Are you looking for a full-time job? A new freelance gig? Well, the Quarterly Gig Seekers Thread is here.
Sent out quarterly on the 15th of January, April, July, and October, it works just like those Twitter threads that are designed to promote media folks for hire: reply with a short pitch about who you are and what kind of work you’re looking for, whether it’s full-time, part-time, or freelance.
But this is a Substack thread, so that means unlike Twitter, there’s no character limit. Share a link to your portfolio. Talk more about your career goals. Link to a few pieces of work you’re proud of. Up to you.
Participation isn’t limited to subscribers or West Coast-based journalists. All are welcome. If you already posted in last month’s thread, feel free to post an update on what you’ve been up to or if you’re looking to cover new topics/beats.
The thread will be promoted via the newsletter and our social media all season…until the next thread arrives.
Hi all - I am a French native journalist who has lived and worked across the United States for six years.
My experience working at an international news organization, at national and local newspapers, and working on different documentaries has made me a thorough and compassionate reporter passionate about telling powerful stories.
As a journalist, I could never pick a beat that I was more drawn to than others. Whether it be immigration, culture, environment, or local news, what I was mostly drawn to was the people I interviewed and their stories. By talking to a lobsterman one day and a young woman searching for her family the next, writing features allowed me to share both unique and universal experiences with readers.
I'm looking for both full-time work and freelance opportunities, so if you'd like to work together, please get in touch at cassandrecoyer@gmail.com
I'd love to find more markets for freelance narrative history or writing about the historical context of current events. I've just submitted the manuscript of my second book — The Golden Fortress: California's Border War on Dust Bowl Refugees — and I'm eager to dig back into freelance writing, especially stories that use history to provide a new perspective on contemporary subjects. Given the book, I'm currently percolating a number of ideas related to the Great Depression, responses to Dust Bowl migration in West Coast states, and how these events shape contemporary migration, law enforcement and economic recovery. I'd be thrilled to discuss these and other ideas with editors, or to take on stories editors are eager to assign.
Separately I have a number of story ideas related to the 80th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks and the U.S. entry into World War II for which I'd like to find a home. Some of these would have particular resonance for West Coast audiences but still be of great interest to nationwide ones. I'm also open to covering other subjects and have a variety of other ideas cooking at all times, but I'm most excited about history and am comfortable taking deep dives into archival sources to surface events, people and institutions from the past that would excite, intrigue, or inform present-day audiences.
Finally, I'd be interested in talking about long term gigs or even staff positions with publications that might be looking to hire someone to regularly cover history and its relevance to their other content. I have a number of ideas I'd be open to discussing with the right organization.
My portfolio's available at lascheratlarge.com/portfolio and I can be contacted via that site (or Bill [at] lascheratlarge [dot] com). The portfolio's a little light on recent bylines thanks to book drafting amid pandemic parenting of a new baby, but I'm eager to dig back into regular reporting and build it back up quickly. If you want to skip the portfolio, here are three projects of which I'm particularly proud.
Hi all - I am a French native journalist who has lived and worked across the United States for six years.
My experience working at an international news organization, at national and local newspapers, and working on different documentaries has made me a thorough and compassionate reporter passionate about telling powerful stories.
As a journalist, I could never pick a beat that I was more drawn to than others. Whether it be immigration, culture, environment, or local news, what I was mostly drawn to was the people I interviewed and their stories. By talking to a lobsterman one day and a young woman searching for her family the next, writing features allowed me to share both unique and universal experiences with readers.
I'm looking for both full-time work and freelance opportunities, so if you'd like to work together, please get in touch at cassandrecoyer@gmail.com
Here is my website feel free to check it out! https://www.cassandrecoyer.com/
I'd love to find more markets for freelance narrative history or writing about the historical context of current events. I've just submitted the manuscript of my second book — The Golden Fortress: California's Border War on Dust Bowl Refugees — and I'm eager to dig back into freelance writing, especially stories that use history to provide a new perspective on contemporary subjects. Given the book, I'm currently percolating a number of ideas related to the Great Depression, responses to Dust Bowl migration in West Coast states, and how these events shape contemporary migration, law enforcement and economic recovery. I'd be thrilled to discuss these and other ideas with editors, or to take on stories editors are eager to assign.
Separately I have a number of story ideas related to the 80th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks and the U.S. entry into World War II for which I'd like to find a home. Some of these would have particular resonance for West Coast audiences but still be of great interest to nationwide ones. I'm also open to covering other subjects and have a variety of other ideas cooking at all times, but I'm most excited about history and am comfortable taking deep dives into archival sources to surface events, people and institutions from the past that would excite, intrigue, or inform present-day audiences.
Finally, I'd be interested in talking about long term gigs or even staff positions with publications that might be looking to hire someone to regularly cover history and its relevance to their other content. I have a number of ideas I'd be open to discussing with the right organization.
My portfolio's available at lascheratlarge.com/portfolio and I can be contacted via that site (or Bill [at] lascheratlarge [dot] com). The portfolio's a little light on recent bylines thanks to book drafting amid pandemic parenting of a new baby, but I'm eager to dig back into regular reporting and build it back up quickly. If you want to skip the portfolio, here are three projects of which I'm particularly proud.
* No quarter: Coronavirus is killing pinball halls—and all the other communal spaces we call ‘home’ - Fortune, March 2020 (https://fortune.com/2020/03/21/coronavirus-pinball-halls-coffee-shop-third-place/)
* The Great Depression - American History Tellers podcast (I researched and wrote the scripts for this season), February-March 2019 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-great-depression-the-crash-1/id1313596069?i=1000430234880)
*Until WWII, Americans in China Had Their Own Special Expat Courts - Atlas Obscura, November 11, 2015 (https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/until-wwii-americans-in-china-had-their-own-special-expat-courts)
Thanks!
Bill Lascher