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!)
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!
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.
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
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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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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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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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!
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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...
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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• Native Pet needs a freelance video editor
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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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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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I do not call it that. It's a quote from the person at McDonald's.
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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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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
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