News & Pitch Calls from Observer

Saturday, May 24th 2025

Observer is Looking for Pitches about Major Museum Exhibitions

Observer is a website about business, arts, and entertainment. Their arts editor is seeking pitches related to major museum exhibitions for August-December. Rates are $250. If interested, direct your pitches to artnews@observer.com. To read their arts editor’s post, click here. To learn more about them, click here.

Tuesday, November 5th 2024

Observer is Seeking Arts Pitches

Observer is a website about business, arts, and entertainment. Their arts editor is seeking arts pitches for December publication and beyond. They’re looking for “artist features (no Q&As), thoughtful art market analysis/business of art, art philanthropy analysis (def. need more here).” Rate is $250. If interested, send your pitches to artnews@observer.com. To read their arts editor’s post, click here. To learn more about them, click here.

Sunday, August 11th 2024

Observer's Arts Editor is Looking for Pitches

Observer is a website about business, arts, and entertainment. Their arts editor is seeking Sept/Oct/Nov/Dec pitches in the following areas:

- Art world trends

- Galleries + museums

- Artist interviews

- Exhibition reviews

Rate is $250. Send your pitches to artnews@observer.com. To read their arts editor’s post, click here. To learn more about them, click here.

Tuesday, March 19th 2024

Observer is Seeking Themed Books Roundup Pitches

Observer is a website about business, arts, and entertainment. Their arts editor is seeking themed books roundup pitches. Can be based on “season/genre/holiday/trend/'best of'/etc.” Rate is $175. If interested, email your clips to artnews@observer.com. To read their arts editor’s post, click here. To learn more about them, click here.

Tuesday, March 5th 2024

Observer's Arts Editor is Seeking Pitches

Observer is a website about business, arts, and entertainment. For April pub, their arts editor is seeking: “museum/gallery show (p)reviews (must NOT be closing Apr/May); 1-2 art fair previews/walkthroughs (Venice is covered); a handful of articles on art market news; 1-2 pieces on digital art/NFTs.” Rate is $250. Pitches should be sent to artnews@observer.com. Read their arts editor’s post here. Learn more about them here.

Tuesday, September 12th 2023

Observer's Arts and Culture Editor is Always Open to Pitches

Observer is a website about business, arts, and entertainment. Their arts and culture editor is always accepting pitches at artnews@observer.com. They're not looking for TV/film reviews. They pay around $300 per piece. To read their arts and culture editor’s post, click here. To learn more about them, click here.

Thursday, June 22nd 2023

Observer is Looking for Visual Arts Content

Observer is a website about business, arts, and entertainment. They’re seeking “visual arts content, including exhibition show (pre)reviews, artist interviews and sharp commentary on the arts.” Pay is $300. Send your pitches to artnews@observer.com (they’re accepting pitches on a rolling basis). To learn more, refer to their arts and culture editor’s tweet and their ‘about’ page.

Tuesday, May 16th 2023

Observer is Seeking an Experienced Arts and/or Auction Writer

Observer is a website about business, arts, and entertainment. They’re seeking “an experienced arts and/or auction writer to put together sharp bi-monthly auction roundups - what's notable, coming soon, etc.” Pay is $150. If interested, email your clips to cterry@observer.com. To learn more, refer to their arts and culture editor’s tweet and their ‘about’ page.

Thursday, May 4th 2023

Observer is Always Looking to Hear from Arts Reporters

Observer is a website about business, arts, and entertainment. Their arts and culture editor is always looking to hear from arts reporters. They pay $200 to $300 per piece. You can send your pitches to artnews@observer.com. To read their arts and culture editor’s tweet, click here. To learn more about them, click here.

Sunday, April 23rd 2023

Observer is Seeking Arts and Culture Pitches

Observer is a website about business, arts, and entertainment. Their arts and culture editor is looking to beef up their contributor network. Pay is $200 to $350. If interested, send your arts and culture pitches to cterry@observer.com. To read their editor’s tweet, click here. To learn more about them, click here.

Tuesday, December 7th 2021

Observer's Arts Editor is Accepting Pitches

Observer is a news, business, and entertainment website. Their arts editor is accepting arts pitches (features, interviews/profiles, reviews, and even essays if relevant). She covers “the arts, meaning fine arts, galleries, museums, artist profiles, arts labor, theater/dance/performance/opera, books (author interviews/ profiles are fun), the arts market/auctions, digital art/NFTs, and what’s hot / up and coming!” Rate is usually $200 to $300. Read their arts editor’s Twitter thread here and their pitch guide here.

Saturday, May 22nd 2021

Observer is Accepting Arts Pitches

Observer is a news, business, and entertainment website. They are looking for arts pitches. They pay $170 to $300 per piece. If interested, send your pitches to etaylor@observer.com. For more information, read this Tweet and their pitch guide.

Tuesday, March 30th 2021

Observer is Looking for Pitches for the Innovation Section

Observer is a news, business, and entertainment website. Their editor is seeking pitches for the Innovation section. He wants stories on big tech, big tech and labor, weed, space, Covid-19 and vaccines, electric vehicles, NFTs, and more. Their standard rate is about $200 to $250. They can offer more for bigger stories. If interested, email your pitches to jzakarin@observer.com. Read their editor’s Tweet here and learn how to pitch them here.

Tuesday, February 2nd 2021

Observer is Seeking Pitches for their Innovation Section

Observer is a news, business, and entertainment website. They are looking for pitches for their Innovation section. They want “reported pieces on forward-looking tech, Big Tech, space (NASA and private!), electric vehicles, the occasional finance story, and of course COVID stuff.” They generally pay $200 to $350 per piece. Send pitches to jzakarin@observer.com. For more information, read their editor’s Tweet and their pitch guide.

Thursday, December 24th 2020

Observer is Seeking Tech and Tech-Adjacent Stories

Observer is a news, business, and entertainment website. They are seeking some tech and tech-adjacent stories. They “pay for future-focused stories — stuff about electric vehicles, space, new technology. Plus drugs. And stories about labor and companies being shady.” They also want stories about big tech and all its drama! They mostly pay $150 to $300 per story but can offer more for bigger pieces. Send your pitches to jzakarin@observer.com. For details, refer to this Twitter thread. To learn how to pitch them, refer to this page.

Sunday, December 20th 2020

Observer's Art Editor is Accepting Pitches

Observer is a news, business, and entertainment website. Their interim arts editor for December is accepting pitches at etaylor@observer.com. They will pay $170 to $300 per piece (up to 1,200 to 1,500 words). Read their interim arts editor’s Tweet here and learn how to pitch them here.

Saturday, December 5th 2020

Observer is Seeking Pitches about Tech Innovations

Observer is a news, business, and entertainment website. They are “starting a reported series focused on tech innovations, the changes wrought by 2020, and how they will shape what life looks like in 2025.” They generally pay around $250 to $300 per piece and never less than $150.  If interested, send your ideas to jzakarin@observer.com. For more information, refer to this Tweet and their pitch guide.

Tuesday, September 15th 2020

Observer's Innovation Section is Looking for Pitches

Observer is a news, business, and entertainment website. Their innovation section is “looking for a few great pitches about electric vehicles, the absurdly wealthy titans of tech, space, and other forward-looking topics.” They generally pay around $250 to $300 per piece. They never pay less than $150. If interested, send your pitches to jzakarin@observer.com. For details, refer to their innovation editor’s Twitter thread. To learn how to send them a pitch, visit this page

Friday, June 5th 2020

Observer is seeking pitches related to film/tv/media from Black writers

Observer – a news, business, and entertainment website – is currently seeking pitches from Black writers on the topic of film/tv/media. Pay starts at $150 for short pieces. To learn more, read this Tweet, or visit their website.

Sunday, May 3rd 2020

Observer is Looking for Pitches

Observer covers the latest in news, politics, business, lifestyle, health, arts, and entertainment. They are looking for pitches from freelance writers. They pay $150 and up per piece. Send pitches to jzakarin@observer.com. For details, refer to this Tweet and its replies. To learn how to send them a pitch, refer to this page.