{"id":9847,"date":"2022-02-15T09:31:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T17:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/?p=9847"},"modified":"2022-02-15T16:05:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T00:05:30","slug":"the-new-york-times-is-seeking-pitches-for-a-new-initiative-paying-1-to-2-per-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/uncategorized\/the-new-york-times-is-seeking-pitches-for-a-new-initiative-paying-1-to-2-per-word\/","title":{"rendered":"The New York Times is Seeking Pitches for a New Initiative (Paying $1 to $2 Per Word)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times is launching a brand new initiative, with a focus on &#8220;exploring the world&#8217;s challenges through the lens of progress.&#8221; This seems to be part of a broader trend of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solutionsjournalism.org\/\">solutions journalism,<\/a> which generally aims to report on progress being made through real examples.<\/p>\n<p>Because this is a new initiative, it may be a great way for freelancers new to writing for the New York Times to break in.<\/p>\n<p>They have put together an <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1F-JWEB7QwlEO3w4H4kJgudKHKvJQ8L7zrzetYUYHxl0\/edit\">extensive guide to pitching Headway<\/a>, which includes clear details about what they&#8217;re looking for.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, they seem to expect in-depth reporting on civic-oriented programs that are making a real impact that can inform a broader narrative. According to their pitching guide:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We are more interested in pitches when the program is important enough to change conventional thinking, has good evidence of success and provides a lens through which we can tell a bigger story about larger ideas. These stories should have a larger meaning. We will be using only one or two such stories a month, so each story must carry weight, even if it is short. &#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>They&#8217;re paying $1 to $2 per word, depending on the reporting and effort required.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more, and to send a pitch, I encourage you to <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1F-JWEB7QwlEO3w4H4kJgudKHKvJQ8L7zrzetYUYHxl0\/edit\"><em>very carefully<\/em> study their pitching guidelines here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do <em>not <\/em> send them a pitch unless you are confident that you have an idea that fits their needs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can also learn more by reading <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tirosenberg\/status\/1491499034363711493\">this Tweet.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times is launching a brand new initiative, with a focus on &#8220;exploring the world&#8217;s challenges through the lens of progress.&#8221; This seems to be part of a broader trend of solutions journalism, which generally aims to report on progress being made through real examples. Because this is a new initiative, it may&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9847"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9861,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9847\/revisions\/9861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}