Pitches wanted (urban policy, tech, culture, etc.) | $400 per article

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: NEXT CITY

Next City publishes news stories reported and written by journalists, and op-eds written by academics and practitioners in the fields we cover: urban policy, planning, housing, economic development, transportation, tech, environmental sustainability, arts and urban culture, health and safety, and design.

Generally, we report on equitable economic development, urban policy and design, planning, transportation, environmental justice and sustainability, arts and culture and tech. We center equity in every sector we cover. Next City firmly believes that nothing we do in cities matters if we do not make life more equitable for everyone. See a list of topics and themes our editors are particularly interested in right now.

We pay $400 per reported news story and are focused on covering solutions for more equitable and just cities.

Read the full pitch guidelines here.

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

• Submissions: aysha@nextcity.org
• Website: https://nextcity.org/

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Next City is a nonprofit news organization that believes journalists have the power to amplify solutions and help spread them from one city to the next. Its mission is to inspire greater economic, environmental, and social justice in cities. Next City supplies changemakers with information that fuels their fight for low-income neighborhoods. More information here.
• Read through its selection of recent articles/stories, categorized into: Gentrification, Poverty, Infrastructure, Police, Community Engagement, COVID-19
• 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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