PublicSource is a news organization serving Pittsburgh and the region. They welcome story pitches from journalists and community members. They pay $300 for first-person essays (800 to 1,200 words); $300 for event coverage (600 to 1,000 words); $400 for resource guides/explainers; $600 for enterprise stories; and $1,000 for investigative stories. They usually pay a 25% kill fee. Learn more here and here.
The
Assembly is a digital magazine that publishes interesting, deeply reported, and
nuanced stories about the state of North Carolina. Their writing and
photography stable is completely freelance. They primarily publish longform reporting
of 2,500 to 5,000 words. They like stories about power (institutional power,
people power, and cultural power). They pay $1/word for most stories.
Interested writers should send their pitches to pitch@TheAssemblyNC.com. For details,
read their pitch guide.
Variable West is a platform for West Coast art, and they favor pitches from West Coast-based creatives. They have several pitch categories:
-Love Letters: Micro essays of 200-250 words on artists we can’t stop thinking about. Rate: $50
-The Why: Stories of 200-300 words on what inspires West Coast creatives. Rate: $50
-Pairings: “Art that makes us think of food and food that makes us think of art.” Rate: $75 for 400-450 words
-Exhibition Reviews and Artist Interviews: for exhibition reviews (600-800 words) and interviews (2,000 words), they are accepting pitches on the theme of “Stretching out for the future.” Rate: $150
-Dispatches: "Exhibition reviews of West Coast artists on view outside the West Coast (1,000 words). Rate: $200
For
more information, read their call for pitches.
Minnesota
Spokesman-Recorder is Minnesota’s oldest black-owned newspaper. They cover
news, business, health and wellness, culture, entertainment, and sports. They
are looking for submissions that cover timely topics like political and
cultural news, finance, education, community, entertainment, sports, and more. They
want articles of 800-1,000 words. They pay $100 to
$300 per story. For details, read their submission
guidelines.
KneeDeep
Times is a digital magazine about climate resilience. They focus on the SF Bay
Area. They welcome story, art, and other submissions on a wide range of climate
resilience topics. They generally pay $1
per word. To learn more, refer to this page.
Give
Me Astoria covers Astoria's culture, dining, events, lifestyle, fashion, art,
music, and more. According to their editor, they
pay around $100/article. To contact them, refer to this page.
Knock
LA is a community journalism project that is committed to telling the real
story of Los Angeles. They are seeking pitches with a strong focus on Los
Angeles. They pay up to $125/article. Interested writers can send their pitches
to pitches@knock.la. To learn more, refer
to this page.
Chron is Houston’s daily news source for the latest in sports, culture, food and drink, music, entertainment, weather, and politics. They are seeking feature pitches as they increase their culture and
lifestyle reporting. They are looking for profiles, first-person essays,
cultural commentaries, listicles, trend coverage, and more. Their rates start at
$0.50 per word. For more information, refer to their guidelines.
NUNAR
Magazine is a DMV-based youth culture magazine. They connect readers to “powerful
human stories and raw emerging talent within the DMV.” They “pursue expressions and perspectives that offer a
refreshing narrative in the world of music, visual arts, fashion, athletics,
community involvement, and the web.” According to their editor-in-chief,
they pay $100 flat for 2 pages. To learn more, read their submissions guidelines.
The Land is a news startup that offers
in-depth reporting on the neighborhoods and inner-ring suburbs of Cleveland. They
are seeking freelance writers to write news stories (1-3 sources, 500-750
words), features (multiple sources, 1,000-1,500 words), and investigative features
(longer stories involving more research, can be longer than 1,500 words). Their
stories fall into 3 buckets: “solutions, accountability, and neighborhood
spotlights.” They pay $50-$100 for news stories and $200 for features. They are
happy to pay more for investigative features. To learn more, refer to their editorial
guidelines. To contact them, refer to this page.