Remote Travel Writers/Journalists wanted (Northern California) | $50 to $60 per hour

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: REDWOODS

Seeking freelance journalists, travel writers, essayists, and photographers

Redwoods is the magazine of Save the Redwoods League, a nonprofit focused on protecting and restoring redwood forests and connecting people with California coast redwood and giant sequoia forests.

We seek freelance journalists, travel writers, and essayists and welcome carefully considered pitches for articles, travel features, and essays, including our Community Voices section, which features diverse perspectives on redwood forests.

We also seek freelance photographers for photo features throughout the California coast redwood and giant sequoia ranges.

We prefer applicants based in Northern California or near the giant sequoia range in the Sierra Nevada.

Save the Redwoods League is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not consider race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or disability. We strongly encourage candidates from marginalized communities to apply, including Black people, Indigenous people, people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ people, and members of other marginalized communities to reflect the diversity of California through the voices and perspectives in Redwoods magazine.

PURPOSE OF REDWOODS MAGAZINE

• Inform our members, fans, partners, and elected representatives about Save the Redwoods League and California redwood forests through personal, in-depth, entertaining, and memorable features. These articles link the League’s impact to Californians’ priorities, such as public health; fire readiness and management; climate change, adaptation, and resilience; equity and inclusion; and public policy.
• Elevate the conversation and national dialog about redwood forests and their conservation.
• Connect readers to the experience of redwoods and what makes them special and vital to protect.
• Inspire readers to support redwoods conservation through the League.
• Inform members of the impact of the League’s work that they make possible through their gifts.
• Amplify untold stories and perspectives related to the redwood forests.

Frequency: Redwoods is published twice a year, in print (circulation 29,000) and online a benefit for our members.

Compensation: $50-$60 per hour

Send pitches, resume, and links to published writing samples and photography to Redwoods@SaveTheRedwoods.org

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Questions/applications: redwoods@savetheredwoods.org

Website: https://www.savetheredwoods.org/about-us/publications/