News & Pitch Calls from The Muse

Tuesday, February 21st 2023

The Muse is Seeking Pitches

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.

- Mental health

- Diversity, equity, and inclusion

- Unions, organizing, etc.

- 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 Looking for Pitches

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

- Toxic jobs, workplaces, cultures, bosses, coworkers, etc.

- Mental health

- Diversity, equity, and inclusion

- Abortion, reproductive rights, etc.

- 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 wants pitches on careers and work (several themes)


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 Seeking Pitches about Careers and Work

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 Looking for Pitches

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 Looking for Freelance Pitches

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 Seeking Freelance Writers with Experience in Journalism

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.