Pitches wanted (features, culture, politics, education, technology, etc.) (worldwide) | $500 per article

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: JSTOR DAILY 

Sara Ivry, Features Editor at JSTOR Daily, is looking for pitches:

I am JSTOR Daily's features editor. Pitch me all ye smart thinkers and writers with ideas on really most anything.

I am looking for stories that are original (obviously), well-written, well-researched, and are anchored in JSTOR materials. I get a lot of pitches about European history/culture, but far fewer about such matters from other regions—so I’d love some of those. We are not a news site, so ideas that are too dependent on current events will have trouble. They can be pegged to something current, but the ideas considered should be larger and hopefully more evergreen.

Here are our  submission guidelines.

CONFIDENTIAL NOTE: Reports indicate that this opportunity will pay $500 for features. It is recommended that you discuss the rate(s) with the editor upon the acceptance of your pitch.

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

• Submissions: sara.ivry@ithaka.org
• Website: https://daily.jstor.org

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: JSTOR Daily is an online publication that contextualizes current events with scholarship. Drawing on the richness of JSTOR’s digital library of academic journals, books, images, primary sources, research reports, and other material, JSTOR Daily stories provide background—historical, scientific, literary, political, and otherwise—for understanding our world. More information here.
• Read through its selection of recent articles/stories, categorized into: Arts and Culture, Business and Economics, Politics and History, Science and Technology, Education and Society
• Review the submission guidelines here.
• 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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