![]() ![]() Tip: Have an op ed idea for Slate? Study the guidelines and pitch your op ed idea, highlighting your main points. While newspapers have been dying a slow and painful death for more than a decade, Slate is one of a handful of online news and opinion sites that’s managed to reach an international audience with it’s own slant on covering news, events, and issues. Also review the rest of the guidelines, which recommend sending your pitch to FYI…the Editorial Page Editor for The NYT is James Bennett ( $600 to $700 for op eds, according to The Op Ed Project. Tip: Submit a complete op ed piece that’s around 400 to 1,200 words, instead of just pitching an idea. But it also publishes op eds from freelancers on a wide range of topics like politics, pop culture, health, science, lifestyle, and more. Sure, The NYT has it’s own roster of regular columnists. The New York Times accepts opinion editorials for the daily print page, online, the Sunday Review, the International edition and seasonal series. The guidelines recommend sending your pitch to But here’s another option…the Editorial Page Editor is Nicholas Goldberg. Most op eds are around 750 to 1,200 words. Tip: Like a lot of op ed assignments, pitch the LA Times by writing your complete op ed on spec. For example, right now there’s trending opinion pieces in the LA Times about cannabis farming in California, state and national political issues, raising insurance rates on speeding drivers to protect pedestrians, and of course, The Oscars. The Los Angeles Times accepts opinion articles on spec for just about any subject. Give it an update and submit your op ed to another publication. Tip: If you don’t hear back within three business days, your pitch didn’t make the cut. Be a miniaturist, not a landscape painter.” “So you have at most 800 words, just enough to make a persuasive case for a focused point. Got an opinion, personal story, or take on a financial topic, money matters, or the global economy? Pitch an op ed idea to Financial Times editor Brooke Masters ( value the FT for its brevity,” says Masters. ![]() Pays: $400 per 800-word op ed piece, according to Who Pays Writers 3. FYI, if you’re piece gets accepted, CNN gets exclusive rights. Include a brief bio, and any unique details about your experience, credentials, or connection to the subject you’re writing about. Write the whole piece at around 600 to 800 words. Tip: Don’t just submit an idea for an op ed. ![]() Right now you’ll find opinion pieces on things like the presidential primaries, Oscar award speeches, police and community clashes in New York, and much more. CNN OpinionĬNN Opinion accepts submissions of original, exclusive op eds on topics relevant to current news and affairs. Pays: $500 per 600-word piece, according to The Op Ed Project. Nadim Asrar is a deputy editor for Al Jazeera and his Twitter is Following the opinion site or the opinions editor of the publication you’re interested in writing for on social media is a great way to get a sense of the type of content they preference and any callouts for pitches or submissions. Typically they feature op eds by experts and highly experienced writers. Al JazeeraĪl Jazeera receives an exceptional number of pitches weekly. “If so, there’s opportunities to air your opinion and to be paid for it. Check out these 10 publications that pay writers for op eds.” 1. “Have you read, seen or heard something that you have a strong opinion on, and some credentials to justify your opinion being published?” says Cat. She’s cashed in on other op-ed writing opportunities, too. Then got paid when The Sydney Morning Herald published her piece, We need to celebrate female artists for their work not their bodies. So she pitched the idea and landed an op-ed assignment on spec. When Australian-based op-ed writer and freelance journalist Cat Woods saw celebrity trainer Jillian Michaels light up the Twittersphere with a body-shaming comment about pop singer Lizzo, the idea for an editorial began to form. ![]()
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