News & Pitch Calls from Trucha

Tuesday, March 30th 2021

Trucha is Seeking Pitches

Trucha is an independent multimedia platform that covers topics and issues that affect the Rio Grande Valley. They are looking for pitches. They publish content about “immigration, reproductive justice, LGBTQ issues, climate justice, regional arts and culture, racial justice, and more.” They only accept pitches from “people who currently live or grew up in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas (and North Mexican side of this border region including Reynosa, Matamoros, etc).” They pay $0.50/word for longform feature articles (2,000 words), $0.30/word for op-eds (600 words), and $0.30/word for news blurbs (300 words). To learn more, read their Twitter thread and call for pitches.

Monday, February 15th 2021

Trucha is Accepting Pitches

Trucha is an independent multimedia platform that covers topics and issues that affect the Rio Grande Valley. They publish “content about immigration, reproductive justice, LGBTQ issues, climate justice, regional arts and culture, racial justice, and more.” The content formats that they publish include longform feature articles (2,000 words at $0.50/word), op-eds (600 words at $0.30/word), news blurbs (300 words at $0.30/word), and art. They only accept pitches from “people who currently live or grew up in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas (and North Mexican side of this border region including Reynosa, Matamoros, etc).” For more information, refer to their Twitter thread and call for pitches.