Tuesday, January 31st 2023
Economic Hardship Reporting Project (EHRP) is a nonprofit organization that produces compelling journalism about income inequality and poverty in America. Their editor is looking for “pitches for feature stories, reported personal essays, op-eds and investigative pieces about economic inequality in America.” They’re “always interested in stories where income inequality intersects with religion, immigration, education, parenting/families, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, health, maternal health, disability, culture, housing, agriculture, aging, work, etc…” Rate is around $1/word. Word count is typically 600 to 1,500 words (they top out at $2,500 and 2,500 words). To learn more, refer to their editor’s Twitter thread and their submission guidelines and tips for pitching.
Saturday, February 19th 2022
Economic
Hardship Reporting Project (EHRP) is a nonprofit organization that produces
compelling journalism about income inequality and poverty in America. They are
seeking story pitches from freelance housing reporters. Some topics that they
especially want to examine are: the eviction crisis, foreclosure, and tenant
protections. They pay about $1 per word. For details, refer to their Twitter thread
and submissions page.
Wednesday, January 26th 2022
Economic
Hardship Reporting Project (EHRP) is a nonprofit organization that produces
compelling journalism about income inequality and poverty in America. They are
seeking idea-driven features and op-eds with the theme “Re-envisioning
Capitalism.” They want pitches that argue radical, possible economic shifts.
They welcome scholars. For features, the rate is $1/word (up to 2,500 words).
For op-eds, the rate is somewhat less. To learn more, refer to their executive
director’s Tweet,
their submission guidelines
and tips
for pitching.
Sunday, January 16th 2022
Economic Hardship Reporting Project (EHRP) is a nonprofit organization that produces compelling journalism about income inequality and poverty in America. They are currently seeking “narrative-driven first-person essays, reported features and op-eds tackling stories about economic inequality and how it relates to:
-Caregiving
-Parenting
-Queer/trans working class experience
-Reimagining capitalism (stories about radical but possible economic realities)
-Vaccines from the point of view of someone working in the service industry. Would love to hear the essential worker point of view on mask/vaccine mandates.”
They are always looking to assign stories “where income inequality intersects with religion, immigration, education, parenting/families, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, health, maternal health, disability, culture, housing, agriculture, aging, work, etc.” Rate is around $1 per word. Pieces are typically 600 to 1,500 words. If interested, send pitches or completed reported personal essays to deborah@economichardship.org. To learn more, refer to their editor’s Twitter thread, their submission guidelines and tips for pitching.
Friday, September 3rd 2021
Economic
Hardship Reporting Project (EHRP) is a nonprofit organization that produces
compelling journalism about income inequality and poverty in America. Their
editor has tweeted, “Pitch me: I'm looking to assign a personal essay to a
parent whose child relies on their school's free meal program. Looking for
narrative, story-driven writing that shines a light on the impact/importance on
this program.” Rate is $1 per word. Pitches should be sent to deborah@economichardship.org. To
learn more, refer to their editor’s Twitter
thread and their call
for pitches and submission
guidelines.
Friday, May 21st 2021
Economic Hardship Reporting Project
(EHRP) is a nonprofit organization that produces compelling journalism about
income inequality and poverty in America. Their editor is seeking pitches for narrative-driven
first-person essays. She is “interested in essays tackling economic inequality
in the U.S. across a range of topics including but not limited to religion,
immigration, education, parenting/families, race, sexual orientation, gender
identity, health, maternal health, disability, housing, aging, work, etc.” She
is “especially interested in stories based in the Midwest and South.” Rate is
$1 per word. BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and others who are underrepresented in the media are
encouraged to pitch. If interested, email your pitches or completed op-eds (600
to 1,200 words) to deborah@economichardship.org.
For details, read their editor’s Twitter thread,
their submissions
guidelines, and their call
for pitches.
Friday, February 19th 2021
Economic Hardship Reporting Project
(EHRP) is a nonprofit organization that produces compelling journalism about
income inequality and poverty in America. Their guest editor is “interested in
first person pieces about economic hardship across a range of topics including
but not limited to religion, immigration, education, parenting/families, race,
health, maternal health, culture, housing, agriculture/food, work, etc.” She
wants stories that focus on the US. She is particularly interested in stories
from journos/writers in the Midwest and South. Pay is about $1 per word.
Send your pitches or completed pieces to deborahjlee@gmail.com.
To learn more, refer to their editor’s Twitter
thread and their submissions
page.
Monday, September 7th 2020
Economic Hardship Reporting
Project (EHRP) is a nonprofit organization that produces compelling journalism about
income inequality and poverty in America. They are seeking “photo essays,
narrative features, podcasts, and other kinds of reporting that humanize
inequality in the US.” They typically pay about $1 per word (less for op-eds). To
learn more, refer to their Twitter
thread and this page.
To submit a pitch, refer to this page.