News & Pitch Calls from Rolling Stone

Sunday, January 15th 2023

Rolling Stone is Seeking Entertainment Pitches

Rolling Stone is a magazine and website that covers politics, music, and pop culture. Their senior entertainment editor is looking for freelance entertainment pitches. They’re not seeking music pitches at the moment. Their entertainment editor hasn’t mentioned the rates in their tweet but according to an old tweet by one of their editors, they pay $0.25-$1.00 per word. To read their senior entertainment editor’s Twitter thread, click here. To contact them, click here.

Sunday, May 8th 2022

Rolling Stone's Politics Editor is Looking for Pitches

Rolling Stone is a magazine and website that covers politics, music, and pop culture. Their politics editor has tweeted, “If you've uncovering politics news that the public doesn't know about but should, send me a pitch!” They pay $0.25 to $1.00 per word. Pitches should be sent to preis@rollingstone.com. Read their politics editor’s Twitter thread here. Contact them here.

Sunday, October 24th 2021

Rolling Stone is Looking for Pitches

Rolling Stone is a magazine and website that covers politics, music, and pop culture. Their digital culture reporter has tweeted, “Hear of a game-changing tech development? See something crazy on the web? Notice a viral trend snowballing into something with deeper meaning? Pitch me! Hit me with NFTs, AI, VR, influencers & the metaverse, baby. Oh & please continue to send me music too! If I have time to write about something that overlaps or a song I just love, I will! (Or I can pass it along to a colleague).” According to payment reports, they pay an average of $0.37/word. To learn more, refer to their digital culture reporter’s Twitter thread. To contact them, refer to this page.

Saturday, July 17th 2021

Rolling Stone is Seeking Longform Stories on the Business of Music

Rolling Stone is a magazine and website that covers politics, music, and pop culture. Their editor has tweeted, “I'm looking for ambitious longform stories on the business of music (think brawny enterprise reporting, NOT personal essays or profiles). Pitch me your big swings, black-box investigations, narrative moonshots.” Rate is $0.25 to $1.00 per word. Pitches should be sent to amy.wang@rollingstone.com. To learn more, refer to their editor’s Tweet. To contact them, refer to this page