Pitches wanted (technology) | $500 to $700 per article

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: SLATE

Tony Ho Tran, Senior Tech Editor at Slate, is looking for pitches:

Pitch call: I'm looking for pitches for personal and reported essays with a tech bent for Slate. How does technology impact your life, work, or worldview? What are the surprising/shocking/weird ways that tech is shifting our everyday lives?

Rates vary depending on scope of the assignment. Typically $500-$750 for features between 1000-1500 words. Can offer more depending on the story. My email is tony.tran@slate.com. No deadline. Just pitch me.

Some examples of the type of things I'm looking for:

This great reported essay about one writer's experience putting "No Republicans" in his Grindr profile: https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/grindr-app-dating-lgbtq-republicans.html

This piece where our writer used her experience using an AI-powered bullet vending machine as a way to talk about gun culture in America: https://slate.com/technology/2024/08/bullet-vending-machine-american-rounds-oklahoma.html

Then there's this piece about a writer's love of Magic: The Gathering and how its infusion with AI threatens a beloved hobby of passionate players: https://slate.com/technology/2024/08/magic-the-gathering-artificial-intelligence-card-art-controversy.html

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CONTACT INFORMATION (please do not share the email address publicly):

• Questions/submissions: tony.tran@slate.com

• Website: https://slate.com/

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Slate is an online magazine that provides coverage of news, politics, culture, and technology. The publication offers articles, opinion pieces, and podcasts that analyze current events and societal trends. It focuses on presenting diverse viewpoints and discussions on a variety of issues. More information here.

• Read through a selection of recent technology stories/articles on its website.

• Review the submission guidelines here. Note that these are the publication's general guidelines to help you refine your pitch. You must still follow the editor's specific instructions above.

• Check out our collection of pitch excerpts on this page and find more sample pitches at The Open Notebook Database and at SuccessfulPitches.com.

• Do not forget to end your pitch with (1) a short introduction about yourself; (2) a few lines highlighting your writing experience, relevant credentials and publication credits; and (3) links to your strongest work or portfolio, and online profile.

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