Tuesday, July 11th 2023
Chron is Houston’s daily news source for the latest in sports, culture, food and drink, music, entertainment, weather, and politics. Their newly appointed food editor is accepting pitches at johnhenry.perera@chron.com. According to their former food editor, they pay 50 cents per word. To read their food editor’s tweet, click here. To learn more about them, click here.
Tuesday, January 10th 2023
Chron is Houston’s daily news source for the latest in sports, culture, food and drink, music, entertainment, weather, and politics. Their food editor is actively recruiting new contributors with strong reporting skills. This opportunity is primarily for writers based in Houston or elsewhere in Texas. If you don’t live in Houston right now but have strong ties to it, they would still love to hear from you. Rate is $0.50/word and the majority of pieces are capped at 800 words/$400. If interested, send your pitches to emma.balter@chron.com. Read their food editor’s Twitter thread here and their food freelancing guide here.
Monday, October 25th 2021
Chron
is the website of the Houston Chronicle (the largest daily newspaper in
Houston). They are seeking feature pitches for their website as they increase
their culture and lifestyle reporting. They are looking for profiles,
first-person essays, cultural commentaries, useful listicles, trend coverage,
and more. Their rates start at $0.50/word. Pitches should be sent to sarah.sarder@chron.com. To learn more,
refer to their Twitter
thread and guidelines.
Sunday, September 12th 2021
Chron
is the website of the Houston Chronicle (the largest daily newspaper in
Houston). They are looking for feature pitches as they increase their culture and
lifestyle reporting. They are seeking profiles, first-person essays,
cultural commentaries, useful listicles, trend coverage, and more. Rates start
at $0.50 per word. Email your pitches to sarah.sarder@chron.com.
For more information, refer to their Twitter thread
and guidelines.
Sunday, August 1st 2021
Chron
is the website of the Houston Chronicle (the largest daily newspaper in
Houston). They are seeking feature pitches for their site as they move to
increase their culture and lifestyle reporting. They want profiles, first-person
essays, cultural commentary pieces, listicles, trend coverage, and more. They
pay $0.50 per word. To learn more, refer to Chron’s senior editor’s Tweet
and Chron’s Twitter
thread and feature guidelines.
Friday, March 26th 2021
Chron is the website of the Houston
Chronicle (the largest daily newspaper in Houston). They are seeking Houston/Texas-centric
feature pitches for their website as they move to increase their culture and
lifestyle reporting. They are looking for profiles, reported features,
commentary pieces, first-person essays, trend pieces, listicles, reviews, etc.
Their rates start at $0.50 per word. Pitches should be sent to sarah.sarder@chron.com. For details,
read their editor’s Tweet and
their pitch
guidelines.