Sunday, June 9th 2024
TechRadar is a UK-based consumer technology news and reviews website. Their managing editor of lifestyle is seeking feature pitches from smart home journos: “Smart home journos! Pitch me your features, whether you're sick to death of smart plugs, in love with thermostats or wanting to get nitty-gritty and talk interoperability, I'm open for ideas!” Rates vary depending on length or difficulty, but 500-word first-person features or how-to articles pay around £100 or $125. To learn more, refer to their managing editor’s post. To contact them, refer to this page.
Saturday, June 10th 2023
TechRadar Gaming offers news, guides, and reviews on games and hardware. They’re doing a week of content (26th June to 30th June) on “queerness in and around games.” They’re seeking pitches for features (1,000-1,200 words) from queer writers. They will pay £200 per feature. Send your pitches to their editor-in-chief at jake.tucker@futurenet.com. To read their editor-in-chief’s Twitter thread, click here. To visit their website, click here.
Tuesday, May 23rd 2023
TechRadar Gaming offers news, guides, and
reviews on games and hardware. They’re seeking “big meaty reported features and
someone to help carry the reported load.” They pay around 14p/word for features
and £200 for reviews. If interested, email jake.tucker@futurenet.com. To learn
more, refer to their editor-in-chief’s Twitter
thread and their website.
Sunday, October 9th 2022
TechRadar is a UK-based consumer technology news and reviews website. They are seeking pitches for PC Gaming Week. They would love to hear from underrepresented writers. They pay a flat rate of $160 for 1,000-word features/listicles/opinions and can increase that up to $200 for more involved 1,000-word pieces like interviews and such. If interested, DM their computing editor on Twitter or email john.loeffler@futurenet.com by 11th-12th October. Read their computing editor’s Tweet here and their pitch guide here.
Deadline: October 12th, 2022
Tuesday, October 4th 2022
TechRadar is a UK-based consumer technology news and reviews website. They are seeking pitches, especially from queer and/or BIPOC writers for PC Gaming Week. They pay £100 to £250 per piece. If interested, DM their computing editor on Twitter. To read their computing editor’s Tweet, click here. To read their pitch guide, click here.
Sunday, July 24th 2022
TechRadar is a UK-based consumer technology news and reviews website. Their computing editor is seeking pitches for their PC Gaming Week. They pay £100-£250 per piece. If interested, DM their computing editor on Twitter or email christian.guyton@futurenet.com. Read their editor’s Tweet here and their pitch guide here.
Friday, June 10th 2022
TechRadar is a UK-based consumer technology news and reviews website. Their computing writer is seeking some fresh faces who can assist with supporting content on TechRadar. They want freelancers who are “happy and confident writing about more niche hardware (computer speakers, DIY keyboards, laptop cooling pads etc).” They pay £100 to £250 per piece. If interested, DM their computing writer on Twitter or email jessica.weatherbed@futurenet.com. Read their computer writer’s Twitter thread here. Learn how to pitch them here.
Sunday, December 12th 2021
TechRadar
is a UK-based consumer technology news and reviews website. Their computing writer
has tweeted, “TechRadar is POC/Women/LGBTQIA+
friendly and as a queer person myself, I would love to talk nerdy with you.” “Please
email jessica.weatherbed@futurenet.com
for freelancing opportunities on reviews and features for computing hardware
and PC gaming peripherals.” They prefer UK-based writers for product reviews. They pay between
£100 and £250 per piece. For details, read their computing writer’s Tweet
and their pitch
guide.
Sunday, October 17th 2021
TechRadar
is a UK-based consumer technology news and reviews website. Their phones editor
is seeking new freelancers to cover smartphones, tablets, and wearables. If you
have experience reviewing gadgets, then pitch their editor at james.peckham@futurenet.com. They
strongly encourage pitches from BIPOC and LGBTQ+ writers. They pay £100-£250
per piece. To learn more, read their phones editor’s Tweet and
their pitch
guide.
Thursday, July 1st 2021
TechRadar
is a UK-based consumer technology news and reviews website. They are seeking “freelance
pitches for PC Gaming week in September.” “It can be about software, hardware
or culture, as long as it’s related to PC gaming!” They pay 0.14p/word so for
1,000 words, they pay £140 and for 2,000 words, they pay £280. If interested,
send your pitches to matthew.hanson@futurenet.com.
For more information, refer to their editor’s Tweet and
their pitch
guide.
Saturday, May 8th 2021
TechRadar is a UK-based consumer
technology news and reviews website. Their US computing editor is accepting
pitches for their PC Gaming Week. BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and women writers are
especially encouraged to pitch. Pay will be $150 to $400 per piece. If interested,
DM their editor on Twitter or email at bill.thomas@futurenet.com. Read
their editor’s Tweet here and
their pitch guide here.
Friday, January 22nd 2021
TechRadar is
a consumer technology news and review site. They are looking for pitches on
smartphones and mobile tech. Submissions from BIPOC and LGBTQ+ writers are
greatly encouraged. Pay is £100-250, depending on the complexity of the piece.
Details here (Twitter thread) and here (website).
Tuesday, January 19th 2021
TechRadar is a UK-based consumer
technology news and reviews website. Their phones editor is looking for
freelance pitches about smartphones and mobile tech. Pitches from BIPOC and
LGBTQ+ writers are highly encouraged. They pay £140 for
features of 1,000 words. If interested, send your pitches to james.peckham@futurenet.com. Read
their phones editor’s Tweet here and
their pitch guide here.
Wednesday, December 9th 2020
TechRadar
is a UK-based consumer technology news and reviews website. Their home cinema
editor has tweeted, “I'm looking to do a bunch of commissioning next week or
so, folks! DM or email me pitches around TVs, home cinemas, 4K, HDR formats,
OLED, and the like.” Their editor’s email is henry.stleger@futurenet.com. They
pay £140
for features of 1,000 words. To learn more, refer to their editor’s Twitter thread
and their pitch
guide.
Tuesday, December 8th 2020
TechRadar
is a UK-based consumer technology news and reviews website. Their audio and
music editor is accepting feature pitches. If you “love audio tech and have a
wicked idea”, then send your pitches to olivia.tambini@futurenet.com. They
encourage pitches from BIPOC and LGBTQ+ writers. They pay £140 for
1,000-word features. For details, refer to their editor’s Tweet
and their pitch
guide.
Tuesday, August 4th 2020
TechRadar is a UK-based consumer
technology news and reviews website. They will be hosting a LGBTQ+ Gaming week
in September. For the Gaming week, they will be commissioning about 14 “freelance
pieces surrounding LGBTQ+ in (and around) games.” They will pay £140 for 1,000
word features. Try to send pitches before September 1, 2020. Send pitches to victoria.hood@futurenet.com. To
learn more, refer to their gaming writer’s Twitter thread.
To learn how to pitch them, refer to this page.
Saturday, July 4th 2020
TechRadar is a UK-based consumer technology news and reviews website. They are seeking new freelancers. They want camera-related pitches for “reviews/guides and also topics like the issues of built-in bias in photographic algorithms.” They especially want pitches from BAME freelancers. According to one payment report, they paid £140 for a 1,000-word piece. For details, refer to their cameras editor’s Tweet and this page.