News & Pitch Calls from The National

Friday, January 6th 2023

The National is Seeking Feature and News Pitches

The National is Scotland's only pro-independence newspaper. Their editor is seeking feature and news pitches. They’re always interested in hearing arts, culture and entertainment pitches (particularly previews and interviews), human interest stories as well as stories of inspiring Scots. According to one payment report, they paid $0.25/word for a 1,280-word feature. If interested, email your pitches to laura.webster@thenational.scot. To learn more, refer to their editor’s tweet. To contact them, refer to this page.

Wednesday, June 22nd 2022

The National is Looking to Hear from Female Journos

The National is Scotland's only pro-independence newspaper. Their news and features editor is looking to hear more from female journos, so “if you have a Scottish hook to culture, history, society, politics, science+tech, travel features,” then send your pitches to laura.webster@thenational.scot. According to payment reports, they pay $0.25 to $0.50 per word. To learn more, refer to their editor’s Tweet. To contact them, refer to this page.