Tuesday, February 28th 2023
The Independent is an online British newspaper. They’re accepting pitches for fun/clever/entertaining music things. According to one payment report, they paid £75 for an opinion piece of 600-800 words. If interested, email your pitches to roisin.oconnor@independent.co.uk. To learn more, refer to their editor’s tweet. To contact them, refer to this page.
Friday, July 29th 2022
The
commissioning editor of Independent Voices, the comment desk
section of The Independent, has issued a call for pitches. “we’re
looking for ‘vibe shift’ pitches, tapping into vital conversations about life,
relationships, work & our values”. They do accept pitches from writers who
would prefer to be anon. See the Twitter thread for details.
Monday, July 11th 2022
Independent Voices is The Independent’s comment desk. They are “looking for ‘vibe shift’ pitches, tapping into vital conversations about life, relationships, work & our values.” According to payment reports, they pay £75-£90 for opinion pieces of 600-800 words. If interested, send your pitches to their commissioning editor at harriet.williamson@independent.co.uk. To read their commissioning editor’s Twitter thread, click here. To visit their website, click here.
Sunday, May 1st 2022
The
Independent is an online British newspaper. Their deputy lifestyle editor has
tweeted, “Looking to commission some timely features and expand our freelancer
pool for Independent Lifestyle.” They cover “relationships, health/wellbeing,
food, sustainability, fashion, women's rights and the royal family.” According
to one payment report, they paid £180 for a feature. Get in touch with their
editor at laura.hampson@independent.co.uk.
Read their deputy lifestyle editor’s Twitter thread here.
Contact them here.
Tuesday, September 28th 2021
The
Independent's IndyBest is a source for all things shopping. They publish product reviews, buying guides, trend
round-ups, and more. They are looking for experienced book review journalists
to write some book roundups for them. According to one payment report, they
paid £100 for a product review of 1,500 words. If interested, send your CVs and
examples of work to emma.henderson@independent.co.uk.
To learn more, refer to their editor’s Tweet
and this page.
Saturday, August 28th 2021
The
Independent's IndyBest is a source for all things shopping. Their deputy editor
is commissioning some new beauty writers, so if you are “an experienced beauty
journalist with great industry contacts and plenty of product reviews under
your belt,” then email ellie.fry@independent.co.uk.
According to one payment report, they paid £100 for a product review of 1,500
words. To read their deputy editor’s Tweet, click here. To
read IndyBest’s articles, click here.
Saturday, July 10th 2021
The
Independent is an online British newspaper. Their editor is looking for fast Missouri
writers who do excellent op-eds. They pay $300 per piece. If interested, contact
holly.baxter@independent.co.uk
ideally by Monday morning. To learn more, refer to their editor’s Tweet. To
contact them, refer to this page.
Sunday, March 28th 2021
The Independent's IndyBest is a source
for all things shopping. They publish product reviews, buying guides, trend
round-ups, and more. Their editor has tweeted, “I'm looking for brilliant
gardening writers to cover tried and tested reviews for us.” According to one
payment report, The Independent paid £50 for a 500-word review. If interested,
email emma.henderson@independent.co.uk.
To learn more, refer to their editor’s Tweet.
To read IndyBest’s articles, refer to this page.
Sunday, February 14th 2021
The Independent's IndyBest is a source
for all things shopping. They publish product reviews, buying guides, trend
round-ups, and more. They are seeking plus size fashion writers. According to
one payment report, The Independent paid £50 for a review of 500 words. If
interested, contact eleanor.jones@independent.co.uk.
To learn more, refer to their executive editor’s Tweet.
To read IndyBest’s articles, refer to this page.
Sunday, February 14th 2021
The Independent is an online British
newspaper. Their deputy travel editor has tweeted, “Travel writers - I am open
for pitches for destination-led green/sustainable travel features! Ideally
you'd be based there, but will also accept pitches if you know the destination
really well.” “Want to stress we're looking for colourful features that excite
and give a sense of place, rather than laying out a dry list of
eco-credentials. Think cities that have a burgeoning eco-dining scene, a slew
of new sustainably designed hotels, innovative transport design etc.” According
to one payment report, they paid £160 for an 800-word travel feature. Send your
pitches to helen.coffey@independent.co.uk.
Read their editor’s Twitter thread here and
contact them here.
Friday, November 6th 2020
The Independent’s deputy
travel editor is accepting pitches for their new series, Home Towns. Part
guide, part love letter, the series celebrates where we’re from. The pitches
can be for UK places only. Payment reports indicate that they pay up to $0.47
per word. Email your pitches to helen.coffey@independent.co.uk.
To learn more, refer to their editor’s Twitter
thread. To contact them, refer to this page.
Tuesday, August 4th 2020
The Independent’s acting travel editor is accepting travel pitches from next week. She likes colorful, narrative stories that involve doing something that Independent Travel’s “readers might like to, and can afford to, do.” Their current focus is mainly the UK and also other countries in this list. According to payment reports, they pay an average of $0.26 per word. Send pitches to qin.xie@independent.co.uk. For details, refer to her Tweet. To contact them, refer to this page.
Tuesday, August 4th 2020
The Independent is an online British
newspaper. They
are looking for culture themed opinion pitches. Payment reports indicate that
they pay an average of $0.26 per word. Send your pitches to matthew.jenkin@independent.co.uk.
To learn more, refer to this Tweet
and to contact them, refer to this page.
Tuesday, July 21st 2020
The Independent is an online British newspaper. They cover news, politics, sport, culture, lifestyle, and more. They are looking for timely opinion pieces. According to payment reports, they pay an average of $0.26 per word. Send pitches to matthew.jenkin@independent.co.uk. To learn more, refer to this Tweet. To contact them, refer to this page.
Tuesday, March 17th 2020
The Independent’s acting travel editor is
looking for travel pitches. She likes colorful, narrative stories that involve
doing something that their “readers might like to, and can afford to, do.”
According to payment reports, they pay an average of $0.26 per word. Send pitches
to qin.xie@independent.co.uk.
Read her Twitter thread here. Contact
them here.