Wednesday, June 18th 2025
“The Media Co-op publishes (and pays for) grassroots journalism focused on important issues and struggles based in or related to the Canadian context. The pieces we publish often focus on things like Indigenous land and water defence; climate justice; Palestine solidarity; housing, homelessness, and tenant rights; struggles related to policing, state violence, and white supremacy; labour struggles and worker organizing; resisting the far right; grassroots work that is feminist, trans, queer, and/or anti-racist; disability struggles; community organizing; impacts of the Canadian state and Canadian corporations in other countries; and lots more. Though we welcome pitches related to any local context within so-called Canada, at the moment we are particularly interested in stories by or about social movements in Montreal, especially migrant justice movements.” They pay CAD100-250 for works of 600-1,500 words. Details here and here.
Wednesday, June 18th 2025
“The Media Co-op publishes (and pays for) grassroots journalism focused on important issues and struggles based in or related to the Canadian context. The pieces we publish often focus on things like Indigenous land and water defence; climate justice; Palestine solidarity; housing, homelessness, and tenant rights; struggles related to policing, state violence, and white supremacy; labour struggles and worker organizing; resisting the far right; grassroots work that is feminist, trans, queer, and/or anti-racist; disability struggles; community organizing; impacts of the Canadian state and Canadian corporations in other countries; and lots more. Though we welcome pitches related to any local context within so-called Canada, at the moment we are particularly interested in stories by or about social movements in Montreal, especially migrant justice movements.” They pay CAD100-250 for works of 600-1,500 words. Details here and here.
Tuesday, November 14th 2023
The Media Co-op is “a coast-to-coast network of local media co-operatives dedicated to providing grassroots, democratic coverage of their communities and of Canada.” They recently posted a call for pitches on Twitter. They pay $100 to $250 per article. To learn more, refer to this page.
Tuesday, August 3rd 2021
The Media Co-Op is a Canadian network of progressive news cooperatives. They are currently "looking for investigative reporting, historical analysis, essays, and feature articles. We're always interested in publishing more pieces on strikes, abolition, and land defence." They pay up to $200 per article. To learn more, read their Tweet and this page.
Tuesday, June 8th 2021
The Media Co-op is “a coast-to-coast
network of local media co-operatives dedicated to providing grassroots,
democratic coverage of their communities and of Canada.” They are seeking
pitches for articles for their Trans Mountain Resistance Series. They aim to
publish 6 in-depth articles about “different aspects of the Trans Mountain
Pipeline expansion project and the struggles by Indigenous peoples and others
to oppose the project.” They will pay $400 to $600 per article (1,000-2,000
words). For details, read their Tweet and call for pitches.
Deadline: June 30th, 2021
Friday, January 15th 2021
The Media Co-op is “a coast-to-coast network of local media co-operatives dedicated to providing grassroots, democratic coverage of their communities and of Canada.” They are accepting pitches. Priority topics:
“Indigenous land and water defence”
“Struggles related to policing, state violence, and white supremacy”
“Housing, homelessness, and tenants rights”
“Resisting the far right”
“Whatever else that’s happening in your town and isn’t getting adequate coverage!”
They pay up to $200 per piece (600 to 1,500 words). Submit your pitches to info@mediacoop.ca. For more information, refer to this Twitter thread and this page.
Saturday, October 24th 2020
The Media Co-op is “a coast-to-coast network of local media co-operatives dedicated to providing grassroots, democratic coverage of their communities and of Canada.” They are looking for pitches. Priority topics:
“Analysis and opinion on Montsion non-guilty verdict re the killing of Abdi (Black writers pls)”
“Indigenous land & water defence (Mi'kma'ki, TMX, CGL, 1492 Land Back Lane, etc.)”
“Homelessness crisis across Canada”
They pay up to $200. If interested, email your pitches to info@mediacoop.ca. To learn more, refer to their Twitter thread and this page.