Sunday, May 9th 2021
The Scientist is a magazine for life
science professionals. They are building out their freelance base. They are
mostly looking to cover cell and molecular biology, genetics/genomics, neuroscience,
immunology, and cancer. They pay about “$250 for a standard study story (~600
words), up to $500 for a longer news feature (~1200 words), higher for a
true-blue feature.” If interested, DM their editor on Twitter or email aheidt@the-scientist.com. Read their
editor’s Twitter thread here
and their freelance guide here.
Thursday, October 15th 2020
This is a magazine for life science professionals — it covers a wide
range of topics central to the study of cell and molecular biology, genetics,
and other life-science fields. They have a print magazine as well as an online
presence and explore the latest scientific discoveries, trends in research,
innovative techniques, new technology, business, and careers. Online news
stories and pieces for the Notebook are generally the best places to break in
as a freelance journalist. For news, they always welcome pitches concerning trends in a particular
field or industry. Notebook stories typically
take a look behind the scenes of life science research; they tend to employ a
healthy dose of narrative to tell unique stories. They welcome Opinion and Feature article ideas from those working
in life science. For their January/February 2021 issue, the theme is Plant
Biology/Ecology. Details here (writers’ guidelines) and here (download the
editorial calendar).