Pitches wanted (technology, business, cybersecurity) | $300-$1,000 per piece

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: KASPERSKY'S SECURE FUTURES MAGAZINE

Deadline: 1 May 2021

Secure Futures is Kaspersky’s award-winning international digital magazine for C-suite and senior professionals to explore leadership and new technologies: https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/secure-futures-magazine/

We’re inviting journalists and writers to pitch articles. We’ll commission in two rounds:

• Pitches received May 1, 2021
• Pitches received September 1, 2021

We pay $300 to $1000 US dollars per article, depending on your topic and profile as a writer.

WHAT TO PITCH

Audience: Generalist senior business audience, assuming no specialist technical knowledge, in any country, any industry.

Topics: In general, we cover technology, business and cybersecurity. This year our priority topics include future of work, future of society and digital transformation.

Formats:

• Interviews with movers and shakers in technology
• Interviews with tech start-ups or established businesses improving their industry or the world
• Opinion pieces on challenges businesses could be facing
• Primers introducing a new trend, technology or business practice
• Ideas and copy for infographics (we’ll take care of design.)

Always include expert knowledge (your own or from interviews) – we won’t commission pure desk research or listicles – and a cybersecurity angle if relevant.

Length: 400 to 2000 words

For more on what we’re looking for, download our writers’ brief and background: https://box.kaspersky.com/d/1fec2dd9e64140d79d0d/

HOW TO PITCH

Check Secure Futures to see what we’ve published before on your topic: https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/secure-futures-magazine/

Your pitch must include:

• The audience
• Your idea in one short paragraph
• Who you’ll quote and interview, if relevant
• Your fee for copy + two rounds of amends
• The date you could submit your first draft
• If you HAVEN’T written for Secure Futures before, links to two of your web articles.

Send to Susi O’Neill, Head of Global B2B Brand Content, Kaspersky: susi.oneill@kaspersky.com

CONTACT INFORMATION:

• Questions / submissions: susi.oneill@kaspersky.com
• Website: https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/secure-futures-magazine

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Secure Futures magazine is a go-to business guide for opinions, trends and insight into the world of technology and cybersecurity. It aims to help C-suite and senior professionals explore leadership and new business technologies, and keeping their business secure.
• Read through its selection of recent articles/stories, categorized into: Business, Cybersecurity, Technology, Opinion
• Check out our collection of pitch excerpts on this page and find more sample pitches at The Open Notebook Database and at SuccessfulPitches.com.