Pitches wanted (BIPOC, education, housing, rights, etc.) | 40 cents per word

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: PRISM

Deadline: 25 February 2022

I'm looking for BIPOC freelance reporters and op-Ed writers who are interested in covering the news in a way that centers our communities and other marginalized folks.

Prism pays $0.40/words (within two weeks of publication). Here's more info about us from our pitch page: https://prismreports.org/about/call-for-pitches/

I'm deeply interested in getting more coverage around education, housing, disability, climate change (esp. from Indigenous folks), reproductive rights + justice, unionization efforts/workers' rights, incarceration/abolition, and more.

I'm putting together a list of writers who are interested in working with us. Here's more about Prism (https://prismreports.org/about/) and if you'd like to contribute to our publication, please email me just to say hi, send me your portfolio + any pitch ideas if you want to start there.

my email address: lara [at] prismreports [dot] org

To pitch in general:  pitch [at] prismreports [dot] org

The pitch call will stay open for a few weeks.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

• Questions / submissions: lara@prismreports.org or pitch@prismreports.org
• Website: https://prismreports.org/

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Prism is a BIPOC-led non-profit news outlet that centers the people, places, and issues currently underreported by national media. It is committed to producing the kind of journalism that treats Black, Indigenous, and people of color, women, the LGBTQ+ community, and other invisibilized groups as the experts on their own lived experiences, their resilience, and their fights for justice. More information here.
• Read through its selection of recent articles/stories, categorized into: Race, Economy and Workers' Rights, Gender and LGBTQ+, Immigration, Crime, Reform and Abolition, Politics and Democracy, Climate and Environment, Education
• 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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