Pitches wanted (long-form narrative features) | up to $1+ per word

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: INSIDER

Claire Landsbaum, Features Editor at Insider, is looking for pitches: 

If you are looking for a home for a longform narrative feature idea, slide into my inbox: clandsbaum@businessinsider.com

I’m always looking for reported features and profiles with high stakes, strong characters, and deep reporting. Some examples linked below:

• Ketamine is being sold as a depression wonder drug. For some, it's making everything worse: https://www.businessinsider.com/ketamine-therapy-depression-treatment-addictive-drug-clinics-2023-1

• 'Revealing' teen costumes, on-set massages, and a gender-discrimination complaint: Inside Dan Schneider's 'disgusting' Nickelodeon empire: https://www.businessinsider.com/dan-schneider-nickelodeon-empire-massages-hostile-workplace-allegations-inappropriate-costumes-2022-8

• Cami Téllez's underwear startup Parade went bust, and employees blame her. Is it OK to write about it? https://www.businessinsider.com/parade-underwear-cami-tellez-sale-2023-11

• The cult of Emily Oster: https://www.businessinsider.com/emily-oster-expecting-better-parent-data-covid-19-2023-6

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

• Questions/submissions: clandsbaum@insider.com

• Website: https://www.businessinsider.com

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Insider Inc. is a global news and lifestyle publication that aims to inform and inspire the digital generation. It covers what passionate people actually want to know—from news to food, celebrity to science, politics to sports. More information here.

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

• Review the submission guidelines here and 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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