Tuesday, July 11th 2023
The Daily Dot is a website that covers internet culture and life online. Their senior politics and tech editor is looking for a reporter based in India who is interested in “covering the way technology is being used by the Modi government.” They’re seeking reporters for potential assignments, not pitches. Rates begin at $350 for stories of around 1,000 words. To read their editor’s tweet, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
Friday, June 2nd 2023
Passionfruit is the Daily Dot’s creator economy newsletter. Their newsletter and features editor is seeking LGBTQ+ creator-related pitches for Pride Month. They’re hoping to receive some interesting profiles of queer creatives (particularly in the digital world) as well as coverage of underexplored issues affecting the LGBTQ+ creator community online. Rates: think pieces start at $250, interviews at $300, and reported features at $450. If interested, send your pitches (within this week) to grace.stanley@dailydot.com. To read their newsletter and features editor’s Twitter thread, click here. To learn more about them, click here.
Deadline: June 4th, 2023
Sunday, May 14th 2023
The Daily Dot is a website that covers
internet culture and life online. Their senior culture editor is seeking new
regular freelancers as well as pitches for essays/features. Short features and
essays of at least 600 words begin at $300 and reported features begin at $400.
Hourly rates for regular freelancers or bloggers begin at $35. If you are
extremely online and are interested in writing about internet culture, then
email tkelly@dailydot.com. For
details, refer to their senior culture editor’s Twitter thread
and their pitch
guide.
Tuesday, May 2nd 2023
The Daily Dot is a website that covers
internet culture and life online. Their senior politics and tech editor is
always accepting reported feature pitches about anything related to technology and
politics on the internet. Pay starts at $350. If interested, DM their editor on
Twitter or email dcovucci@dailydot.com.
To read their editor’s tweet, click here. To
read their previous articles, click here.
Sunday, April 23rd 2023
The Daily Dot is a website that covers
internet culture and life online. Their editor is always accepting pitches on
internet x identity. Their feature rates begin at $250. If interested, send
your pitches to kseavers@dailydot.com.
To read their editor’s tweet, click here. To
visit their ‘contact’ page, click here.
Tuesday, March 28th 2023
Passionfruit is the Daily Dot’s creator economy newsletter. Their editor is seeking 4/20-themed stories relevant to creators. Rates: think pieces start at $250, interviews at $300, and reported features at $450. If interested, send your pitches to grace.stanley@dailydot.com. To read their editor’s tweet, click here. To learn more about them, click here.
Deadline: April 6th, 2023
Friday, January 20th 2023
Passionfruit is the Daily Dot’s creator economy newsletter. They’re looking for new writers. They haven’t mentioned the rates in the tweet, but according to their editor, interviews start at $300 and reported features start at $450. To read Passionfruit’s Twitter thread, click here. To learn more about them, click here.
Saturday, January 14th 2023
Passionfruit is the Daily Dot’s creator economy newsletter. They’re always looking for creator-related pitches. They’re specifically seeking story pitches centered around Black History Month. Rates: Think pieces start at $250, interviews at $300, and reported features at $450. If interested, DM their editor on Twitter or email grace.stanley@dailydot.com. Read their editor’s tweet here. Learn more about them here.
Saturday, November 12th 2022
Passionfruit is the Daily
Dot’s creator economy newsletter. They are seeking business pitches. Rates: Interviews
start at $300 and reported features start at $450. If interested, email your
pitches to grace.stanley@dailydot.com.
To learn more, refer to this Twitter
thread and their website.
Tuesday, October 25th 2022
Passionfruit is the Daily Dot’s creator economy newsletter. They are accepting pitches. They want “creator economy business news, viral labor stories, investigations into unfair business practices against creators, trend analyses, niche internet subcultures, creator interviews, creator career advice pieces, and more.” Think pieces start at $250, interviews at $300, and reported features at $450. Send your pitches to grace.stanley@dailydot.com. To learn more, refer to this Twitter thread and their website.
Sunday, August 28th 2022
The Daily Dot is a website
that covers internet culture and life online. Their senior politics and tech
editor is always seeking reported features. They pay $300 to $600 for most
stories. If interested, email dcovucci@dailydot.com.
They are always on the lookout for writers who are trying to break into the
industry. To learn more, refer to their editor’s Tweet.
To contact them, refer to this page.
Wednesday, August 10th 2022
The Daily Dot is a website that covers internet culture and life online. Their editor is “open to pitches on sex, sex work, and the politics and economy surrounding it.” They pay between $150 and $400 per piece. If interested, send your pitches to victoria.gagliardo.silver@dailydot.com. To learn more, refer to their editor’s Tweet. To contact them, refer to this page.
Tuesday, July 19th 2022
Passionfruit is the Daily Dot’s creator economy newsletter. Their editor is always looking for pitches. She is “interested in niche internet subcultures, up-and-coming creator interviews, trend analyses, creator economy news, and more.” Think pieces start at $250, interviews at $300, and reported features at $450. For more information, read their editor’s Twitter thread.
Wednesday, May 11th 2022
The
Daily Dot is a website that covers internet culture and life online. They are
looking for pitches “at the intersection of internet culture/sports/race” for
their Presser project. They will pay around $450+ per piece (800 to 1,200 words
and 1 to 3 sources). Pitches should be sent to ramon@dailydot.com. To learn more, refer
to their news director’s Tweet
and their Presser project.
Sunday, May 1st 2022
The
Daily Dot is a website that covers internet culture and life online. Their senior
politics and tech editor is always seeking reported freelance pitches on “the intersection
of tech and politics.” Pay is around $300 to $500. Pitches should be sent to dcovucci@dailydot.com. Read their
editor’s Twitter thread here. Contact
them here.
Tuesday, March 29th 2022
Passionfruit
is the Daily Dot’s creator economy newsletter. Their editor is seeking “trend
analyses, think pieces, interviews with creators and companies in the creator
economy, reported features about underreported issues and communities in the
space, etc.” Think pieces start at $250, interviews at $300, and reported
features at $450. Send your pitches to daysia.tolentino@thedailydot.com.
To read their editor’s Twitter thread, click here.
Tuesday, January 25th 2022
The
Daily Dot is a website that covers internet culture and life online. Their news
director is seeking “story pitches at the intersection of internet
culture/sports/race” for their Presser project. They will pay $450 to $650 per
piece (800-1,200 words and around 1-3 sources). Send your pitches to ramon@dailydot.com. For more information,
refer to their news director’s Twitter
thread and this page.
Tuesday, October 12th 2021
The
Daily Dot is a website that covers internet culture and life online. Their
deputy tech editor is looking for pitches. He is “specifically looking for
original reporting focusing on internet rights, tech policy, telecom policy,
and tech companies.” Rate is $200 to $300. Pitches should be sent to awyrich@dailydot.com. To learn more,
refer to their deputy tech editor’s Twitter
thread. To contact them, refer to this page.
Sunday, September 26th 2021
The
Daily Dot is a website that covers internet culture and life online. They are
looking for a native Hawai’ian journalist to “cover the ongoing crisis of
tourists vacationing in Hawai’i, despite Native Hawai’ians asking them not to.”
Payment starts at around $250 for a reported piece. To learn more, refer to
this Twitter
thread. To contact them, refer to this page.
Sunday, July 11th 2021
The
Daily Dot is a website that covers internet culture and life online. Their culture
editor has tweeted, “Call for pitches: I’m putting together a package on
internet culture history & I'm looking for a few more stories—from features
to short blurbs/lists. Focus on weird/niche/lost websites, videos, or other
elements of culture.” Rates generally start at $200 for a short article/essay
and go up for longer features. Interested writers should send their pitches to tkelly@dailydot.com. To learn more, refer
to their culture editor’s Twitter thread.
To contact them, refer to this page.
Tuesday, November 10th 2020
The Daily Dot is “the ultimate
destination for original reporting on internet culture and life online.” Their
politics and tech team is seeking pitches. They want “reported features at the
intersection of the internet, politics, and technology.” They will pay $100 to $500 per piece. If interested, DM
their senior politics and tech editor on Twitter or email dcovucci@thedailydot.com. To learn
more, refer to their editor’s Twitter
thread. To contact them, refer to this page.