Entry-level sports reporter @ Jacksonville paper

The Jacksonville Journal Courier sports department is seeking a part-time writer to cover high school and college sports and to assist in the office. "This is an ideal job for a college student, especially someone interested in journalism as a career," the ad says.

Get paid to travel around U.S. and blog

What a fun writing gig: Southwest Airlines is looking for someone to travel around the country for the next year and blog about it. The winner will be provided with airfare and hotel accommodations for each assignment along with a laptop, video camera and editing software. A minimum of four vlogs, or video blogs, will be produced. Applications are being accepted this month. To apply, you must submit a one-minute video.

About.com seeks freelancers

About.com, a subsidiary of the New York Times Co., is seeking part-time writer-experts to produce and maintain Guides for its website. You'll build and maintain a GuideSite, a topical section of About.com that contains articles, reviews, a blog, a discussion forum and a bio page about you. Along with a base payment of $725 a month, About.com pays based on page views.

Positions available include:

• Travel journalist
• Health writer
• Home & Garden writer
• Entertainment writer
• Tech journalist

Various reporter openings at Bloomberg

Bloomberg, a New York-based news service known for strong financial reporting, has a variety of editorial openings around the U.S., including:

• Finance reporter (New York office)
  
• Headline writer (New York)
  
• Steel & aluminum reporter (Chicago)
• Treasury reporter (Washington, D.C.)
• Energy reporter (Houston)
• Technology reporter (San Francisco)
• Commodities reporter (New York)
• Asset management reporter (New York)
• Biotechnology reporter (San Francisco)
• Education reporter (New York)

Reporter openings at Indianapolis Star

The Indianapolis Star, a 260,000 circulation Gannett newspaper, is seeking two community reporters to cover local government, schools and other news. The Star has hired young reporters, including recent college grads, lately, so it's worth a shot.