Pitches wanted (nature, SF Bay Area) | 50 cents to $1 per word

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: BAY NATURE

Kate Golden, Digital Editor at Bay Nature, is looking for pitches:

I'm seeking freelance Wild Billions stories on BIL and IRA's impacts on nature in the SF Bay Area. Rates: $0.50-$1/word, 800-4000 words. Diverse perspectives welcomed. New for Bay Area: a fund for investigations. Email me with questions. Or just pitch: https://airtable.com/app1puPsmlMh40FRW/shrE80pMHMdMxYf07

Stories can include: 800-word explainers, 1500-word profiles of awarded projects, longer scene-rich magazine pieces exploring issues affecting how money is spent, accountability stories. We are open to visual formats, data-friendly.

We're covering just a small portion of the massive funding in BIL/IRA. This will give you a sense of our interests: https://baynature.org/article/wild-billions-a-historic-amount-of-money-for-nature-is-coming-to-the-bay-area-the-challenge-spending-it/

Yes: Restoring ecosystems, reducing wildfire and flood risks, making landscapes and communities resilient to climate change. 'Nature-based solutions.'

No (*mostly*): Green energy industry ramp-up, GHG emissions and other pollution stories. Those are for other media to do.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

• Submissions: Via the webform
• Website: https://baynature.org/

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Bay Nature aims to connect the people of the San Francisco Bay Area to the natural world and motivate them to solve problems with nature in mind. Its vision is that all people have a close relationship with their natural world. Its writers, photographers and artists cover science and nature, conservation, and recreation. More information here.
• Read through its selection of recent articles/stories, categorized into: Science and Nature, Conservation, Exploration
• 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 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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