Nikon Magazine is Looking for Freelancers

Nikon Magazine offers tips, tricks, inspiration, and more to Nikon photographers. They’re always looking to increase their freelancers base. They want to hear from journalists who write tutorial-based articles and use a Nikon camera. Rate: 30p/word. If interested, email emma.blackmore@cedarcom.co.uk. To learn more, refer to this post and their magazine.

Business Insider is Seeking Pitches on Quitting Technology

Business Insider’s senior editor is seeking pitches on quitting technology: “Looking for essay pitches on quitting technology and how you feel about it. Say you moved from having a smart phone to a flip phone, or removed all the smart devices from your house.” Rate: As per a previous post by this editor, they pay $250 for 600 words. Send your pitches to cpreti@insider.com. Read their editor’s post here. View their website here.

The Ujima WIRE is Accepting Pitches

The Ujima WIRE is a monthly digital publication. They’re accepting pitches for written pieces. They’re interested in:

“- Arts/music criticism and coverage;

– Interviews (ex: organizers, artists, culture workers, thought leaders, etc)

– Short stories that get at the heart of living and working in cities;

– Poems that excavate politics or inspire us towards liberation;

– Investigative or educational essays that center justice and counter-narratives.”

They pay $200 to $300, or $0.30/word for longer pieces. To learn more, refer to this post and these guidelines.

Positive News is Seeking Solution-Focused Articles

Positive News is a website and quarterly print magazine that reports on what’s going right. They’re accepting pitches for unique solution-focused articles for their next print issue (landing April). They’re accepting such pitches for www.positive.news on an ongoing basis. Rate is 30p per word. For details, read their editor-in-chief’s post and their pitching guide.

Business Insider is Seeking Pitches on Parenting, Health, Education, etc.

Business Insider’s senior editor is seeking pitches on:

“- Parenting

– Health

– Sex & relationships

– Comparing schools in the US vs the world

– Being/having an old parent”

As per a previous post by this editor, they pay $250 for 600 words. If interested, direct your pitches to cpreti@insider.com. To read their editor’s post, click here. To visit their website, click here.

The Current is Seeking Someone to Write an Essay about Green Day’s Dookie Album

The Current is a radio station in Minnesota. Their senior digital producer is looking for someone to write an essay about Green Day’s Dookie album turning 30. Their usual rate is $0.25 per word. Send your ideas to rfischer@mpr.org. To read their senior digital producer’s post, click here. To learn more about them, click here.

Deadline: January 15th, 2024

Business Insider is Seeking NPS Park Rangers

Business Insider’s lifestyle/entertainment editor is seeking NPS park rangers (current or former) to write about the mistakes guests make. Rates begin at $225. If interested, DM their editor on X. Read their editor’s post here. View their website here.

Opportunity to Write Personal Essays about Heart Health

Opportunity to Write Personal Essays about Heart Health: “I am looking for personal essays about heart health. Was there a specific event that changed the way you approach heart health? Dealing with a heart-related condition that runs in your family? I’d love to hear any unique perspectives.” Pay is $300 to $500. If interested, email ciara.lucas@leafgroup.com. For more information, read this post.

SFGATE is Looking for Pitches

SFGATE is a digital publication that covers news and entertainment from the Bay Area and beyond. They’re looking for pitches. Rates are $150 to $400+. To learn more, refer to their editor-in-chief’s post. To contact them, refer to this page.

Business Insider is Seeking Pitches Related to Pop Culture

Business Insider covers business, financial, and technology news. Their lifestyle/entertainment editor is seeking pitches from individuals who made life decisions because of pop culture: “Did you become a doctor because of Grey’s Anatomy? Move to Forks because of Twilight? Start a career in music because you were a fan girl?” Rates begin at $225. If interested, DM their editor on X. To read their editor’s post, click here. To visit their website, click here.

Deadline: February 1st, 2024

Artsy is Looking for Art Writers

Artsy is a platform for collecting and discovering art. Their editor is looking for pitches from “art writers in Asian art capitals (esp Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore), Paris, Nigeria, Italy, Australia, U.S. outside NYC and LA.” They’re open to other pitches as well but these are priorities. Pay is $250 to $500 per piece. If interested, send your pitches to josie.thaddeusjohns@artsy.net. To read their editor’s post, click here. To read their pitch guidelines, click here.

In These Times is Seeking Culture Pitches and Drafts

In These Times is a progressive magazine and website committed to covering and analyzing popular movements for economic, environmental, social, gender, and racial justice. They’re seeking culture pitches and draft submissions that “explore race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexuality, class, disabilities, capitalism and/or climate, etc. and its impact on our lives.” They consider essays, personal essays, short stories, photo essays, poetry, graphic literature, comics, and Q&As. They consider contributions from writers of all backgrounds, and are especially excited to promote Palestinian, Congolese, Sudanese, immigrant, BIPOC, and trans voices. Rates: short dispatches and op-eds pay $375 while other articles pay $0.50-$1.00 per word. Poetry, comics, and photo essays pay between $100 and $900. To read their post, click here. To read their past culture stories, click here.

IJNet is Accepting Pitches

International Journalists’ Network (IJNet) offers the latest tips, training opportunities, trends, and tools for professional and emerging journalists. If you know of any journalism tool, application or resource that they haven’t covered, then send them your pitches. They pay freelancers $200 per article. Most of their freelance writers work in English, but they can also work in Spanish, Portuguese or Russian. For more information, refer to this post and this page.

New Internationalist is Accepting Pitches

New Internationalist is a bi-monthly magazine and a website that reports on global social and environmental justice and equality. Their newly appointed digital editor will be commissioning stories on “social justice, global inequality, the environment, feminism, tech politics and much, much more.” Their articles are generally 800 to 2,000 words in length and pay 0.27p a word. To learn more, refer to their digital editor’s post. To pitch, refer to this page.

Rest of World is Accepting Features

Rest of World is a global nonprofit publication that covers technology’s impact beyond the Western bubble. Their features director is seeking pitches for stories on: AI, electric vehicles, and the impact of Silicon Valley outside the West. The focus of the stories must be outside North America and Western Europe. Their feature stories are usually 3,000 words+ and start at $1 per word. To read their features director’s post, click here. To read their pitch guide for features, click here.