Pitches wanted (Toronto) | 75 cents to $1 per word

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: THE LOCAL

Deadline: 29 January 2024

Nick Hune Brown, Senior Editor at The Local, is looking for pitches:

Call for pitches for The Local Magazine: I am looking for stories for our first culture issue, on the economics of making art in Toronto in 2024. I am looking for essays, profiles, first-person stories, investigations—anything that sheds light on what’s NEW about creating culture in this city.

Pitch nick@thelocal.to by next Monday. We pay (very quickly) 75 cents to $1 a word, depending on how much reporting is required.

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

• Questions/submissions: nick@thelocal.to
• Website: https://thelocal.to

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: The Local is an independent magazine exploring urban health and social issues in Toronto. It takes a data-driven, yet authentically human approach to storytelling on pressing issues facing the city, from poverty and homelessness, to mental health, aging, and food insecurity. The Local publishes in-depth features, essays, data journalism and commentary, alongside multimedia and other experimental forms of storytelling. More information here.
• Read through its selection of recent articles/stories, categorized into: Elections, Housing, Health Care, Education, Labour, Transportation, Mental Health, Immigration
• Check out our collection of pitch excerpts on this page and find more sample pitches at The Open Notebook 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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