The Parliament is a monthly print
magazine covering EU news, policy, politics, and culture. They welcome pitches for
features, interviews, and book reviews from freelance journalists. As per this post, they
pay €0.5/word for reported features. To learn more, refer to their contact page
and editorial
calendar.
Noema is a magazine that explores the transformations sweeping our world. They publish “essays, interviews, reportage, videos and art on the overlapping realms of philosophy, governance, geopolitics, economics, technology, and culture.” According to payment reports, they pay $1.05 per word. If interested, send your pitches or drafts for essays, reported features, interviews, or fiction short stories to edit@noemamag.com. To contact them, refer to this page.
Bolts is “a digital magazine that covers the nuts and bolts of power and political change, from the local up.” They’re always seeking freelancers to report on stories related to voting rights and criminal justice across the US. Most of the stories they publish involve original reporting and pay $800. They currently do not publish personal essays or op-eds. If interested, send your pitches to pitches@boltsmag.org. To learn more about how to pitch them, refer to this page.
La Jornada Filipina is “a
Hispanic news magazine covering the Philippines.” They are seeking pitches with
original reporting. They are “particularly interested in exploring how the
Philippines’ Spanish colonial past continues to shape and impact the present.” They
give priority to BIPOC and other marginalized voices. Rates: stories of 700 to 1,000
words pay US$50, articles of 1,300+ words pay US$75, and long-form pieces of 3,000+
words pay US$130. Please include in your pitch whether you will be writing the
article in English, Spanish or both. To learn more, refer to this page.
Mexico News Daily is an English-language news source for Mexico. They accept pitches and submissions (800 to 1,100 words) on travel, culture, history, the arts, and lifestyle. They pay freelancers 3 pesos (about $0.15)/word for 1,100 words maximum. For details, read their freelance submission guidelines.
Jamestown
China Brief offers deep, timely, and fact-based analysis of China’s economic,
political, and security issues. They want articles that use primary and
indigenous sources of information. They strongly discourage heavy reliance on
secondary sources of information.
They pay an honorarium of $400 for full-length
published articles. Full-length submissions should be 1,500 to 2,000 words.
Briefs should be 800 to 1,000 words. For more information, read their writing
guidelines.
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Investigations is a nonprofit investigative newsroom. They cover the “most
urgent issues of our time, including racial and economic justice, climate and
environmental health, and civil and human rights.” Their written features are
generally 4,000-6,000 words and they typically pay $3,000-$6,000 (including
travel and reporting expenses). For more information, refer to their pitch guide.
1843
is a digital magazine that features narrative journalism. The magazine is The Economist’s
sister publication. They are eager to support ambitious journalism which can
sometimes take months to research and write. They provide substantial space for
these features (some of them are 3,000 to 6,000 words long). They also
commission original illustrations or photos for these features. According to
one payment report, they paid £3,500 for a feature of 5,000 words. To learn
more, read their pitching
guidelines.
California Magazine is Cal Alumni Association’s
editorially independent general-interest magazine that covers ideas and
innovations from the University of California, Berkeley. They seek pitches from
both new and established writers. They want writers to query them “with
stories, not topics—ones that have a strong UC Berkeley connection but that
would interest readers no matter where they went to school.” Broadly
speaking, their stories generally fall into these categories: profiles/human
interest; science and scholarship; history; arts; and news and events. They
accept pitches year-round and pay up to $1.25 per word. For more information,
read their submission guidelines.
The Washington Post is a daily newspaper
published in Washington, DC. They welcome opinion article submissions. They
only consider completed articles. The submissions should not be longer than 750
words. Payment reports indicate that they pay up to $300 for an op-ed. To submit
an op-ed, visit this page.