Pitches wanted (environment) (worldwide) | ~50 cents per word

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: BBC FUTURE 

Jocelyn Timperley, Editor at BBC Future, is looking for pitches:

We are looking for pitches at BBC Future Planet. Pitch me your best ideas for features about environmental solutions.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR STORIES WITH:

• Strong characters
• Narrative structure
• Unique, scalable & game-changing solutions
• Evidence of impacts of change

WE ARE INTERESTED IN ALL STORY IDEAS THAT FIT THOSE CRITERIA, BUT ESPECIALLY IN SOLUTIONS STORIES ABOUT:

• how do you store clean energy at scale
• the diverse solutions for people faced with having to relocate due to climate change
• stories about what we can learn from ancient civilizations and indigenous cultures about how to live well in a zero-carbon world
• nature-based climate solutions
• Cop27-adjacent stories (not news stories though!)

Please DM me for rates/ to ask questions/to get my email to pitch. Please don't send massive pitches to my DMs! But you can outline your idea in a sentence if you want to. We tend to commission in the 1-2k word range. I will try to reply to all pitches but last time I did a call like this I was overwhelmed with emails. So if you don't hear from me please feel free to take your idea elsewhere. We may still be in touch at some point to see if it's still available .

Please check out the site before pitching: https://www.bbc.com/future/future-planet/

Open to international writers? Yes, absolutely.

CONFIDENTIAL NOTE: Reports indicate that this opportunity will pay around 50 cents per word. It is recommended that you discuss the rate(s) with the editor/employer prior to commencing work.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

• Submissions: DM Jocelyn Timperley on Twitter
• Website: https://www.bbc.com/future/future-planet/

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: BBC Future Planet brings you stories of the ways the world can become a more sustainable place. It aims to look for answers to the issues facing the world in science. Through evidence-based analysis, original thinking, and story-telling, it highlights the hidden ways that the world is changing, and provides solutions for how to navigate it. More information here.
• Read through a selection of recent stories/articles on its website.
• 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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