News & Pitch Calls from Junkee

Tuesday, May 23rd 2023

Junkee is Looking for Music Pitches

Junkee is an Australian pop culture website that covers TV, film, music, gaming, technology, politics, web stuff, and more. They’re seeking music pitches. They’re interested in:

“- Opinions on Australian music issues

- Artist retrospectives

- Rankings!”

They pay $300 for non-interview features and $350 for interviews/features. If interested, send your pitches to bmadden@junkeemedia.com and alice.griffin@junkeemedia.com. To learn more, refer to this Twitter thread and their ‘about’ page.

Tuesday, April 18th 2023

Junkee is Seeking a FN Writer with Strong Feelings Regarding the AFL's Apology to Nicky Winmar

Junkee is an Australian pop culture website that covers TV, film, music, gaming, technology, politics, web stuff, and more. They’re seeking a First Nations writer with strong feelings regarding the AFL's apology to Nicky Winmar. They will pay $300 to $350 AUD. If interested, get in touch with their deputy editor as soon as possible (preferably by 20th April) at reena.gupta@junkeemedia.com. Read their deputy editor’s tweet here. Learn more about them here.

Deadline: April 20th, 2023

Monday, October 24th 2022

Punkee is Seeking Beauty Pitches from Australia-based Journos

Punkee is Junkee Media’s Gen Z brand covering entertainment and pop culture news. Their deputy editor is seeking beauty pitches from Australia-based journos. Junkee pays about $200 per article (800 to 1,000 words). If interested, get in touch with their deputy editor at twatson@junkeemedia.com. To read their editor’s Tweet, click here. To learn more about them, click here.

Tuesday, August 17th 2021

Junkee is Seeking Pitches

Junkee is an Australian pop culture website that covers TV, film, music, gaming, technology, politics, web stuff, and more. Their editor has tweeted, “I'm on the hunt for pitches for Junkee & Music Junkee. TV/film/music/social commentary/anything else. Would love to bring on a heap of new writers for the site, so please fling this far and wide.” They pay $200 per article (800 to 1,000 words). Email your pitches to jules@junkeemedia.com. Read their editor’s Twitter thread here and learn more about them here.

Tuesday, March 2nd 2021

Junkee is Looking for Pieces from Women on the Parliament Rape Allegations

Junkee is an Australian pop culture website that covers TV, film, music, gaming, technology, politics, web stuff, and more. Their editor is seeking “pieces from women on the parliament rape allegations -- explainers, features, takes, etc.” They pay $200 per piece (about 800 to 1,200 words). Send pitches to plenton@junkeemedia.com. Read their editor’s Twitter thread here and find more contact information here

Tuesday, December 22nd 2020

Junkee is Seeking Pitches from Indigenous Writers

Junkee is an Australian pop culture website that covers TV, film, music, gaming, technology, politics, web stuff, and more. Their editor has tweeted, “Next Invasion Day, January 2021, Junkee will once again only be publishing writing from Indigenous writers. While obviously I'm looking for topical pieces, I'm once again looking for pieces across all of Junkee's regular coverage.” They pay $200 per article (800 to 1,000 words). Send pitches to plenton@junkeemedia.com. To learn more, refer to their editor’s Twitter thread. To contact them, refer to this page.

Thursday, November 19th 2020

Junkee is Always Seeking Trans & Gender Diverse Writers for "Gender Euphoria" Column

Junkee is an Australian pop culture website that covers TV, film, music, gaming, technology, politics, web stuff, and more. Their Gender Euphoria column is “always looking for trans & gender diverse writers to write about good news stories/ fun stuff & entertainment/ things important to the trans community.” They pay $200 AUD per piece. If interested, email your pitches to plenton@junkeemedia.com. For details, refer to their editor’s Tweet. To learn more about them, refer to this page.

Monday, October 26th 2020

Junkee is Looking for Pitches from Indigenous Writers

Junkee is an Australian pop culture website that covers TV, film, music, gaming, technology, politics, web stuff, and more. Their editor has tweeted, “NAIDOC week is rapidly approaching, and I'd like to reserve the majority of my budget over November for Indigenous writers, to cover anything in Junkee's wheelhouse -- politics, pop-culture, entertainment, etc.” Pay is $200 per article. Email your pitches to plenton@junkeemedia.com. Read their editor’s Twitter thread here. Learn more about them here.