Sunday, July 6th 2025
OffBeat Research creates “open-source, online investigations covering the unconventional, plus in-depth reportage and analysis from the front lines.” They’re seeking a freelance remote editor with “experience editing in the subject areas of war/conflict reporting, long-form reportage, and human interest reportage.” They offer payment either hourly or per article. According to their website, they offer two flat rate schedules. Under the Standard Schedule, they pay $200 for articles up to 2,000 words and $300 for articles over 2,000 words. For articles that include original visual elements (e.g., infographics, charts, or visualizations), they offer an additional $25 or $50 per graphic. Under the Field Reporting Schedule, they pay between $800 and $1,000 for articles of 1,000 words or more. To learn more, refer to their post and ‘about’ page.
Thursday, July 2nd 2020
Offbeat Research is “committed to producing rigorous, offbeat stories which emphasize social media and open-source investigation to explore niche, novel, or otherwise unexplored ideas.” They are looking for stories. They encourage US-focused stories. They pay $100 for articles of 1,000 words and up, and $200 for articles of 2,000 words and up. Send pitches to admin@offbeatresearch.com. For details, refer to this Twitter thread and this page.
Dylan Burns embeds with a Ukrainian mid-range drone strike team, whose successful use of the evolving technology has both patched and exposed critical gaps in Ukraine’s offensive against Russian supply lines. The post The Mid-Range Strike Drones Crippling Russian Logistics appeared first on OffBeat Research.
An interview with “Flint”, an infantry platoon commander with the 100th Separate Mechanized Brigade, as they hold the front against Russian forces on the Kostyantynivka axis. The post The 100th Separate Mechanized Brigade: The Men Who Fight Where No One Wants To appeared first on OffBeat Research.
For over 500 days, they told the world about life under siege in the Sudanese city of El Fasher while living through famine, relentless shelling, and brutal atrocities across an ever-shrinking pocket of land. Now they are all either missing, captured, or dead. The post They Were the Voices of El Fasher — Until They Fell Silent appeared first on OffBeat Research.