Pitches wanted (Latinidad) | $450 to $750 per article

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: DE LOS

Field Martinez, Editorial Director at De Los, is looking for pitches:

Week 3 of De Los is in the books. Here's a thread about some stories we published (in chronological order) that I think shows what we're about.

• From Monday, here's a Q&A I did with Shea Serrano about everything and nothing: https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2023-07-24/shea-serrano-action-hero-scouting-report-jaime-jaquez-mexicans-are-perfect
• El compa Eduard Cauich wrote about the Oscar De La Hoya documentary. This story originally appeared in Latin Times en Espanol and was translated: https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2023-07-24/de-la-hoya-hbo-doc
• On Tuesday, we published a story by De Los photo editor Raul Roa about a group of Mexican abuelitos reuniting with family members they hadn't seen in decades at a Long Beach restaurant: https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2023-07-25/families-reunited-after-decades-at-event-in-long-beach
• That same day, Chelsea Hylton wrote about a new report that shows that the number of Latino students enrolled in colleges is up but the graduation rate has not seen an increase: https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2023-07-25/report-education-gap-college-university-latino-white-students
• Also a Tuesday, we published this personal essay by Elvia Limon about her love of Barbies. It's a funny and sweet meditation on imagination, assimilation, class and the child of immigrant experience: https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2023-07-25/barbie-girl-in-a-first-gen-immigrant-world
• Another Barbenheimer story: On Wednesday we published this report by Cat Cardenas about the first victims of the atom bomb— the Hispanos and Native Americans who lived near the site of the Manhattan Project's Trinity Test: https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2023-07-26/oppenheimer-atomic-bomb-new-mexico-cancer-aftermath
• We also ran this Q&A Alejandra Molina did with Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, the new president of POETS.org: https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2023-07-26/ricardo-alberto-maldonado-academy-american-poets
• Assistant editor Christian Orozco hit it out of the park with this story about the 1965 AL MVP race between two Cuban teammates and the different fates that met them after it. Shoutout to Christian for sneaking in a LOTR reference: https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2023-07-27/zoilo-versalles-tony-oliva-latino-mvp-mlb-minnesota-twins-cuba-baseball
• On Thursday, we published this essay by regular contributor JP Brammer about everybody's favorite pan dulce: https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2023-07-27/concha-symbol-of-mexican-american-identity
• Can you believe it was only this week that the video of That Mexican OT holding that chicken went viral on Twitter? As a fellow Texas Mexican gordito, I felt seen of course we had to do a story on him: https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2023-07-27/meet-that-mexican-ot-the-viral-man-with-the-chicken
• On Friday we published the latest installment of Suzy Exposito's "Diaspora Baby" column. For it, she profiled L.A. folk artist Raye Zaragoza ahead of her debut at the Newport Folk Festival, which took place this morning: https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2023-07-28/raye-zaragoza-hold-that-spirit-diaspora-baby-newport-folk-festival
• Friday was Peru's Independence Day. To mark the occasion, Diosa Femme wrote about four Downey restaurants that are staples for the Peruvian diaspora in Southern California: https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2023-07-28/peruvian-restaurants-food-culture-downey-los-angeles
• The Philippines have unfortunately been eliminated from the Women's World Cup, but you should still read this story by Alejandra Molina about the Filipina Latinas on the roster. They are the epitome of "de aqui y de allá: https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2023-07-28/latinas-philippines-world-cup-kiara-fontanilla-quinley-quezada
• Bud Crawford made history in a dominating victory over Errol Spence. In his corner was Esaú Diéguez a formerly undocumented trainer from Guatemala: https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2023-07-28/terence-crawfords-guatemalan-trainer

You can find these and more great daily stories at http://delosangelestimes.com. Our work is in front of the paywall so please share our stories freely!

We are also taking pitches! Though we are still publishing personal essays, we are primarily looking for reported stories. The one requirement is that they answer the question, "What does this say about Latinidad?"

Send us your pitches VIA EMAIL at delos@latimes.com

Rates: $450 for a lightly reported piece. $750 for a much more deeply reported piece.

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

• Questions/submissions: delos@latimes.com
• Website: https://www.latimes.com/delos

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: De Los focuses on everything Latinidad in Los Angeles and across the country. Aiming to take on the lack of representation of Latino stories in mainstream media, De Los covers topics of culture and identity that go beyond stories about crime and violence. More information here.
• Read through a selection of recent articles/stories on its website.
• 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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