Flintside is a weekly online news
magazine based in Flint. They cover arts, culture, diversity, community
development, economic development, entrepreneurship, public health, education,
sustainability, technology, and transportation in the city of Flint. They want
contributors to send their pitches for articles, personal essays, and other content to editor@flintside.com. According to
their editor,
they pay $50 to $150 for short, community-focused pieces. To learn more, visit
this page.
48 Hills is an online publication that covers
San Francisco’s news, politics, arts, culture, music, nightlife, and more.
According to their publisher,
they pay $100 to $150 for reported and researched stories. To learn more about
them, refer to this page.
Nashville Scene is an alternative-weekly newspaper that covers Nashville’s news, politics, film, music, art, culture, and food. They accept freelance pitches for all sections of their paper and also for their online sections. They pay $0.15 to $0.25 a word for print pieces. To learn more, read their pitch guide.
Mundane Magazine is a Nashville-centric digital publication about music, fashion, art, culture, and sex. According to their executive editor, they pay $75 to $300 per piece. To contact them, refer to this page.
The Shoestring is a web magazine that covers culture and politics in Western Mass. They are accepting pitches. Pitches that feature “themes of food/environmental justice, housing rights, organizing with & by societally marginalized groups or deep dives into local history are extra welcome.” They pay $50 per piece (600 to 1,000 words). They pay over $100 for more time consuming investigative pieces and deep dives. Pitches should be sent to theshoestringmag@gmail.com. To learn more, refer to their Tweet and their website.
SFGate features news and entertainment from the Bay Area and beyond. According to their culture editor: “we’re currently looking for creative ways to cover the pandemic with focus on Bay Area life and entertainment, but feel-good SF stories always feel good.” They pay $100 to $300 per story. For details, read this Twitter post. To contact their editors, refer to this page.
Coast Weekend offers information on the things to do in Oregon's North Coast and southwest Washington. They cover arts, entertainment, music, dance, theater, galleries, dining, hiking, and more. They are looking for writers for stories. They pay $50 to $75 per story and $10 per photo. To learn more, refer to their editor’s Twitter post. To contact them, refer to this page.
OurBKSocial is a website that covers general news, style, dining, events, and celebrity sightings in Brooklyn. They are always accepting pitches related to Brooklyn’s culture, events, arts, and dining. They pay $0.10 and up per word. For details, refer to their founding editor’s Twitter post. To contact them, visit this page.
The River publishes news stories about the Hudson Valley. They are looking for pitches for “reported features, enterprise pieces, photo essays on environmental, political, and/or economic issues in the Hudson valley.” According to their managing editor, they pay flat rates that vary by assignment, but $0.25 per word is the floor. For details, refer to this Twitter post. To learn more about them and to contact them, refer to this page.
SF Weekly is a source for news, movies, music, food, reviews, and events in San Francisco. Their editor-in-chief is “looking for freelance reporters to write about: local news, food, drink, music, cannabis, and movies, among other things.” He is also looking for sports writers for their spring baseball issue. They usually pay $75 to $125 for articles and $450 to $750 for cover stories (2,000 to 3,000 words). Their contact details can be found here.