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Earlier than I start speaking about AHCJ’s newest market guides, I wish to remind members who’re freelancers that I will likely be moderating a webinar on Thursday, Oct. 6 at midday CT about navigating freelance contracts. It’ll function lawyer Charles Glasser, former international media counsel for Bloomberg Information who has labored on a number of freelance contract guides for Freelance Investigative Reporters and Editors (FIRE). Carry your contract questions.
Now to the topic at hand. Everybody advantages if pitching tips for publications are simply accessible. Freelancers know what editors need, and editors, hopefully, obtain pitches that hit the mark.
Nonetheless, not all media retailers publish pitching guides on their web sites. Editors, we all know you’re overworked — however freelancers would love to have the ability to click on on these! ACHJ interviews editors and publishes its personal market guides. Freelancers can now discover 5 further guides on the AHCJ web site at The Freelance Center. They’re:
IEEE SPECTRUM: Charges at this digital and print publication vary from $1 to $2 per phrase for articles geared towards engineers. When trying to find story concepts to pitch, writers ought to “discover the shifting electrons,” suggested Information Supervisor Margo Anderson. As an illustration, well being care tales may contain some side of robotics, synthetic intelligence or client electronics. New writers ought to introduce themselves moderately than pitch an in depth story concept.
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange / Youth Today: These sister publications produce articles about points that have an effect on kids, youth and younger adults, together with well being care. Underneath a grant, Youth Immediately pays freelancers $800 for 800-to-1,200-word tales about disabilities. All different work for each of those nonprofit digital retailers pays $1 per phrase for articles that sometimes run a most of 1,400 phrases.
MIT Technology Review: Freelancers write quick front-of-the-book articles, information tales, evaluation items and options for $1 to $2 per phrase, relying on the story and the author’s expertise. The web site is up to date day by day, and the print journal is revealed each different month. Editors are receptive to receiving pre-pitch emails, alongside the traces of, “Can I ship you a extra detailed pitch about xyz story?”
National Geographic: The usual digital contract is $1 per phrase for as much as 2,000 phrases. Tales are capped at $2,000 until the editor has requested for extra reporting and an extended size. Charges for the month-to-month print journal might be considerably increased. The science desk is excited about well being tales about new medical applied sciences or ideas, human biology, illness susceptibility, infectious illnesses, new therapy areas, vitamin, well being and train.
Rural Health Quarterly: This quarterly digital publication is accepting pitches from freelancers for articles about how rural communities are efficiently coping with well being care challenges. Tales might be primarily based regionally however ought to be of nationwide significance. Pay ranges from $700 to $1,000 for articles that run from 700 to 1,500 phrases. Readers are primarily well being care suppliers in rural communities.
