An editor for Works in Progress has said that they are commissioning pieces on science and global health. They have several specific topics they want pitches on, including, but not limited to,
- How to make an anti-addiction drug;
- The long wait for RNAi crops;
- The brain’s locked door;
- The invention of super glue;
- How the World Bank prevented a famine; and more. They have details on each theme. See the editor’s pitch call here. Apart from science and global health, they have other topics listed in their pitch guide as well, including, Did Prohibition work?; and The spread of tipping. And, “Here is another list of articles we would like to publish… The list below (see guidelines) is a sample of topics. We also want to broaden the types of pieces we publish. The historical case study has become our staple, and we’ll keep running them. But some of our best early work took other forms, like Stephan Guyenet’s 2021 feature on semaglutide, or Keller Scholl’s diary of a Zika vaccine trial. We’d like to do more pieces like those: more narrative journalism, more diaries, and more reporting. If you have an alternative format in mind, please pitch it.” Details here and here.