Sunday, January 28th 2024
Vox is a general interest website that covers public policy, politics, world affairs, climate, culture, technology, science, health, and business. They’re accepting pitches for their Future Perfect section. The section covers “the world’s biggest, most neglected moral and technological problems, and the philosophical debates around how to do the most good.” Rates are $0.50 to $1.00 a word or more. Pitches should be sent to futureperfectfreelance@vox.com. To learn more, refer to their deputy editor’s post and Future Perfect pitch guide.
Sunday, January 28th 2024
Vox is a general interest website that covers public policy, politics, world affairs, climate, culture, technology, science, health, and business. Their climate editor is assigning stories (800-2,500 words) on climate change that will help people better understand and navigate the world. They’re particularly interested in “stories at the intersection of biodiversity and traditional ecological knowledge; labor, daily life, and housing; coexistence and new frameworks for conservation; the green energy transition; politics; and solutions, adaptation and resilience.” They will pay $1+ per word for reportage. Send your pitches to climate@vox.com. Read their climate editor’s post here and their pitch guide here.
Tuesday, September 26th 2023
Vox is a general interest website that covers
public policy, politics, world affairs, culture, technology, science, health,
and business. Their senior deputy editor of world politics is looking for pitches
for their World section, so if you want to explain anything
interesting/important happening around the world, then get in touch with them. According
to a recent payment report, they paid $0.42/word for a 1,200-word piece. To
learn more, refer to their editor’s post
and their pitch
guide.
Friday, August 11th 2023
Vox is a general interest website that covers public policy, politics, world affairs, culture, technology, science, health, and business. Their climate editor is assigning an on-the-ground story from Maui/Lāhainā that “explains what's happening in the wake of the fires + what steps the community is taking now.” They want “a piece that's not shy about connecting the fires to the bigger picture (climate change, extractive industry) and leaning into the nuance of the major cultural significance of what's been lost.” Rate is $1 per word. If interested, send your pitches to paige.blank@vox.com. To learn more, read their climate editor’s post and their general pitching guidelines.
Monday, June 13th 2022
Vox has started a new section, called Even Better.
The editorial director for culture and features at Vox.com recently Tweeted, “Today
Vox is launching Even Better, a section dedicated to helping people live better
lives.” You can see the section here, which they are accepting pitches for. The tagline
for Even Better says, “Helping people live better lives individually and
collectively — from mental health to relationships of all kinds to work, money,
and more.” Details here (Tweet), and here (general pitch guide).
Sunday, March 28th 2021
Vox’s editor is accepting pitches for
their new biodiversity reporting initiative that is launching the next month.
He is looking for “future-forward stories on the science, politics, and economics
of the global biodiversity crisis, geared toward reckoning and responding to
this multidimensional crisis, not just cataloging species loss.” He is also
looking for “stories w/ focus on intelligent responses, accountability,
recentering Indigenous science+stewardship, and why a radical
rethinking+prioritization of conservation is needed.” They will pay at least
$0.50 per word. If interested, email your pitches to brian.anderson1@vox.com. To learn
more, refer to their biodiversity editor’s Twitter
thread. To contact them, refer to this page.
Tuesday, July 21st 2020
Vox’s culture team is looking for fandom pitches from BIPOC journalists who write about K-pop. Their culture staff writer has tweeted, “we want to cover K-pop, but the fraught fandom/cultural politics make it a space where we need your voices as journalists!” According to payment reports, they pay an average of $0.43 per word. If interested, DM their culture staff writer on Twitter. For details, refer to this Tweet. To contact them, refer to this page.