail-paced."
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A heist movie except about freelancers getting their own money
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It's almost the end of the year. Tell me your super low stakes goals for 2024. Nothing work related or exercise related. I want to know a thing you want to do that totally doesn't matter but would be nice.
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Editors: please pay sex workers to write about the OnlyFans news and pay them well. If you want to be one of these editors and want me to share the call for pitches in tonight's newsletter, comment here!
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I personally would like to start doing smaller loads of laundry more often rather than giant loads of laundry rarely.
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Resigning now is like taking the morning after pill on the baby's fourth birthday.
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I hope the actresses who replace Jenny Slate and Kristen Bell get paid the same amount (or more).
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I still want to write about the gender dynamics in buy nothing groups & how they've become the trading post for mothers to exchange goods for children + How the burden consistently falls on women to manage these exchanges and how mutual aid can still be invisible labor. Editors?
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Just applied for a job at the NYTimes and I'm super excited for no one to ever look at my application.
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Seasonal Affective Disorder is like if your chronic depression hired a contract worker to help with the busy season.
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Thanks New York Post. I feel so informed about this job.
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It's okay to quit journalism.
We don't talk about that enough.
You are not beholden to this job forever and finding another path for your life says nothing about the quality of person you are.
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Saw a research study looking into whether listening to music while having an IUD insertion makes it less painful. You know what could make it less painful? ACTUAL MEDICATION DESIGNED TO MAKE THINGS LESS PAINFUL
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Send me a picture of your pet and I'll tell you what kind of editor it would be
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if you submit to this, please think long and hard about whether you're ready to tell your story to such a massive audience. I know it should be obvious, but this is the kind of prompt that fed the personal-essay era of the early 2000s and those essays ruined people.
Hi!
@nytopinion
is looking for personal essays about regret. If you have a *specific* regret that haunts you and continues to shape or inform your life, pitch me! We're looking for unexpected, compelling, instructive stories and great writing. cornelia.channing
@nytimes
.com
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not a subtweet but just a general tweet: if you're looking for marginalized voices, give people more than a few hours to see the opportunity and pitch before you stop accepting responses.
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being a millennial in journalism is 30% explaining to people how you got your start working for free at a website that no longer exists with an editor who has left journalism to focus on his band.
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I've decided that I'm officially done with this industry. There is nothing about the journalism world that's worth experiencing suicidal ideation for days on end or feeling self destructive. There are other jobs out there. I will find one. Consider this me "putting out feelers"
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for those of you who met your closest friends as adults in a non school or random roommate situation or dating app blunder, how did you meet?
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Interviewer: Are you familiar with Chicago Manual Style?
Me: That's like AP Style but with a thicker crust, right?
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STOP PENALIZING NEW FREELANCERS FOR NOT KNOWING FREELANCE/PITCHING ETIQUETTE. This is shit you learn over time and probably not while you're panicking about having no income.
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My new cerulean blue sweater is shrouded in Meryl Streep’s judgement.
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journalism in the 90s: trying to file on deadline
journalism in 2023: trying to file before the publication folds.
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@bfishbfish
I remember my first year in NYC I was taking a walk with a friend and she told me this. Cut to many years later when I chased down a car without shoes on
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I don't want to write a novel so much as I want to post a screenshot from Publishers Marketplace about my book deal.
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Being a freelancer means working on the weekend so you can clear up your schedule for more work all week.
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controversial opinion but freelancing isn't always a good solution for laid off journalists. The money doesn't add up quickly. It takes an insane amount of willpower and time and often leads to nothing. There are easier jobs that pay more that you can do while looking for your
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Good morning to everyone but the 258 publications asking people to do unpaid tests as part of the application process
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One of the best things about
@KillingEve
is how well Sandra Oh juggles her feelings of repulsion, attraction, jealousy, and fascination towards Villanelle.
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I made the list!
Each year, Writer's Digest compiles the 101 Best Websites for Writers. See the complete 2023 list here.
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Freelancing is repeatedly telling yourself "this will put me on the map" until you fall off the face of the earth.
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A lot of people are posting about their accomplishments for 2023 so let's get a thread going of things we did badly instead.
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At the wedding this weekend people were like oh how’s journalism and I was like here’s a list of nearly 300 publications that demand unpaid labor as part of the hiring process and they were like I’m gonna go talk to other people now
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It's time! Tell me about the publications that have asked you to do an unpaid writing test as part of the interview process. Making an anonymous spreadsheet to share. DM me with yours and I'll add it. Will share the spreadsheet once there's enough on there to make it worthwhile
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not to sound bleak as fuck, but what are people living for these days?
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Hey editors: looking for freelancers? Tell me and I'll tell them! Opportunities of the Week, my tiny monster of an email newsletter is going out tonight to 7000+ people all over the world. So send me your needs and I'll pass the message along. Paid work only. Reply here or DM
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Is it possible to get any school administrators to speak honestly to the press right now about the bullshit they're putting their teachers through?
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Big News!
@damemagazine
and I have joined forces to create "The Newcomers Corner", a special place within their platform dedicated to publishing writers from all over the world who don't have any professional bylines. Here's all the info and how to pitch:
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The Black Journalists Therapy Relief Fund reached the $2,000 benchmark in under 24 hours! Will begin distributing funds to applicants ASAP.
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We need more freelancer meetups to drink heavily and scream into the void as a community
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Good morning to everyone especially the man in prospect park who said “let’s go get a croissant” to his dog
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ICYMI: The
@DemocracyFund
donated $150k to the Black Journalists Therapy Relief Fund. This is the news I've been sitting on for months and I'm so unbelievably excited to finally be able to announce it. THAT'S SO MUCH THERAPY!
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The crying to your honors English teacher to freelance writer pipeline is strong
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Send me a picture of your pet and I'll tell you the title of their senior thesis.
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Can we phase out having to rewrite your entire resume on job application portals?
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An editor once told me that everytime a reader has to read a direct quote, they die a little inside. I happen to love direct quotes, and not just because it's less for me to write. What say you?
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A premature reminder that no one has to do a year end thread of bylines. You also don't have to read anyone's thread and just because they have a thread of bylines, doesn't mean their lives didn't suck, they weren't rejected 100000x, or they are happier or prettier or whatever
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326 publications are on the list of outlets that require unpaid writing tests as part of their hiring process. Shoutout to
@highcountrynews
for updating their process so the trial assignment is paid!
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where are all the high-paying, non-boring, remote, flexible schedule jobs????
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This piece took everything out of me. A fuck ton of edits and rewrites and dwelling on trauma more than usual. CW: Suicide. From
@PostOpinions
@washingtonpost
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editors are like "we need diverse voices!" then post a call for pitches with a 10 minute window for responses.
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i'm so tired of seeing writing jobs that require a specific area of expertise. A lot of people can pick up different types of writing incredibly easily if they're already good writers.
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Self care is trendy as long as you get all your work done.
we tell people to prioritize self care and mental health and when they actually do it - under some of the most extreme and high pressure circumstances possible - we judge them for it
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THIS IS HUGE!!!!! NYC Just Passed a Law Requiring Employers to Post Salary Ranges in Job Ads
@melissajourno
via
@Inc
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Good luck to all the college freshmen who think they'll marry their high school sweetheart and not develop a crush on their RA.
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the book on tape I didn't know I needed.
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If you're going to ask Black writers to share their trauma so you can get clicks, at least tell them how much they'll get paid.
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The best part of freelancing is learning something and then immediately forgetting it after the money comes through
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@tarahchieffi
they print out everything and edit it by hand. Then give it to an intern to implement the changes in InCopy then have them print it out again so they can review it once more by hand.
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freelance journalism is like "here's a thing I've been obsessed with for years that I finally have time to write about...oh wait they did that already if only I had pitched that when I had the idea three years ago."
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there are a ton of pieces about the benefits of Buy Nothing groups but little about the amount of stress that goes into coordinating pickups and handling demand.
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Something they don't tell you about being a freelance writer: about 4 hours after your "BIG ARTICLE" you will once again feel miserable and your normal daily anxieties about bullshit will return with full force.
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movie idea: a journalist gets laid off during a restructuring of a publication and decides to go undercover as a college student and work for the college paper because there are no jobs left in the industry...
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If you ever reach a dead end in an interview, try asking the following four questions:
1. What is that beautiful house?
2. Where does that highway lead to?
3. Am I right, am I wrong?
4. My god, what have I done?
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L.L. Bean is for people who thrive in the snow.
Lands' End is for people who tolerate the snow.
Eddie Bauer is for people who pay other people to handle the snow.
Can someone explain to me the difference between these 3 brands…
L.L. Bean, Lands’ End, and Eddie Bauer?
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boomer friends: did you inherit something that is massively cumbersome and is no longer worth anything? My mom is trying to sell a grand piano which apparently has very little value these days and I'm wondering if other people are dealing with the same problem.
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In exciting news: I've finally admitted to myself and accepted the fact that I'm better at helping journalists than I am at being a journalist. Which all goes to say that the newsletter will live on in perpetuity.
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Just read a job listing looking for people between the ages of 15-30 with at least 5 years of marketing experience. Please find me a 10 year old who's already started their career in marketing.
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Freelance journalists need a mental health support system that this industry is currently incapable of providing. Correction: not incapable. The powers that be could put infrastructure in place to care for those who give up everything else to produce content. They just don't.
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this is awkward but I don't think there's enough freelance opportunities to warrant sending out the newsletter twice per week anymore. Congrats everyone! We killed it.
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This year, instead of the usual "here are the best pieces I wrote" threads, I want to see freelancers share all the other shit they did to stay financially afloat.
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recently i was on a date and while the guy was in the bathroom, the woman at the table next to me told me not to settle and that's how we win, ladies.
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@kalyani_saxena
hate to say it but youtube and tiktok are game changers for makeup tutorials
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what are some high paying jobs that have hired former journalists? Asking for me, a person who is over all of this bullshit
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SONIA'S EARNEST TWEET: Go out on a limb for people. Connect hirers with hirees. Vouch for other freelancer's skills and provide personal recommendations. It's really not hard and a note saying "this person is good" or even "this person exists" can do wonders. Seriously.
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I cannot stress this enough: READ THE PUBLICATION BEFORE YOU PITCH THEM FOR FUCK'S SAKE. The point of my newsletter is not to make editors' lives harder by giving them a surplus of shitty pitches to sort through.
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Editors! It's a new year! New budgets! Who's accepting pitches? Who has stories to assign? Reply here or tag me in your calls for pitches so I can share them in Opportunities of the Week!
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If anyone is looking to write about a Black-owned small business in Brooklyn, Outlandish is a new outdoors shop in crown heights. It’s beautiful and they plan hiking groups and are absolutely deserving of press
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By the end of the year, every journalist's bio is going to say "Previously" and then a list of publications that no longer exist.
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Fuck it. I'm not going to pretend that comment about not sharing in a newsletter and not sharing rates wasn't incredibly insulting.
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I know editors are often too busy to respond to pitches, but a simple "we are not worthy of this greatness" would be helpful.
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Just saw a full time assistant editor position at an ivy league university's press in NYC with a salary of $48.5k. That's less than the cost of a year's tuition to the same university (not including room and board and other expenses. Just the tuition).
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If I take a newsletter break from December 23 through the end of the year, can you all agree to be cool about it?
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If you grew up watching Wishbone: which episode do you most associate with that show?
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