How to volunteer for the Fulcrum:
- To join the Fulcrum’s contributor team, please fill out this form. To join the Fulcrum’s freelance team, please fill out this form.
- Afterwards, you’ll be contacted by either the Managing Editor or the Editor(s)-in-Chief, and asked to attend an onboarding session.
- Every week, pitches will be put up for grabs during out Contributor’s meetings on Mondays at 6 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 Editor(s)-in-Chief, email editor@thefulcrum.ca
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: editor@thefulcrum.ca
- 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: manager@thefulcrum.ca
- 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/
