News & Pitch Calls from MIT Technology Review

Tuesday, September 23rd 2025

MIT Technology Review is Looking for Pitches on the Theme of Crime

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. For their upcoming print issue, they’re looking for pitches on the theme of Crime. They’re seeking longer pieces: “narrative features, compelling investigations, essential profiles, and super-sharp essays.” While this pitch call is aimed at journalists, experts with strong ideas are also encouraged to reach out. Pay is $1 to $2 a word. For details, refer to their editor’s post and their pitch guide.

Deadline: September 26th, 2025

Sunday, September 14th 2025

MIT Technology Review is Seeking Pitches on the Theme of Crime

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. For their upcoming print issue, they’re looking for pitches on the theme of Crime. They’re seeking longer pieces: “narrative features, compelling investigations, essential profiles, and super-sharp essays.” While this pitch call is aimed at journalists, experts with strong ideas are also encouraged to reach out. Rate is $1 to $2 a word. To learn more, refer to their editor’s post and this page.

Deadline: September 26th, 2025

Tuesday, August 5th 2025

MIT Technology Review is Looking for Pitches on the Theme of Breakthroughs

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. For their print magazine, they’re seeking feature pitches on the theme of Breakthroughs. According to their pitch guide, the feature well of their magazine is devoted to “narrative features, investigations, big profiles, and reported essays (generally between 2500-4000 words).” Rate is $1 to $2 a word. For details, refer to their editor’s post and their pitch guide.

Deadline: August 11th, 2025

Friday, July 18th 2025

MIT Technology Review: Breakthroughs

For their print issue in January/February 2026, the theme is Breakthroughs. They run short news stories and profiles (500-800 words), op-eds, and data spreads in the front of the book and essaysand book reviews in the back of the book (usually around 2,000 words) for the print issue. They also publish narrative features, investigations, big profiles, and reported essays (generally between 2,500-4,000 words); the features are around the issue theme. “Rates range from $1 to $2 per word, depending on the experience level of the writer, the story, and the publication route. Deeply reported features pay more than shorter news pieces” and according to their general guide, the rough pitch deadline for the Breakthroughs theme is mid-late July/early August 2025. Their general pitch guide is here; scroll to the end for themes.

Friday, May 16th 2025

MIT Technology Review is Seeking Pitches for the Upcoming Print Issue

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They’re looking for pitches for their upcoming print issue. The theme of the issue is The Body. They’re seeking pitches for longer pieces: “narrative features, compelling investigations, essential profiles, and super-sharp essays.” Pay is $1 to $2 a word. To learn more, refer to their editor’s post and their pitch guide.

Deadline: May 30th, 2025

Thursday, March 27th 2025

MIT Technology Review is Seeking Pitches on the Theme of Security

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They’re looking for pitches for their upcoming print issue. The theme of the issue is Security. They’re seeking pitches for longer pieces: “narrative features, compelling investigations, essential profiles, and super-sharp essays.” Rates are $1 to $2 a word. If interested, direct your pitches to rachel.courtland@technologyreview.com. To learn more, refer to their editor’s post and this page.

Deadline: April 4th, 2025

Tuesday, February 4th 2025

MIT Technology Review is Seeking Pitches

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. Their editor is looking for pitches for their upcoming print issue, themed "Power." They want long pieces and big swings. Rate is $1 to $2 a word. To read their editor’s post, click here. To learn how to pitch them, click here.

Deadline: February 14th, 2025

Sunday, November 24th 2024

MIT Technology Review is Looking for Pitches

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They’re seeking pitches for their upcoming print issue. The theme of the issue is Creativity (please note that the theme is a loose prompt). They’re seeking longer pieces: narrative features, investigations, profiles, and essays. This pitch call is mostly aimed at journalists. Rates are $1-$2 per word. To learn more, refer to their commissioning editor’s post and their pitch guide.

Deadline: December 4th, 2024

Sunday, September 22nd 2024

MIT Technology Review is Looking for Pitches

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They’re looking for pitches for their upcoming print issue. The theme of the issue is Relationships. Please note that the theme is a loose prompt. They’re seeking longer pieces: narrative features, investigations, profiles, and essays. They pay $1 to $2 a word. To learn more, refer to their editor’s post and their pitch guide.

Deadline: September 27th, 2024

Tuesday, July 9th 2024

MIT Technology Review is Seeking Pitches

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They’re looking for pitches for the upcoming issue of their magazine. The theme is Breakthroughs. They’re seeking longer pieces: narrative features, investigations, profiles, and essays. They pay $1 to $2 per word. To learn more, refer to their commissioning editor’s post on X and post on LinkedIn.

Deadline: July 23rd, 2024

Saturday, May 11th 2024

MIT Technology Review is Seeking Pitches

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They’re looking for pitches for their upcoming print issue. The theme of the issue is Hard Problems—Food. They’re seeking longer pieces: narrative features, investigations, profiles, and essays. Pay is $1 to $2 a word. Details here and here.

Deadline: May 20th, 2024

Sunday, January 7th 2024

MIT Technology Review is Seeking Pitches on the Theme of Play

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They’re looking for pitches for their upcoming print magazine issue. The theme of the issue is Play. They want longer pieces: “narrative features, investigations, essential profiles, and super-sharp essays.” This pitch call is mostly aimed at journalists. Pay is $1 to $2 per word. To learn more, refer to their commissioning editor’s post and their pitch guide.

Deadline: January 15th, 2024

Friday, September 8th 2023

MIT Technology Review is Looking for Pitches on Exploration and Hidden Worlds

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They’re looking for pitches for their upcoming issue on “exploration and hidden worlds.” They’re seeking big swings from writers: “narrative features, essential profiles, and sharp reported essays.” Pay is $1 to $2 per word. To learn more, refer to their commissioning editor’s post and their pitch guide.

Deadline: September 18th, 2023

Saturday, July 29th 2023

MIT Technology Review is Looking for Pitches on Breakthroughs

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They’re seeking pitches for their upcoming issue on breakthroughs. They’re “looking for big swings from journalists: narrative features, essential profiles, and sharp reported essays about recent/unfolding breakthroughs.” Pay is $1 to $2 per word. For details, refer to their commissioning editor’s tweet and their pitch guide.

Deadline: August 7th, 2023

Saturday, May 20th 2023

MIT Technology Review is Seeking Pitches

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They’re seeking pitches for their upcoming issue on hard problems. They’re “looking for *big* swings: narrative features, essential profiles, and sharp essays — especially on topics that have nothing to do with AI.” They will pay $1 to $2 per word. For more information, refer to their editor’s Twitter thread and their pitch guide.

Deadline: May 30th, 2023

Tuesday, April 25th 2023

MIT Technology Review is Offering Editorial Fellowship

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They’re offering editorial fellowship in their newsroom. They’re looking for people who are self-starters and keen to learn. Fellows can work remotely or from their office in Cambridge, MA. Pay is $20 per hour. To learn more, refer to their executive editor’s tweet and this page.

Deadline: May 15th, 2023

Tuesday, April 11th 2023

MIT Technology Review is Seeking Pitches on Ethics

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They’re seeking pitches for their upcoming issue on ethics. They're “looking for *big* swings: narrative features, investigations, essential profiles, and sharp essays at the intersection of ethics+technology.” Rates are $1 to $2 per word. To learn more, read their editor’s Twitter thread and their pitch guide.

Deadline: April 20th, 2023

Tuesday, January 24th 2023

MIT Technology Review is Seeking Pitches on Accessibility

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They’re seeking pitches for their upcoming issue on accessibility. They’re “looking for *big* swings: narrative features, investigations, essential profiles, and sharp essays at the intersection of accessibility+technology.” Pay is $1 to $2 per word. Pitches should be sent to rachel.courtland@technologyreview.com. For details, refer to their editor’s Twitter thread and their pitch guide.

Deadline: February 3rd, 2023

Wednesday, January 4th 2023

MIT Technology Review is Always Seeking Story Pitches

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They are always seeking sharp story pitches: news (generally 800 to 1,000 words); features (2,500 to 4,000 words); profiles; essays; op-eds; and more. Rates are $1 to $2 per word for reported pieces. To learn more, read their editor’s tweet and their pitch guide.

Tuesday, December 6th 2022

MIT Technology Review is Seeking Pitches about Education

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They are looking for pitches for their upcoming issue on Education. According to their pitch guide, they pay $1 to $2 per word. To learn more, refer to this tweet by their editorial director of print.

Thursday, September 22nd 2022

MIT Technology Review is Seeking Pitches on Art and Design

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They are looking for pitches for their issue on art and design. They welcome news, features, profiles, essays, etc. Pay is $1 to $2 per word. Send your pitches to rachel.courtland@technologyreview.com. For more information, read their editor’s Twitter thread and their general guide.

Deadline: October 5th, 2022

Friday, September 9th 2022

MIT Technology Review is Looking for Pitches

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They are looking for pitches, especially features on design, accessibility, and education as they relate to/connect with technology. They pay $1 to $2 per word. For more information, read this Tweet and their pitch guidelines.

Friday, September 2nd 2022

MIT Technology Review is Seeking Physical Science Writers

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. Their editor is building up their network of physical science writers. If you write about “physics, space, materials science, computing, defense tech, etc.”, then get in touch with their editor at rachel.courtland@technologyreview.com. Rates range from $1 to $2 a word. Read their editor’s Twitter thread here and their pitch guide here.

Tuesday, August 30th 2022

MIT Technology Review's Features and Investigations Editor is Looking for New Writers

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. Their features and investigations editor is looking for new writers. They have tweeted, “I love a whole range of stories—holding bad actors accountable, uncovering something new/fascinating/weird, crafting a compelling narrative you can't put down—but mostly I want stories that you feel like you immediately have to tell your friends about.” Rates range from $1.00-$2.00 a word. Send your ideas to amanda.silverman@technologyreview.com. To read their features and investigations editor’s Twitter thread, click here. To read their pitch guide, click here.

Tuesday, August 2nd 2022

MIT Technology Review is Seeking Front of Book Pitches

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. Their editorial director of print is seeking front of book pitches. They want short pieces (400 to 600 words), profiles, and infographic/explainers. They pay $1 to $2 per word. Read their editorial director’s Tweet here. Learn more about them here.

Sunday, May 22nd 2022

MIT Technology Review is Seeking Pitches on "Mortality"

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They are seeking pitches for their upcoming issue on mortality. They welcome “news, features, profiles, essays, and op-eds.” Rate is $1 to $2 per word. If interested, email your pitches to rachel.courtland@technologyreview.com. To learn more, refer to their editor’s Tweet and their ‘about’ page.

Deadline: June 3rd, 2022

Tuesday, April 12th 2022

MIT Technology Review is Seeking Pitches for 'Gender' Issue

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They are looking for pitches for their upcoming issue on Gender. They welcome news, features, profiles, etc. Pay is $1 to $2 per word. Read their editor’s Tweet here. Learn more about them here.

Deadline: April 22nd, 2022

Wednesday, February 23rd 2022

MIT Technology Review is Seeking CITY Pitches

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They are looking for CITY pitches: “How is tech transforming the built environment for better/worse? What does a walkable city become when dinner, entertainment, and shopping is delivered to your front door? Why do people keep trying to build cities from scratch? etc.” They pay $1 to $2 per word. If interested, email your pitches to allison.arieff@technologyreview.com. To learn more, refer to this Tweet and their ‘about’ page.

Sunday, January 2nd 2022

MIT Technology Review is Looking to Hear from Science and Technology Journalists

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. Their newly appointed commissioning editor is looking to hear from freelance science and technology journalists. They pay $1 to $2 per word. If interested, email rachel.courtland@technologyreview.com. Read their commissioning editor’s Tweet here and learn more about them here.

Tuesday, December 14th 2021

MIT Technology Review is Seeking Pitches about Money and Finance

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They are seeking "pitches about the rapidly changing world of money and finance." Rates start at $1 per word. Send your pitches to amy.nordrum@technologyreview.com. To learn more, refer to this Tweet and their ‘about’ page.

Deadline: December 17th, 2021

Tuesday, November 9th 2021

MIT Technology Review is Looking for Pitches

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. They are currently seeking pitches for online. They are open to everything (news pieces, features, analysis, scoops, etc.), any topic. They pay $1 to $2 per word. Send your pitches to niall.firth@technologyreview.com. To learn more, refer to their editorial director’s Tweet and their 'about' page.

Sunday, September 12th 2021

MIT Technology Review is Seeking Writers Who Want to Write about Water

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. Their commissioning editor is looking for writers who want to write about water. She is “assigning stories (features, data viz, Q&As, essays, profiles) on this important topic and would love to hear your ideas.” Rates start at $1 per word. Send your pitches to amy.nordrum@technologyreview.com. Read their commissioning editor’s Tweet here and learn more about them here.

Deadline: September 16th, 2021

Sunday, June 6th 2021

MIT Technology Review is Assigning Stories

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. Their commissioning editor is “assigning stories about computing in its many forms: supercomputers, quantum computers, the cloud, chips, AI, and oh so much more.” Their rates start at $1 per word. If interested, contact amy.nordrum@technologyreview.com. Read their editor’s Tweet here and learn more about them here.

Sunday, May 16th 2021

MIT Technology Review wants poems on Mind/Brain theme

The news editor of the premier tech magazine, MIT Technology Review, issued a call for poetry on Twitter. They want to publish some poetry for their next issue on the theme of mind/brain. Send up to two poems. They pay. See the Twitter thread here.   

Deadline: 31 May 2021


Friday, March 12th 2021

MIT Technology Review is open for pitches

MIT Technology Review is a premier media company that publishes work about technology and its impact. They recently announced a couple of calls for pitches on Twitter. (Usually they do not take unsolicited pitches). Pay starts at $1/word for both these themes.
-- The Mind:
Their news editor has said recently on Twitter, “I'm looking for pitches on the topic of "the mind" for an upcoming print issue. Could be latest breakthroughs in neuroscience, the collision (good and bad) of technology and mental health, people-based stories, anything.” Details here (Tweet).
-- Technology + Change: The commissioning editor of MIT Technology Review said on Twitter: “I’m looking for pitches about technology + change. Could be a reported story about a tech activist, analysis of technology’s role in a political movement, or a deep dive into a major technical shift or disruption.” Details here (Tweet).


Wednesday, March 10th 2021

MIT Technology Review is Looking for Pitches about Technology + Change

MIT Technology Review is a media company that explains the commercial, political, and social impact of the newest technologies. Their commissioning editor is seeking pitches about technology + change. It could be “a reported story about a tech activist, analysis of technology’s role in a political movement, or a deep dive into a major technical shift or disruption.” Their rates start at $1 per word. Pitches should be sent to amy.nordrum@technologyreview.com. Read their commissioning editor’s Tweet here and learn more about them here

Sunday, February 7th 2021

MIT Technology Review is Seeking Pitches about the Future of Cities

MIT Technology Review is a media company that is “making technology a greater force for good.” Their commissioning editor is looking for pitches about the future of cities- “where are we headed, and what role will technology play?” Rates start at $1 per word. Email your pitches to amy.nordrum@technologyreview.com or DM their editor on Twitter. Read their editor’s Tweet here and learn more about them here.