Pitches wanted (educational system) | $125 per article

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: CHALKBEAT

Gabrielle Birkner, Features Editor at Chalkbeat, is looking for pitches:

Chalkbeat is proud to publish personal essays by students, educators, and others who spend their lives in schools or trying to improve them. We are currently seeking out essays on the following topics: https://www.chalkbeat.org/first-person

This month marks 10 years since the Sandy Hook school massacre. How did the events of that tragic day impact you and your schools? What did you expect to have changed a decade on?

What’s been notable about the first half of the 2022-23 school year? What are people missing about the pandemic’s effects on students, and how is that playing out in your classroom?

Tell us about how new laws and guidance about what schools can and cannot teach have affected your lessons. And more broadly, how has the political climate altered the conversations taking place in your classrooms?

Chalkbeat welcomes other personal essay ideas about teaching, learning, and leading. We pay $125 per published essay. You can read our submission guidelines here. If you have any questions, we’re at firstperson@chalkbeat.org.

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

• Submissions: firstperson@chalkbeat.org
• Website: https://www.chalkbeat.org/

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Chalkbeat is a nonprofit news organization committed to covering one of America’s most important stories: the effort to improve schools for all children, especially those who have historically lacked access to a quality education. More information here.
• Read through a selection of recent stories/articles on its website.
• 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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