Pitches wanted (technology) | $500+ per article

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: WIRED IDEAS

Angela Chen, Ideas Editor at Wired, is looking for pitches:

I'm working on 2 new series for WIRED Ideas! One is software criticism, one is essays on the future of morality. Details below, but to pitch for either/both, email me at ideas@wired.com, rates start at $500.

"Wired Review of Software" is inspired by Sheon Han's "case for software criticism" piece: https://wired.com/story/software-criticism/. First example is his piece on Google Docs: https://www.wired.com/story/software-criticism-google-docs-review/

This one is for the writer-programmers (my favorite people, frankly): Want to analyze your favorite, or least favorite, software and explain how it runs all our lives? Tell me which software you want to review and why.

The "Next Normal" series is about how morals will change, partly inspired by this John Danaher piece: https://wired.com/story/moral-change-technology-future/.

What will we one day believe, ethically speaking, that we don't now? What moral issues will later seem obvious that today aren't even on our radar? https://www.wired.com/story/lab-grown-meat-vegan-ethics-environment/

So far we've published pieces on lab-grown meat being considered vegan (https://wired.com/story/lab-grown-meat-vegan-ethics-environment/) and land ownership being immoral (https://wired.com/story/land-ownership-morality-economics-georgism/). There's so much more—tell me how you think morality will develop.

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

• Submissions: ideas@wired.com
• Website: https://www.wired.com/

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: WIRED seeks to illuminate how technology is changing every aspect of our lives—from culture to business, science to design. It is the essential source of information and ideas that make sense of a world in constant transformation. WIRED's Ideas section publishes argument-driven essays on WIRED-related topics, written by journalists, academics, and other subject-matter experts.
• Read through a selection of recent Ideas pieces 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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