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It’s that point once more once I present a snapshot of the newest market guides which have been added to The Freelance Heart. There are three new ones: Philadelphia journal, Nature and Males’s Well being.
Every information all the time consists of an interview with at the least one editor and normally their direct emails, which may typically be difficult to search out on a publication’s web site. Even when the publication needs writers to submit pitches by way of a web-based kind, I like to recommend sending the editor a heads up and fast introduction.
Males’s Well being pays freelancers $1 to $2 a phrase, relying on the quantity of analysis and the variety of interviews wanted. Function tales usually run between 2,000 and three,000 phrases, whereas front-of-the-book tales are between 800 and 1,500.
The print journal is printed 10 occasions a yr, and the web site is up to date continuously day by day. Marty Munson, the well being director, needs pitches for tales which are entertaining, inspiring and appear pressing. Options could be scoops, character-driven narratives or distinctive service packages. For freelancers who need to ship a brief pre-pitch, Munson mentioned by all means. However she advises ensuring the pre-pitch will not be a couple of broad subject however a narrative concept.
Nature pays aggressive charges for options that typically are 2,500 to three,000 phrases lengthy and for information tales between 800 and 1,200 phrases. Options run in each the weekly print journal and on the digital platform. About two options are printed weekly, and two or three information tales are added to the web site day by day. Pitches must be not more than 5 paragraphs and will clarify the story, why you will need to inform now and the way it is going to be advised.
Function articles could be analytical tales, profiles, narratives, graphics- or picture-led tales and tales based mostly on polls and surveys. Pitches for information tales must be shorter, maxing out at three paragraphs. Strategies for information tales a couple of single journal article are welcome. The information workers is small and will not get to an essential journal article, mentioned Lauren Wolf, bureau chief for the Americas.
Philadelphia pays $1 per phrase for function tales for the month-to-month print journal. Freelancers are hardly ever used for on-line articles. Brad Pearson, options editor, mentioned a difficulty of the journal usually runs 4 options, every operating greater than 3,000 phrases.
Well being journalists ought to deal with pitching a profile of somebody within the information, maybe a researcher or inventor, or an investigative or development piece associated to well being information. The article must have a deal with the Philadelphia space. Pearson needs a 3 or 4 paragraph pitch that tells him what the story is about and who the characters are. He doesn’t welcome pre-pitches. He guarantees to reply to each pitch, and lead occasions from acceptance to publication could be many months.
As all the time, please contact me at freelance@healthjournalism.org with solutions for future market guides.
