Thursday, December 30th 2021
OpenDemocracy
is a global media organization that covers world affairs, ideas, and culture.
They are always seeking new stories and freelancers. They pay £150 to £300
per piece. If you are an investigative, political or social journalist, then
get in touch with them at james.masters@opendemocracy.net.
For details, refer to their Tweet
and guidelines.
Sunday, October 17th 2021
OpenDemocracy
is a global media organization that covers world affairs, ideas, and culture. For
their North Africa, West Asia section, they are seeking pitches for “investigations
and features on the impact of climate change in the region.” They will pay 150 to
300 British pounds per piece. To learn more, refer to their Tweet,
this page,
and their guidelines.
Tuesday, December 1st 2020
OpenDemocracy is a global media
organization that covers world affairs, ideas, and culture. They are seeking “stories
that track the backlash against women’s and LGBTIQ rights, document the
resistance or profile feminist media in the Eurasia region.” They accept
pitches for comment and analysis pieces (800-900 words), features (1,200-1,400
words), investigations, first-person accounts, and photo essays. They
commission 2 articles per month and prioritize articles by women, trans, and
non-binary contributors. Rates are £100 to £350 per piece. There is no deadline, but writers should try to submit by the end of January. If interested, send pitches in English, Russian or Georgian to inge.snip@opendemocracy.net. For
more information, refer to this Twitter thread
and this page.
Saturday, November 21st 2020
OpenDemocracy is a global media
organization that covers world affairs, ideas, and culture. Their U.S.
investigations editor is accepting pitches for their 50.50 project which publishes "critical and in-depth coverage of gender, sexuality,
and social justice.” They
primarily publish pieces of 1,000 to 1,200 words. Their base rate for reported
articles is £0.33 (about $0.45) a word. Email your pitches to teddy.wilson@opendemocracy.net.
For more information, refer to their editor’s Tweet
and this page.
Tuesday, October 6th 2020
OpenDemocracy is a global media organization that
covers world affairs, ideas, and culture. Their U.S. investigations editor is
accepting “freelance pitches related to investigating the organized opposition
to women’s and LGBTQIA rights, and the impacts of the U.S. elections on
marginalized communities.” They pay £0.33/word (approximately $0.43) for news (700
to 1,000 words) or feature articles (800 to 1,600 words). They pay £0.50/word
(approximately $0.64) for in-depth reported investigative articles (1,000 to 1,800
words). Email your pitches to teddy.wilson@opendemocracy.net.
Read their editor’s Tweet here
and contact them here.
Sunday, September 27th 2020
OpenDemocracy is a global media
organization that covers world affairs, ideas and culture. Their editor has “specific
commissioning budget for women and LGBTQI writers/journos of colour/from
working class backgrounds.” They will pay £100 for a bit of desk-based writing (for
example, a comment piece) of 800 to 1,000 words, and £200 for a piece that involves
more intense research (for example, interviews). Send your pitches to adam.ramsay@opendemocracy.net.
Read their editor’s Tweet here and
contact them here.