Pitches wanted (legal system, incarceration, etc.) | $1 per word
Added 2024-04-05 17:19:41 +0000 UTCCOMPANY/PUBLICATION: THE APPEAL
Meg O'Connor, Newsletter Director at The Appeal, is looking for pitches:
Call for pitches! I am looking for 800-word reported pieces or personal essays about the criminal legal system (cops, prisons, parole, alternatives to incarceration, etc.). We pay $1 per word. Email newsletter@theappeal.org Pitch guidelines here: https://theappeal.org/how-to-pitch-the-appeal/
CONTACT INFORMATION (please do not share the email address publicly):
Questions/submissions: newsletter@theappeal.org
Website: https://theappeal.org
TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:
Learn more about the publication: The Appeal is a nonprofit news organization dedicated to exposing how the U.S. criminal legal system fails to keep people safe and, instead, perpetuates harm. Its work aims to elevate solutions that seek to create a safer society without clinging to punitive responses. It produces fact-based reporting and analysis that center the voices of the people affected most by our country’s over-reliance on policing, jails, and prisons. More information here.
Read through its selection of recent articles/stories, categorized into: Policing, Prosecution, Pretrial, Punishment, Criminalization, Politics, Alternatives
Review the submission guidelines here.
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 paragraph 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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