Aug 16, 2024

Freelance Opportunities for Freelancers Like Me: Week of August 16, 2024

Fernanda Santos @ByFernandaS: The 19th is hiring a part-time contract political editor to help assign and edit election-related stories. If this is for you, please, apply! We're moving fast; deadline is Aug. 20. Contract politics editor (apply by August 20, 2024) ["Rate: $75/hr. Hours: 20 hours per week, with flexibility to increase hours around key election dates. Contract duration: September 9 – Nov. 15 2024 (with possibility to extend) Remote, US Only."]

Type Investigations @typeinvestigate: Type Investigations accepts pitches on a rolling basis! Check out our pitch guide to learn more about what we are (and aren’t) looking for: How to Pitch - Type Investigations "[Written features generally run between 3,000 and 5,000 words — though we do publish articles that are shorter and longer. Typical budgets range from $3,000 to $6,000 (including travel and other reporting expenses, as well as the reporting fee) and are based on the submission of a detailed reporting plan. We pay a portion of the fee upfront."]

Emily Krivograd @Emily_Krivograd: Back with another callout! Any travel writers with UPCOMING trips on Vonlane buses from Atlanta to Nashville? I'm looking to assign something like the below example. Rates start at $200 for 600 words! [https://www.businessinsider.com/luxury-private-suite-on-overnight-bus-napaway-review-photos-2023-3] [pitch via DMs]

Katie Corvino @kTc0rvin0: now accepting pitches about reproductive rights/access/care ($300 per story) please email katiecorvino@betches.com with your angle in the headline — can be a mix of personal, SEO, explainers! pls include work samples on similar topic for consideration. thanks!

Amit Katwala @amitkatwala: Back from paternity leave (!) with some belated news – I'm now a Features Editor @WIRED. I'm commissioning ambitious narrative longform journalism for http://wired.com + print. Particularly looking for stories + writers from outside the US. If that's you, let's talk. Here are some pitching guidelines – I beg you to read them. Email: amit_katwala@wired.com [https://www.wired.com/about/how-to-pitch-stories-to-wired/]

Ravynn K. Stringfield @RavynnKaMia: Black women writers, yall awake? I’m a nonfiction editor for midnight & indigo and we’re looking for essays for our Music special issue! Send some good stuff my way in our Submittable! Pay is $150 for essays https://midnightindigo.submittable.com/submit/300043/the-music-issue-deadline-september-1-2024…

Paulina Jayne Isaac @paulinajayne15: I’m looking for a part-time freelance news writer to help with trending food news coverage at @thekitchn. It’s a great gig for someone looking for steady work. Feel free to apply or ask me any questions! Available Jobs at Apartment Therapy Media [$120/day]

New York & Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative is looking for an experienced freelance reporter in the Midwest to write a longform piece on Indigenous maternal/infant health in the Midwest. BIPOC writers preferred. minimum $800. Email monica.williams@localmedia.org with links to three published clips. Use "Indigenous maternal health" as your subject line. Deadline: Sept. 15 (received via email from Monica Williams, director, New York & Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative)

Understood, a non-profit that creates resources primarily for people living with ADHD and/or dyslexia, is looking for US-based freelance writers to cover topics related to adult women with ADHD. Topics span from hormonal health to productivity. We have topics to assign but are also open to pitches related to adult women and ADHD. We’re building out our freelance roster and are hoping to develop long-term relationships with freelancers who are passionate about topics related to neurodiversity and learning disabilities and have experience covering dense health and science topics and have experience with accessible writing practices. Especially interested in working with writers who have ADHD themselves. If you have lived experience and are comfortable sharing please let us know in your email. Rates: $300-$750. Email jdavidson@understood.org with 1-3 writing samples ideally focused on health topics or ADHD. Use [Freelance Writer - Your Name] as the subject line. No deadline. (Received via email from Jordan Davidson, editorial director at Understood)

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