Pitch Sentient Reporting on How the Sausage is Made
Founded in 2018, Sentient is America’s only nonprofit newsroom focused solely on factory farms and their effects on climate, environment, public health, labor, and animal welfare. Editor-in-chief Jenn...
18 Dec 202531min
How to pitch Mongabay stories on climate and Indigenous communities
Global nonprofit newsroom Mongabay covers environmental change and its consequences for communities. Editor Latoya Abulu leads the Indigenous news desk, and focuses on how Indigenous communities navig...
18 Nov 202543min
Dr. Kortni Alston Lemon on supporting mental health and entrepreneurship
Dr. Kortni Alston Lemon specializes in happiness. As the founder of the Kortni Alston Lemon Media (KALM) Institute for Workplace Wellbeing, she has made it her mission to improve the mental health of ...
28 Okt 202535min
Pitch Sojourners stories about faith and courage
Tyler Huckabee, managing editor for the religion-focused digital magazine Sojo.net, says a powerful story about religion needs to be specific and spark an emotion. Creative freelancers can find the fa...
30 Sep 202543min
The Sick Times pays $1 / word for stories on long COVID
Betsy Ladyzhets and Miles W. Griffis and the co-founders and lead editors of the Sick Times, a website devoted to chronicling Long COVID from all angles. Based on opposite coasts, Ladyzhets and Griffi...
26 Aug 202553min
Sunnie Clahchischiligi on pitching Indigenous stories to High Country News
Covering Indigenous communities west requires care and relationship building. Sunnie Clahchischiligi, Indigenous Affairs Editor for High Country News, joins IIJ founder Katherine Reynolds Lewis to dis...
29 Juli 202540min
How Adriana Lacy Built a Content Agency in One Year
Adriana Lacy is a multi-talented journalist and consultant, and founder of Adriana Lacy Consulting, Journalism Mentors, and most recently, Influencer Journalism. In this wide-ranging conversation with...
24 Juni 202533min
Sex, relationships, and work: pitching Isabelle Kohn at Slate
Isabelle Kohn is a senior editor for Slate’s Life section, specializing in stories about sex, gender, relationships, and work. Kohn talked with Erika Hayasaki about how to pitch a story on any of thos...
27 Maj 202548min
