Sunday, September 14th 2025
Next City is a nonprofit news organization that covers urban policy, planning, transportation, and design. They’re open to pitches for solutions-oriented reporting on urban policy. They’re prioritizing reported news stories that focus on:
“- Strategies cities, local governments, nonprofits, and service providers are using to deal with federal cuts or attacks
- Transportation and mobility innovations
- Indigenous-led development initiatives”
They pay a flat rate of $400 for reported news stories.
They’re always open to op-ed submissions. At the moment, they’re “particularly interested in commentary and analysis on how local governments, service providers, nonprofits and philanthropic funders can effectively deal with federal cuts and uncertainty.” They offer a small honorarium of $100 to $200 for published op-eds (700 to 1,200 words).
To learn more, refer to this page.
Friday, July 26th 2024
Next City is a nonprofit news organization that covers urban policy, planning, transportation, and design. If you’re an Indigenous journalist in North America with experience in housing or urban policy, please fill out this form. They’re looking to assign stories. They usually pay $400 for freelance stories. To learn more, refer to this post.
Thursday, September 14th 2023
Next City is a nonprofit news organization that covers urban policy, planning, transportation, and design. Their editorial director is looking to commission “a Detroit-based reporter to cover an effort to keep veterans housed.” They will pay $400 for 800 to 1,000 words. If interested, get in touch with their editorial director (ideally by September 15) at deonna@nextcity.org. To read their editorial director’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
Deadline: September 15th, 2023
Tuesday, January 3rd 2023
Next City is a nonprofit news organization that covers urban policy, planning, transportation, and design. They are always seeking “stories about solutions to advance social, racial or environmental justice in cities, focused on but not only USA.” Rates begin at $400. For more information, read this tweet and their pitch guidelines.
Sunday, June 19th 2022
Next City is a nonprofit news organization that covers urban policy, planning, transportation, and design. Their senior editor is seeking pitches for urban solutions stories on “economic justice, housing justice, environmental justice, sustainable & accessible transportation, tech for good, arts & culture.” They pay around $400 for 800-1,200 words. If interested, send your pitches to their senior editor at aysha@nextcity.org. You can also email them if you would like to be assigned stories in the future. They also cover critical urban issues like “public health, mental health, education, policing and criminal justice reform, labor and organizing, etc.” To read their senior editor’s Twitter thread, click here. To read their pitch guide, click here.
Tuesday, April 27th 2021
Next City is a nonprofit news
organization that reports on “equitable economic development, urban policy and
design, planning, transportation, environmental justice and sustainability,
arts and culture and tech.” Their current funding portfolio specifies that they
cover mostly US cities but occasionally they can accommodate international
coverage as well. They accept pitches for shorter “daily” pieces (800-1,200
words) and weekly features (around 3,000 words). They also accept pitches for
op-eds (maximum length: 1,200 words). They pay $100 for op-eds and $300 for
other pieces. For more information, read their senior editor’s Twitter thread
and their pitch guide.
Sunday, March 21st 2021
Next City is a nonprofit news
organization that covers urban policy, planning, transportation, and design. They
are looking for new freelance voices. They want “800-1200 word pitches on the
solutions making our cities more equitable and sustainable.” They pay $300 per
piece. Pitches should be sent to rachel@nextcity.org.
To learn more, read their senior editor’s Tweets here and here. Read
their pitch guide here.
Tuesday, September 1st 2020
Next City is “a nonprofit news
organization that believes journalists have the power to amplify solutions and
help spread them from one city to the next city.” Their senior editor is seeking
specific pitches from writers on solutions happening in cities around: health
and equity, zero waste, and sustainable transportation. They pay $300 for
reported pieces. They don’t pay for op-eds. Email your pitches to rachel@nextcity.org. Read their editor’s
Tweet here
and their pitch guide here.