Monday, January 20th 2025
Unbias the News is a feminist cross-border newsroom. They’re looking for pitches about: Migration (Europe-focused, but open to all) and Environment (global). They want stories that surprise and inform. They welcome pitches from journalists of all backgrounds and experience levels, especially those who face structural biases and/or speak English as a second or third language. Rate is €500 per story. For details, refer to their editor-in-chief’s post and this form.
Deadline: February 9th, 2025
Sunday, May 5th 2024
Unbias the News is an all-women feminist newsroom. They have extended their pitch submission deadline for the Democracy Playbook project (now you can submit your pitches till May 17). For this project, they want to “find stories from the past and present that center on social movements and their successful tactics and strategies for regaining control over their democracies, or parts of them.” They will pay €500 per reported article, per person. Details here and here. Submit your pitches here.
Deadline: May 17th, 2024
Tuesday, April 30th 2024
Unbias the News is an all-women feminist newsroom. They’re accepting pitches for their Democracy Playbook project. For this project, they want to “find stories from the past and present that center on social movements and their successful tactics and strategies for regaining control over their democracies, or parts of them.” They will pay €500 per person, collabs allowed. To learn more, refer to their editor-in-chief’s post and this page.
Deadline: May 1st, 2024
Sunday, April 14th 2024
Unbias the News is an all-women
feminist newsroom. They’re seeking pitches for their new project, The Democracy
Playbook. They’re seeking “stories from around the world of movements /
communities that brought people together to fight for their democracies.” They
pay €500 per reported article, per person. For more information, refer to their
post
and pitch
form.
Deadline: May 1st, 2024
Sunday, January 28th 2024
Unbias the News is an all-women feminist newsroom. They’re looking for pitches on migrant underemployment for a collaborative data investigation with Lighthouse Reports and other partners across Europe. They’re seeking pitches from these countries: Greece, Italy, Finland, Austria, Portugal, and Norway. They’re looking into “how policy barriers prevent immigrants from gaining access to working in professional fields they are qualified in.” Pay is 800 Euros. Pitches should be sent to pitch@unbiasthenews.org. To read their post, click here. To visit their website, click here.
Sunday, July 3rd 2022
Unbias the News is an all-women feminist newsroom. They are looking for pitches from Asia. Examples of what they are looking for: “stories about preservation of local culture, literature, and art; scientific and tech innovations from + for the marginalized; and initiatives, programs and other steps taken to address the problem of racism.” They pay €500 for reporting pieces and €250 for personal narratives. Their working language is English but they invite pitches from journalists for whom it is a second or third language. For more information, refer to their Twitter thread and pitch form.
Wednesday, June 22nd 2022
Unbias the News is an all-women feminist newsroom. They are accepting pitches (on a rolling basis) for underreported stories with global relevance. They are looking for pitches of two types:
- “Personal narratives or opinion pieces”
- “Reported articles or stories with an investigative angle”
They prefer stories from local journalists. They pay €250 for personal narratives/opinion pieces and €500 per person for reported articles/stories. They are happy to work with you if English is your second or third language. To learn more, refer to this Tweet. To pitch, refer to this form.
Tuesday, May 24th 2022
Unbias
the News is an all-women feminist newsroom. They are seeking underreported
stories with global relevance. They prefer stories written by locals. Their
editor-in-chief has tweeted, “Our international team of editors will review all
pitches, but my own preferences at the moment tend towards what I love to edit:
future thinking pieces considering climate change or tech, human rights pieces
with a constructive or solutions angle, health pieces that dig in deep.” They
are accepting pitches on a rolling basis. For personal narratives, they are paying €250 and for reported pieces, they are paying €500 (/person if collaborative).
To learn more, refer to their editor-in-chief’s Twitter
thread and this form.
Sunday, May 8th 2022
Unbias
the News is an all-women feminist newsroom. Their editor-in-chief has tweeted, “I’m
looking for feminist takes from Poland or Hungary on the news out of the US
(you know which news). Got an idea? Shoot me a pitch.” Rate is €250 for op-eds.
Email your pitches to pitch@unbiasthenews.org.
Read their editor-in-chief’s Tweet here.
Learn more about them here.
Sunday, October 17th 2021
Unbias
the News is “a feminist cross-border newsroom that actively fights against the
perpetuation of racist, sexist, and ableist stereotypes.” Their editor-in-chief
has tweeted, “I am looking for pitches focusing on the Caribbean: Haiti,
Jamaica, Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago, Dominican Republic and more.” “Personally,
I dig stuff involving tech/ media/ migration or diaspora.” They pay a flat rate
of €500 for reported pieces and €250 for personal narratives/opinions. Send
your pitches to pitch@unbiasthenews.org.
To learn more, refer to their editor-in-chief’s Twitter
thread and their ‘about us’
page.
Friday, October 15th 2021
Unbias the News is an all-women feminist newsroom. They want “pitches focusing on the Caribbean: Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba,
Trinidad & Tobago, Dominican Republic and more. Got an underreported story
that needs a home?” Pay
is €500 for reported pieces and €250 for personal narratives/opinion. Details
in the Twitter thread here.
Saturday, October 2nd 2021
Unbias
the News is an all-women feminist newsroom that is “working towards a more
equitable and inclusive world of journalism.” They are seeking a limited number
of personal narrative pieces. They are seeking pieces from all over the world
but they have “a special look at the moment to Afghanistan, African and
Arabic-speaking countries.” They strongly encourage pitches from BIPOC, LGBTQI
people. They pay 250 euros for personal narratives and 500 euros per person for investigative/other
pieces. At the moment, their focus is on narrative pieces. To learn more, refer
to this Twitter
thread and their ‘about us’
page.
Friday, April 16th 2021
Journalists
worldwide are invited to pitch to this remote, cross-border newsroom, for
underreported stories with global relevance. “Journalists from anywhere in the world are eligible to apply. We
especially invite journalists who have faced discrimination related to
language, race, location, disability, gender, religion, caste, etc., leading to
their stories not getting due space in the past.” See their ‘What are we looking
for’ section for some examples of the kind of articles and narratives they
want. Accepted submissions will be paid either €250 (personal narratives,
op-eds, and shorter pieces) or €500 (long reads, multimedia, and
investigations). Collaborative projects are welcome. The pitch deadline is 18
April 2021. Details here.
Pitch deadline: 18 April 2021
Tuesday, March 30th 2021
Unbias the News is “a new, remote
cross-border newsroom dedicated to showcasing international journalism that
breaks through geographical or structural barriers.” They are inviting
journalists all over the world to pitch them underreported stories with global
relevance. They will pay 250 euros for personal narratives, op-eds, and shorter
pieces. They will pay 500 euros for long reads, multimedia, and investigations.
To learn more, refer to their Twitter
thread and website.