Tuesday, February 21st 2023
The Muse is an online career platform where users can look for job listings, company profiles, and career advice. Their deputy editor is seeking pitches for “pieces that shed light, provide insight, reframe, and capture zeitgeist when it comes to careers, job searches, work, and work culture.” They’re particularly interested in fresh takes on these topics:
“-
Salary, negotiation, money, pay transparency, etc.
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Mental health
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Diversity, equity, and inclusion
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Unions, organizing, etc.
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Early career
- Productivity”
Rate is $300 to $600. Send your pitches to stav.ziv@themuse.com. Read their deputy editor’s Twitter thread here. Learn more about them here.
Sunday, October 23rd 2022
The Muse is an online career platform where users can look for job listings, company profiles, and career advice. Their deputy editor is seeking freelance pitches for “reported features, essays, perspectives, advice, quizzes, even humor pieces that shed light, provide insight, reframe, and capture zeitgeist at a time when careers, job searches, work, and culture are seriously shifting and evolving.” Right now, they are particularly interested in fresh takes on:
- “End
of year, holidays, new year
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Toxic jobs, workplaces, cultures, bosses, coworkers, etc.
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Mental health
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Diversity, equity, and inclusion
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Abortion, reproductive rights, etc.
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Unions, organizing, etc.
- Early career”
Pay is around $300 to $600. Pitches should be sent to stav.ziv@themuse.com. Read their deputy editor’s Twitter thread here. Learn more about them here.
Friday, July 29th 2022
The Muse (also
here) is a
job website, and they publish articles on career and work. They publish “Reported
features, essays, perspectives, advice, quizzes, even humor pieces that shed
light, provide insight, reframe, and capture zeitgeist at a time when careers,
job searches, work, and culture keep shifting and evolving.” Their deputy
editor recently issued a Twitter call for the themes they wanted to see right
now: “Fresh takes on: Abortion, reproductive rights, etc. + careers/work; Unions,
organizing, etc.; Offices, hybrid work, etc.; Mental health; DEI; Working
parents; Work culture; Early career; Back to school (as relevant to
careers/work); Pay gaps; Pandemic, Great Resignation, etc.; Shift
Shock/Boomerang employees”. Pay is generally $300-600, but can go higher for
the right stories. The deadline for their August/September review period is
past, but they accept pitches on a rolling basis. Details in the Twitter thread
here.
Wednesday, July 13th 2022
The Muse is an online career platform where users can look for job listings, company profiles, and career advice. Their deputy editor is looking for “reported features, essays, perspectives, advice, quizzes, even humor pieces that shed light, provide insight, reframe, and capture zeitgeist at a time when careers, job searches, work, and culture keep shifting and evolving.” Some things they are particularly interested in at the moment are: *Fresh* takes on: Abortion, reproductive rights, etc. + careers/work; Unions, organizing, etc.; Offices, hybrid work, etc.; Mental health; DEI; Working parents; Work culture; Early career; Back to school (as relevant to careers/work); Pay gaps; Pandemic; Great Resignation, etc.; Shift Shock/Boomerang employees.” Most pieces pay $300 to $600. If interested, email your pitches to stav.ziv@themuse.com. Read their deputy editor’s Twitter thread here. Learn more about them here.
Tuesday, March 15th 2022
The
Muse is an online career platform. They cover careers and work. They are
seeking freelance pitches for “reported features, essays, perspectives, even
humor pieces (and yes, *some* advice articles) that shed light, provide
insight, reframe, and capture zeitgeist at a moment when careers, work, and
culture are shifting and evolving.” They would “love to see more ideas for
reported features as well as pitches with day job–driven angles (and fewer on
freelancing/why you went freelance).” They usually pay $300 to $600. Email your
pitches to stav.ziv@themuse.com. To
learn more, refer to their deputy editor’s Twitter thread
and their ‘about’ page.
Sunday, December 12th 2021
The Muse is an online career platform. They cover careers and work. Their deputy editor has tweeted, “I’m looking for freelance pitches as we try to expand our coverage beyond the actionable advice we’re best known for. What does that mean? We’re looking for reported features, essays, perspectives, maybe even humor pieces that shed light, provide insight, reframe, and capture zeitgeist at a moment when careers, work, and culture are shifting and evolving in a big way.” Some of the topics they are interested in right now are:
“-Pandemic,
Great Resignation, boomerang effect, etc.
-Return
to office, remote work, hybrid work, etc.
-Work
culture/future of work
-Early
career
-Burnout
-DEI
-Mental
health
-Four-day work week”
They
pay $300+ for most pieces. They will consider going up to $1 per word. If
interested, send your pitches to stav.ziv@themuse.com.
Read their deputy editor’s Twitter thread here and
learn more about them here.
Tuesday, March 2nd 2021
The Muse is an online career platform
that is a go-to destination for people to research companies and careers.
They
are seeking some new freelance writers with experience in
journalism, "especially those who have written service journalism and/or have
covered topics related to job search, work, careers, or diversity, equity, and
inclusion (DEI).” Bonus points if the candidates have "firsthand experience working in HR,
recruiting, career coaching, college career services, DEI consulting or
training, or similar!” They will pay $150 to $400 for most assignments. For
more information, refer to their senior editor’s Twitter thread
and this form.