Pitches wanted (extreme heat) | 80 cents to $1 per word

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: GRIST

Over the past few years, Grist has run an award-winning, multi-month, newsroom-wide initiative we call the Extremes project, where we choose an extreme weather type and explore how these climate-fueled disasters are reshaping communities, economies, and ecosystems.

In 2021, we focused on wildfires. Last year, drought. This year, we are launching Record High, a series on extreme heat and its impact on how — and where — we live.

The onset of an El Nino cycle coupled with climate-fueled rising temperatures mean that the next few years will be scorching — a glimpse of the decades ahead: https://grist.org/science/el-nino-tipping-points-amazon-great-barrier-reef/

Already this year, record-breaking temps have spurred widespread blackouts, fueled drought and wildfires, and caused severe storms like tornadoes: https://grist.org/extreme-weather/storms-and-searing-heat-grip-mexico-and-southern-states/

And extreme heat will cost the United States $1 billion in health care costs this summer alone, with an estimated 235,000 ER visits and 56,000 hospital admissions: https://grist.org/extreme-heat/extreme-heat-will-cost-the-us-1-billion-in-health-care-costs-this-summer-alone/

Grist's Record High will include daily reporting, in-depth features, service journalism, and data analysis. We'll also be publishing a limited-run newsletter, launching next week, led by Zoya Teirstein, Jake Bittle and Siri Chilukuri. Click below to subscribe:

https://go.grist.org/signup/record-high

If you're a freelancer with pitches for this series, feel free to email the editorial team at pitches [at] grist [dot] org. Grist freelance rates start at 80 cents/word.

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

• Questions/submissions: pitches@grist.org
• Website: https://grist.org/

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Its goal is to use the power of storytelling to illuminate the way toward a better world and show that the time for action is now. More information here.
• Read through a selection of recent Record High articles/stories 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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