How to volunteer for the Fulcrum:
- To join the Fulcrum’s contributor team, please contact the Managing Editor or the Editor-in-Chief.
- During the summer, an email will be sent out weekly or bi-weekly with pitches. To join the email, contact one of the Editors-in-Chief.
- During the publishing year, pitches will be put up for grabs during our Contributor’s meetings on Mondays at 12 p.m., located at the Fulcrum office. You’re also welcome to come to the meeting prepared with your own article ideas to pitch to section editors.
- Articles that are not picked up at the meeting will then be sent out via email and made available to volunteers who were not able to attend that week’s meeting.
- To contact the EIC, email [email protected] or [email protected].
What is a freelancer, and how do I become one?
- A freelancer is a volunteer who is eligible to be paid for their future contributions to the Fulcrum.
- You can apply for freelance status after having contributed three times (writing, photography, or illustration)
- If you meet the criteria, you’ll be invited to meet with the managing editor
- You’ll get:
- Eligibility to vote on certain policy amendments and in editor-in-chief elections
- Eligibility to attend NASH
- Eligibility to apply for a staff position next year
- The Fulcrum credits you as a “Staff Contributor”
- Eligibility to become a paid freelancer for The Fulcrum!
Opportunities beyond the University of Ottawa
- Canadian University Press (CUP)—a nationwide student press network
- Have your articles picked up by student press across the country
- CWA membership
- NASH, an annual student journalism conference
- For more information email: [email protected]
- NASH —an annual student journalism conference
- Opportunities to be involved in planning and running the event
- Networking opportunities at the conference
- Training and workshops
- Work critiques (writing and design)
- To get involved email: [email protected]
- CWA membership—Canada’s only all-media union
- Internships
- Mentorship
- Work critiques (writing and design)
- Training and networking opportunities
- For more information visit: http://www.cup.ca/services/cwacanada/
