Do you have a great idea of history, but you don't know which publication is good for? Or do you want to write for a certain outlet but you don't know how to reach out? AHCJ independent market guides Include advice to present more than 50 publications – including the New York Times, NPR, Cosmopolitan, National Geographic, Wired and others – on the basis of interviews with publishers who feed them.
In recent months, I added three new guides to the site: HuffPost Personal, Business Insider and Women's Health Magazine. Here are some summaries of each:
Personal HuffPost:: This vertical publishes personal trials on everything, from the confrontation of an unusual medical diagnosis to the fall unexpectedly in love to the management of family distance. Given that most contributors are not professional writers, the costs are relatively low (from $ 150 per piece) and all stories are accepted on SPEC – which means that writers must write the whole test before the founder and director Noah Michelson cannot say if it is a “yes”.
Journalists can find that the site is a match if they want their history to reach a large audience. Huffpost's personal trials often get millions of views, and some have landed for books and films.
Initiate of Business:: This online publication intended for “disruptive gobblers” does not only concern business. Deputy editor -in -chief, Mia de Graaf, clerk of health and lifestyle trendy parts and features, and generally pays between $ 0.50 and $ 1.00 per word.
Like many publishers, De Graaf said that locations should go beyond a subject and propose a “unique, intriguing and / or subversive history to some extent”. They should also reflect the voice of Bi, which Graaf describes as “your intelligent advertising friend or the dinner who says:” Allow me to break this in a way that will not be bored the whole table “.
Health of women:: This digital and printed magazine strives to present “the most recent and most innovative stories in the women's health sphere”, whether it is a surprising trend, a survey on a worrying health problem or a profile of a trailblazer for women's health, said Currie Engel, editor -in -chief of news & features.
It is generally useful, she added, if the arguments include data or quantitative measures, plans to interview “real women” and an element of service to carry out the mission of the magazine to help women to live a happier and healthier life.
For more pitching advice and other resources for independent health journalists, consult this summary of our March lunch and learns, during which the members of the AHCJ Freelance shared advice to present their ideal publication. Our last session, on April 17, encouraged the participants to make advice on the hook on their independent challenges, as how to manage the ghost by a publisher, to face “Scope Creed” in a mission or to find a house for an idea of expensive history. You can consult this summary here.
Make sure that your profile on the independent directory of AHCJ is also up to date, so that publishers looking for your particular skills set can find You – No hole required. And, of course, join us from May 28 to June 1 for the AHCJ annual conference, including its flagship event for independent journalists: Pitchfest, an opportunity to meet and launch dozens of publishers in front.
