Pitches wanted (North Carolina) | $1,000+ per article

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: THE ASSEMBLY

Kate Sheppard, Managing Editor at The Assembly, is looking for pitches:

The overall freelancer pool is more women, but my pitch inbox is a sausage fest.

Subtext: Women, pitch me!

We primarily run longform stories that have narrative and nuance. We also run shorter articles that break news, uncover new information, or provide unique insights.

We like stories about power: who has it, what they’re doing with it, how they got it, and why it matters. We want to write about the people, ideas, and institutions that shape our state. Politics, business, culture, science are all fair game.

For compensation, we start from a base rate of $1,000.

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

• Submissions: pitch@theassemblync.com
• Website: https://www.theassemblync.com/

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: The Assembly is a digital magazine about the people, institutions, and ideas that shape North Carolina. It is a magazine for stories that aren’t being told—and for those that deserve a deeper look. More information here.
• Read through its selection of recent articles/stories, categorized into: Higher Education, Politics, Culture, Place, Environment, Health, Media, Business
• 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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