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Posts by Stacey Leasca

CALL FOR PITCHES: I'm looking for ambitious features and and personal essays for Slate's Business & Tech section.

I’m interested in stories about the surprising ways tech and business are reshaping our lives, work, and culture. Strong characters, deep reporting, and big ideas always welcome. 🧵

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Do you want to write about music for The Pickup? We're looking for freelance music writers!

Email pitches@thepickup.com with an introduction to you and your work. Please include your best writing samples/clips.

(Send this to a friend who writes about music!)

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With the closure of the WaPo book review, "no one who has anything to do with books remains employed at the paper" and the (awful) NYT is the last newspaper book review.

Reminder: Current Affairs takes book reviews, and your subscriptions will help us build a books section!

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Trotters is launching in 2026 – and we need travel writers. Please send pitches to gofortrotters@gmail.com (rates and other info below). The focus is on interesting, funny, unusual writing, rather than hotel, museum and cocktail bar recommendations.

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It's that time of year again! If you want to level up your travel and lifestyle writing game, we're here to help. Check out our e-books or individual classes to brush up on specific skills or our full suite, which includes 1-1 coaching. Get 40% off EVERYTHING right now. beatravelwriter.com #writing

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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.

RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!

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Reminder to writers: If you’re looking for places to pitch (or full-time work) in travel + lifestyle journalism, we've got you. Get access to our daily job board here: beatravelwriter.com/job-board and our totally free weekly newsletter here: beatravelwriter.beehiiv.com #callforpitches #writingjobs

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Call for pitches: we're assigning for @thelocal.to's winter issue. Going back to our roots with a healthcare issue, and specifically interested in stories about privatization and places where money and health collide. Features, essays, first-person, etc, starting at 0.75 cents/word. nick@thelocal.to

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Attention writers: If you’re looking for places to pitch (or full-time work) in travel and lifestyle journalism, we've got you. Get access to our daily job board here: beatravelwriter.com/job-board and our totally free weekly newsletter here: beatravelwriter.beehiiv.com #Callforpitches #writingjobs

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Our mission with the Be A Travel Writer curated job board is to make your life easier. Rather than spending hours a week looking for roles and calls for pitches in travel and lifestyle media, we do all that work for you. Sign up here for just $4/month: beatravelwriter.com/job-board

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Looking for pubs to pitch or full-time jobs to apply to in travel and lifestyle media? We once again have 50+ opportunities on this week's curated media job board.
Join here: beatravelwriter.com/job-board
Get our free weekly newsletter: beatravelwriter.beehiiv.com

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I don't normally edit @motherjones.com's culture writing, but please pitch me a good essay that makes coherent sense of the political discourse around Caitlin Clark, Sydney Sweeney, and Taylor Swift

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We have 50+ opportunities on this week's curated media job board. Looking for spots to pitch travel and lifestyle stories?A full-time or part-time job?
Join the job board here: beatravelwriter.com/job-board
And snag our weekly free newsletter here: beatravelwriter.beehiiv.com #callforpitches

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I'm actually jealous of whoever gets the jobs we've rounded up on this week's media job board. Full-time jobs include The Atlantic, GQ, Food&Wine, calls for pitches include US News, Business Insider, and part-time jobs at NYT, BBC, and more!
Get access here: www.beatravelwriter.com/job-board

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Oregon writers:
Submissions are open for our winter issue! Send us pitches and feature-length stories for "Consume"—about buying, eating, and using—as well as histories, ideas, and cultural practices related to consumption.

Read more: oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine...

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Seeking writers who have direct experience of snowsports in Japan for a piece in the Winter (December) issue of Mountains Magazine. £110 for 850-1100 words. Pitch guidelines: mountains-magazine.com/Mountains-Ma...

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This is just the BEST!! So happy to help my fellow freelancers find work.

Want to get the free newsletter? Join here: lnkd.in/dJfZqHae

Want even more #callforpitches, full-time, and part-time opportunities? Subscribe to the job board here: lnkd.in/dqWEsgCW

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July 11, 2025 Freelance Opportunities!

• Native Pet needs a freelance video editor

• Hooked needs a remote freelance 2D modeler

• Fine Books Magazine needs timely tales of rare books and ephemera

And more in today's newsletter!

www.findfreelanceopportunities.com/p/july-11-2025

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Need something to do this weekend? Check out all the open #callforpitches, full-time, and part-time work we've rounded up on the Be A Travel Writer job board (including some seriously high-paying copywriting roles!). www.beatravelwriter.com/job-board #freelancewriting

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The Be A Travel Writer job board now includes copywriting and editing gigs, too! Come see all the calls for pitches, full-time, part-time, and copywriting jobs sourced every single day for just $4/month at beatravelwriter.com/job-board #mediajobs #journalismjobs

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Editors: I live in Lisbon and am available to photograph/report on this weekend's planned protest on overtourism. Feel free to reach out Stacey@staceyleasca.com.

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Looking to brush up on skills like pitching editors, writing features, growing a social audience, or figuring out SEO? Or want to do it all? Now is the perfect time to check out our Be A Travel Writer course as it's on sale now through Monday! Check it out: beatravelwriter.com #writingcommunity

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I do not call it that. It's a quote from the person at McDonald's.

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Be A Travel Writer Be A Travel Writer is an online writing course and community for freelance journalists specializing in travel and lifestyle storytelling. Want more frequent calls for pitches? Join our Daily Job Board...

Sending out our newsletter in a bit with a ton of great calls for pitches and full-time jobs in media! Get it for free here: beatravelwriter.beehiiv.com #mediajobs

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Writers: Looking for pubs to pitch? Full or part-time jobs? Check out our curated job board, updated every day with new opportunities. We average 50-60 gigs a week. Join for $4/month (cancel any time—though we hope it's only when you land a dream job!) beatravelwriter.com/job-board #CallforPitches

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For @businessinsider.com

Looking for pitches on sleepovers. Seems like it's a hot topic right now and in every parenting group I'm in.

I'm open to different and varied perspectives, and we want to explore the subject with personal essays.

Email me directly:
cpreti@insider.com

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Be A Travel Writer Be A Travel Writer is an online writing course and community for freelance journalists specializing in travel and lifestyle storytelling. Want more frequent calls for pitches? Join our Daily Job Board...

Heads up! We are sending our *free* weekly newsletter in a bit, filled with calls for pitches and full-time jobs in media (highlighting those that pay $100k+ too!). Sign up to receive it today/every Monday here: beatravelwriter.beehiiv.com #callforpitches

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As a reminder, we update the Be A Travel Writer curated job board EVERY DAY with calls for pitches/full/part-time jobs in travel + lifestyle media. We usually end up with 50-60 opps a week. You can access it for $4/month (cancel any time) here: www.beatravelwriter.com/job-board #CallForPitches

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We have ~50 opportunities (and counting) on this week's media job board, including #callforpitches from BusinessInsider MensJournal, The Adventure Magazine, Cruise Bound, Fodors, and more —and a full-time editor role paying $200k. Get access for $4/month: beatravelwriter.com/job-board #mediajobs

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Once again, our media job board is already FULL of fantastic calls for pitches and multiple $100k + full-time roles. You can get access for just $4/month (cancel any time) or $40 a year for 2 months free. We average 50-60 opportunities a week: www.beatravelwriter.com/job-board #journalismjobs

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