Pitches wanted (politics) | $500+ per article

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: WIRED

Leah Feiger, Senior Editor (Politics) at Wired, is looking for pitches

The WIRED politics team is looking for pitches! We focus on disinformation, online extremism and conspiracies, tech legislation, influencers and grifters, AI in politics, and anything strange or manipulative in that vein. Rates start at $500 an article then go up pending word count. Please send pitches to leah_feiger at wired.com

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

• Submissions: leah_feiger@wired.com
• Website: https://www.wired.com/

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: WIRED seeks to illuminate how technology is changing every aspect of our lives—from culture to business, science to design. It is the essential source of information and ideas that make sense of a world in constant transformation. WIRED's Ideas section publishes argument-driven essays on WIRED-related topics, written by journalists, academics, and other subject-matter experts.
• Read through a selection of recent politics-related stories/article 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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