JSTOR Daily

JSTOR Daily is a publication focused on scholarly research and analysis. Their guidelines say, "We’re excited by stories that tease out the details or that look at the obvious in a non-obvious way. Subjects that are newsworthy, entertaining, quirky, surprising, and enlightening are right up our alley." According to an old payment report, they paid $0.28 per word for a 1827-word feature. To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.

News & Pitch Calls from JSTOR Daily

Friday, February 3rd 2023

JSTOR Daily's Features Editor is Accepting Pitches

JSTOR Daily is JSTOR’s digital magazine that provides scholarly context to news and current affairs. Their newly appointed features editor is accepting pitches. According to this tweet by JSTOR Daily, they pay $400 to $500 for features. To learn more, refer to their features editor’s tweet and their submission guidelines.

Tuesday, August 30th 2022

JSTOR Daily is Always Looking for Features

JSTOR Daily is JSTOR’s digital magazine that provides scholarly context to news and current affairs. They are always looking for pitches for features. They usually pay $400 to $500 per feature. If interested, DM them or email cathyhalley@gmail.com. To learn more, refer to their Tweet and submission guidelines.

Tuesday, February 15th 2022

JSTOR Daily is Accepting Feature Pitches for American Prison Newspapers Collection

JSTOR Daily is JSTOR’s digital magazine that provides scholarly context to news and current affairs. They are actively accepting feature pitches for their American Prison Newspapers collection. The collection contains “centuries of digitized newspapers produced by and for incarcerated people.” Features can be “based on things mentioned in the archive explicitly, implicitly, or something that may be inferred.” Rate is $400 to $500 for full-length well researched features. For more information, refer to their editor’s Tweet and this page.

Sunday, March 8th 2020

JSTOR Daily is looking to expand its stable of regular bloggers

JSTOR Daily is “looking to expand its stable of regular bloggers to promote scholarship in an accessible, smart, quirky way.” Payment varies depending on the type of contract i.e. trial or regular. Payment for new writers (with no experience) is $50-$60 for a 500-word blog post. For details, read their associate editor’s Twitter post. Read their submission guidelines here.