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Date | Client & Topic | Format | Wordcount | Pay | Pay Format | Notes |
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3/25/2019 | The Bark - Technology and Science | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 1500 words | $300 | Paid flat rate | Great communication, fast turn around on editing but well done |
3/21/2019 | VICE UK - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1500 words | $500 | Paid flat rate | |
3/19/2019 | TechCrunch - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1800 words | $300 | Paid flat rate | |
3/19/2019 | GetYourGuide - Travel and Culture | Digital, Misc, Website content editing | $11 | Paid per hour | All contact with the client was positive. The rate, however, is appallingly low for the technical and skilled work performed by the freelance content editors. Freelance content editors are expected to rewrite/edit a large amount of content (often unintelligible); correspond with clients; fulfil all the requirements of the content management system; follow internal style guides; keep up with regular changes to production and process; and read at least weekly email communications outlining areas of required improvement for the freelance team. All for 10 euros an hour. |
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3/14/2019 | Euronews - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 400 words | $18 | Paid per hour | Severely understaffed and lack of training so you have to be prepared to hit the ground running/ask other staff to help out. Friendly staff and multilingual teams but the work is monotonous. Lots or rewriting wire copy/translating other language team stories. Never go out for stories. Salary paid monthly. Company pays freelancers a 16.40 euro/day meal allowance and pay for trains/flights to/from UK/EU and provide modest hotel in Lyon. Shuttle is offered for early morning/late night shifts. Great for casual work but not if you want to do real journalism. |
3/13/2019 | The Magnolia Journal - Meredith Corp - Food and Drink | Both Print and Digital, Writing | 200 words | $400 | Paid flat rate | |
3/13/2019 | The Forward - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1200 words | $300 | Paid flat rate | |
3/13/2019 | The Forward - Other | Digital, Writing, Essay | 1800 words | $400 | Paid flat rate | |
3/12/2019 | dtm - Arts and Entertainment | Print, Design, Illustration | $15 | Paid per hour | ||
3/9/2019 | Heart and Humanity - Other | Digital, Writing, Essay | 1200 words | $25 | Paid flat rate | When they started the site last year they promised to pay their writers. None of us have been paid yet. |
3/8/2019 | artbasel.com - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | 1000 words | $1,000 | Paid flat rate | |
3/5/2019 | Credit Karma - Personal Finance and Insurance | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 900 words | $450 | Paid flat rate | |
3/5/2019 | Autodesk Redshift - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 800 words | $500 | Paid flat rate | Thoughtful editing includes copy editing and fact-checking. Edits limited to making the story clearer and better. A very friendly and collaborative experience. |
3/4/2019 | Foreign policy - Business | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 1300 words | $1 | Paid per word | |
3/1/2019 | Square (Canada) - Business | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 1600 words | $500 | Paid flat rate | I contracted with them to do a series of blog posts on ecommerce and marketing topics through a freelancer platform. I negotiated the pricing of each post based on word count, depending on the level of research required. The editing process was great. They were quick and provided clear feedback. I would definitely work with them again. |
2/20/2019 | British Journal of Photography - Fashion and Beauty | Digital, Photo, Portrait | $196 | Paid per day | ||
2/14/2019 | Roadtripper - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1100 words | $700 | Paid flat rate | When assigned a story, I always ask for more -- as a personal rule. The editor said no, and I decided to take the job anyway. |
2/13/2019 | Bitter Southern - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 3900 words | $1,000 | Paid flat rate | Rate was for writing and photography. Extremely slow response times, poor edit experience |
2/3/2019 | Hyperallergic - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 500 words | $100 | Paid flat rate | |
2/3/2019 | Japan Times - Arts and Entertainment | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1000 words | $0 | Paid per word | Quality of editing depends on editor but payment is always on time. |
1/30/2019 | Well+Good - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing, Essay | 600 words | $100 | Paid flat rate | |
1/30/2019 | Refinery29 - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1000 words | $500 | Paid flat rate | |
1/26/2019 | HelloGiggles - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1500 words | $75 | Paid flat rate | I appreciate getting paid for the work, but I wish it was a higher rate for the amount of reporting and work. |
1/26/2019 | Travel Dose - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 850 words | $0 | Paid flat rate | I didn't know anything about the publishing process for this site, and wasn't given any notice of when my article was eventually published. When it was, I checked back in about payment, only to find it out that there was no payment available. |
1/25/2019 | Washington Post - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing, Essay | 800 words | $250 | Paid flat rate | Editorial work is usually very transparent and excellent. |
1/25/2019 | Web design/marketing firm - Advertising and Marketing | Digital, Writing | 500 words | $120 | Paid flat rate | |
1/25/2019 | vice - Personal Finance and Insurance | Digital, Writing, Essay | 1300 words | $200 | Paid flat rate | |
1/24/2019 | Guardian - The Upside - Healthcare and Medical | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1000 words | $39 | Paid flat rate | I often write for the Guardian but had never written for this section. It wasn't a great experience and very different from other Guardian departments where I'd had positive encounters. Non-responsive editor. A perfunctory reply several weeks after submission even though later stated article was fine (very disconcerting waiting game for a freelancer). Half the article was cut without discussion - most importantly, a very personal story from a trauma survivor whose sole purpose in agreeing to speak was to tell her story and make a difference. If the edit was required to focus the piece, that's absolutely fine - I'm not precious about this and respect editorial judgment. But there was no such discussion. Also because of the hard edit, the pay was far less than promised and several months after submission. |
1/24/2019 | The Week - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing, Essay | 1000 words | $150 | Paid flat rate | |
1/20/2019 | Canadian Healthcare Technology - Healthcare and Medical | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 900 words | $300 | Paid flat rate | |
1/19/2019 | Paper Magazine - Other | Digital, Writing, Essay | 1300 words | $200 | Paid flat rate | |
1/18/2019 | Lonely Planet - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1200 words | $0 | Paid per word | Same rates for print trade books (not guidebooks) |
1/18/2019 | Grok Nation - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing, Essay | 800 words | $100 | Paid flat rate | Low pay for personal essays but the editors at the publication are a delight to work with. |
1/18/2019 | Parents.com - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 750 words | $250 | Paid flat rate | Nice editor, timely pay. |
1/18/2019 | Snopes - Other | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 600 words | $200 | Paid flat rate | |
1/16/2019 | Agoda travel blog - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 500 words | $50 | Paid flat rate | Numbers say everything. |
1/16/2019 | Agoda travel blog - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 500 words | $50 | Paid flat rate | The numbers say it all. |
1/14/2019 | Local Fashion Boutique Website - Fashion and Beauty | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 900 words | $60 | Paid flat rate | |
1/14/2019 | Mid-size Healthcare Organization - Healthcare and Medical | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 700 words | $85 | Paid per hour | |
1/12/2019 | Reikiology - Healthcare and Medical | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 500 words | $9 | Paid flat rate | I'm relatively new to freelance writing, so I'm working for lower rates in order to get work. This client was excellent to work for though, so I'd consider working with her again in the future in a heartbeat. |
1/10/2019 | Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery Inc - Healthcare and Medical | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 700 words | $95 | Paid flat rate | |
1/8/2019 | Eaten Magazine - Food and Drink | Print, Writing, Reported Story | 1000 words | $200 | Paid flat rate | Eaten Magazine focuses on food history. Great editor, beautiful magazine. |
12/28/2018 | Icelandair Stopover - Travel and Culture | Print, Writing, Reported Story | 600 words | $250 | Paid flat rate | |
12/14/2018 | Eat North - Food and Drink | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 600 words | $94 | Paid flat rate | Well-regarded Canadian food and drink website. Passionate, professional editorial team. Payment by bank transfer within 30 days. |
12/14/2018 | Globe and Mail - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 600 words | $225 | Paid flat rate | Canadian national daily newspaper. Professional, easy to work with. |
12/14/2018 | Family Fun Canada - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 1000 words | $23 | Paid flat rate | Highly regarded Canadian family travel website. Astonishingly low pay... but the publication is very well-respected in the travel industry. |
12/13/2018 | CNN Style - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 700 words | $250 | Paid flat rate | |
12/13/2018 | TodayTix - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 750 words | $100 | Paid flat rate | |
12/13/2018 | Dallas Style & Design - Lifestyle | Print, Writing, Reported Story | 650 words | $260 | Paid flat rate | |
12/13/2018 | Arts + Culture Texas - Arts and Entertainment | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 850 words | $200 | Paid flat rate | Always need to send several reminders about payment |
12/13/2018 | Football Weekends Magazine - Sports | Print, Writing, Reported Story | 2000 words | $62 | Paid flat rate | |
12/13/2018 | Luxury site - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing | 3000 words | $0 | Paid per word | A good client, but they delayed on payment |
12/12/2018 | Elevation Outdoors - Travel and Culture | Print, Writing, Reported Story | 1700 words | $0 | Paid per word | Easy to work with editor. Payment came a couple of months after publication. |
12/10/2018 | CSOOnline - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 1000 words | $0 | Paid per word | Contributor work is unpaid but gives you domain expert status |
12/9/2018 | Hardwick Gazette - News | Print, Writing, Reported Story | 650 words | $50 | Paid flat rate | Micro market weekly. Great people, terrible pay. But: plenty of work! |
12/6/2018 | The Daily Dot - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | 800 words | $150 | Paid flat rate | |
12/6/2018 | Local Industries - Business | Digital, Misc, Copy Editing | $45 | Paid per hour | I acquired this client in July 2018. They are wonderful to work with and pay promptly. However, the work is on-demand (i.e., no advance notice) with short deadlines. | |
12/6/2018 | Anthem - Healthcare and Medical | Digital, Writing, White Paper | 1500 words | $1,000 | Paid flat rate | |
12/6/2018 | OncologyLive Magazine - Healthcare and Medical | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 2200 words | $1,500 | Paid flat rate | |
12/6/2018 | Newsday - Real Estate and Architecture | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 700 words | $300 | Paid flat rate | |
12/6/2018 | BBC - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1500 words | $600 | Paid flat rate | BBC Travel have friendly editors and a very thorough fact-checking and sub-editing process. |
12/6/2018 | The Points Guy Family Travel - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 1000 words | $300 | Paid flat rate | Very timely payment, easy to work with |
12/5/2018 | Vice News - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 2000 words | $1,000 | Paid flat rate | |
12/4/2018 | Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Sports | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 450 words | $150 | Paid flat rate | Good pay, good people. |
11/30/2018 | Washington Post - News | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1200 words | $800 | Paid flat rate | |
11/26/2018 | The Washington Post - News | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1000 words | $400 | Paid per day | Day rate negotiated up from first offer. Just reporting on breaking news. Additional pay for photo. |
11/26/2018 | Rewire.News - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1200 words | $250 | Paid flat rate | |
11/22/2018 | Ny Rina - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing, Essay | 2000 words | $1 | Paid per word | |
11/20/2018 | Al Jazeera English - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1100 words | $350 | Paid flat rate | Easy to work with the editor but took over 2 months for payment to arrive. |
11/14/2018 | The New Southern Fugitives - Other | Digital, Writing, Essay | 1000 words | $100 | Paid flat rate | |
11/13/2018 | Latino USA - News | Digital, Video, Live-Action | $500 | Paid flat rate | Easy to work with and very few edits but had to email many times to get a going, after an initial "yes" from the editor. | |
11/6/2018 | ZekeCTW - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | 1000 words | $0 | Paid per word | Ugh |
11/5/2018 | Michigan City Journal/David Davenport - Arts and Entertainment | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 400 words | $0.10 | Paid per word | It has been an interesting learning experience and wish to move onto bigger things. |
11/4/2018 | BTC - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 500 words | $0.50 | Paid per word | |
10/30/2018 | Teen Vogue - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 600 words | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | |
10/29/2018 | bestter - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 300 words | $20.00 | Paid per page | |
10/15/2018 | Men's Journal - Other | Print, Writing, Reported Story | 3000 words | $4,200.00 | Paid flat rate | Good line edits. Nice staff. |
10/12/2018 | Purecontent - Advertising and Marketing | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 500 words | $7.00 | Paid flat rate | A disorganized sweatshop if there ever was. They will squeeze everything they possibly can out of you for $7. |
10/11/2018 | Everyday Health - Healthcare and Medical | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 800 words | $350.00 | Paid flat rate | |
10/9/2018 | TIME.com - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1200 words | $600.00 | Paid flat rate | |
10/8/2018 | Atlas Obscura - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1400 words | $600.00 | Paid flat rate | $600 for a 1200-1400 word reported story with photos. Very responsive editor, great to work with. |
10/4/2018 | Little White Lies - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing, Essay | 800 words | $57.67 | Paid flat rate | Nice editor to work with. Fast to respond, helpful feedback and minimal changes. |
10/2/2018 | LeapLife.com - Personal Finance and Insurance | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 1000 words | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | They are nice people to work with. Still working on SEO strategy. |
9/28/2018 | American Interest - News | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 2000 words | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | |
9/28/2018 | TED Ideas Blog - Other | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 800 words | $800.00 | Paid flat rate | |
9/26/2018 | 5280 - News | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 520 words | $390.00 | Paid flat rate | |
9/26/2018 | The WOD Life blog - Nutrition and Fitness | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 500 words | $25.00 | Paid per hour | Always pay on time. |
9/22/2018 | Land Rover Monthyl - Travel and Culture | Print, Writing, Essay | 2500 words | $660.00 | Paid flat rate | 2,500 word story of my trip including 5 photos. No room for negotiation on rate. |
9/21/2018 | The Hollywood Reporter - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1000 words | $75.00 | Paid flat rate | They pay a very low flat rate for online articles, no matter how long/how many subjects you interview. |
9/18/2018 | Dark Knight - Business | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 1000 words | $0.01 | Paid per word | I found this person on a marketing forum who said they'd give me a lot of weekly work. I hear from them maybe 1-2 times a week and their clients are impossibly hard to please. They have this huge list of requirements for every article and it only pays $1 per 100 words. He's charging his clients $2 per 100 words. |
9/12/2018 | Washington Post - News | Both Print and Digital, Photo, Portrait | $300.00 | Paid per day | $350 day rate for the day. Subsequent days are $250 each. The first day is higher because it's $250 plus an $100 fee so they are able to sell your stuff on Getty (50-50 profit split of their sales) | |
9/8/2018 | Granite Media - Personal Finance and Insurance | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 1500 words | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | Super-nice people. The send you a list of available articles and summaries to choose from. They are also open to pitches. Editing is smooth, and they rarely send back an article. |
9/8/2018 | The New Yorker - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 2000 words | $325.00 | Paid flat rate | $325 for digital stories. Doesn't go up. Very slow edits and fact-checking. |
9/8/2018 | Hemang Patel - Arts and Entertainment | Both Print and Digital, Design, Website Design | $1.00 | Paid per page | ||
9/7/2018 | The Establishment - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing, Essay | 1500 words | $125.00 | Paid flat rate | Unsolicited submission. Quick response. No prior relationship. |
9/7/2018 | Refinery29 - Fashion and Beauty | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 1500 words | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | Assignment via pre-existing relationship with editor. Story required market work and research in addition to copy. |
9/2/2018 | POLITICO Magazine - Other | Digital, Writing, Essay | 1200 words | $400.00 | Paid flat rate | Got asked to write an Op-Ed, it got picked up by the senior editors and the head editor. No idea why but went along with it, they wanted it to be on the front page of the POLITICO Magazine website. Was also featured on the main POLITICO website. Enjoyed a great amount of success, the editing went very quickly over three days with the editor calling me to request quicker completion. The essay started with about 700-800 words and ended up being about 1200 words. Was messaged a day after that they were working on a contract for me at $400. I think the rate tied more to the amount of success and ad revenue it bought in. Would work with them any time. Very pleasant, transparent, and reliable. |
8/31/2018 | EY - Business | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1500 words | $150.00 | Paid per hour | My deep experience in this area allows me to charge this much. |
8/30/2018 | Various clients on Upwork marketplace - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, E-book | 3500 words | $36.00 | Paid per hour | My resource guide for women wanting to enter the field of blockchain tech/cryptocurrency business was well received. Creating it was a pleasant working experience. This was one of a series of deliverables that I've created for this client. |
8/30/2018 | Medical economics - Healthcare and Medical | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 800 words | $400.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/30/2018 | Ghost Writing - Food and Drink | Digital, Writing, E-book | 12000 words | $35.00 | Paid per hour | |
8/30/2018 | thedailybeast.com - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1000 words | $400.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/28/2018 | The Financial Diet - Personal Finance and Insurance | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 1000 words | $30.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/26/2018 | Guardian Online - Food and Drink | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 800 words | $1,500.00 | Paid flat rate | (2016) Commissioned work, web and phone research, photo coordination, paid via direct deposit 1 month after. |
8/25/2018 | ACA Video - Business | Digital, Video, Event Coverage | $640.00 | Paid flat rate | Conference recording. £500 flat day rate - may be full day coverage, or may be just filming highlights. No editing. | |
8/24/2018 | Berks County Living - Food and Drink | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1500 words | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/24/2018 | Civil Eats - Food and Drink | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1400 words | $350.00 | Paid flat rate | Love working for Civil Eats, which is a non-profit food policy publication! |
8/24/2018 | EzTaxReturn - Personal Finance and Insurance | Digital, Writing, Copywriting | 30 words | $4.00 | Paid flat rate | paid me extra $5 tip but gave 4* instead of 5* review |
8/23/2018 | Global Healing Center - Healthcare and Medical | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1600 words | $650.00 | Paid flat rate | There's a ratcheting *down* of pay, from nearly $0.60 per word to $0.33. This is on stories with 25 references, all of which are from PubMed—translation: real scientific research. Plus, they strip your byline, replacing with the site's owner? Why is this the heartbeat of freelance writing? I know smaller companies like this can't pay as much as big titles, nor pay print rates, but there's got to be a better way. |
8/23/2018 | Tektronix - Technology and Science | Print, Writing | 2000 words | $2,600.00 | Paid per hour | It was an enjoyable experience |
8/23/2018 | Dwell - Arts and Entertainment | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 850 words | $850.00 | Paid per page | Dwell also paid for all of my expenses to go to Italy to report the story. That doesn't usually happen anymore, so this was a great assignment. |
8/23/2018 | Freelance Client - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 1200 words | $300.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/23/2018 | Modern Luxury Philadelphia Style - Lifestyle | Print, Writing, Reported Story | 500 words | $1.00 | Paid per word | Long to pay |
8/23/2018 | My Client - Business | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | $0.80 | Paid per word | Business and finance articles on a blog, an ongoing project. | |
8/22/2018 | Vulture - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1200 words | $300.00 | Paid flat rate | They don't have time for BS. |
8/22/2018 | British Cinematographer Magazine - Arts and Entertainment | Print, Writing, Reported Story | 10000 words | $300.00 | Paid flat rate | Cinematography stories timed to release date in the UK. Publishes online only months and months after print version, if ever. |
8/22/2018 | USA Today - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 1800 words | $0.10 | Paid per word | |
8/22/2018 | USA Today Travel Tips - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing | 500 words | $60.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/22/2018 | The Guardian US / This Land Is Your Land - Other | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 900 words | $1 | Paid per word | Went through three edits (the last being a minor one to look things over and answer a couple of questions). The story did get longer from the original 700-word assignment, with no offer to pay additional money. |
8/22/2018 | BBC / Future Now - Other | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1400 words | $643 | Paid flat rate | I'm still going through the editing process, but the editor was flexible when I had to push back my due date because of the main source's availability. |
8/21/2018 | Individual needing edit of a dissertation - Other | Digital, Misc, Copy editing | $45.00 | Paid per hour | ||
8/21/2018 | Emerald - Lifestyle | Both Print and Digital, Writing, White Paper | 900 words | $300.00 | Paid flat rate | Cool, collected, poised and focused |
8/20/2018 | OMG Media Group - Advertising and Marketing | Digital, Writing, Copywriting | 2580 words | $86.62 | Paid per hour | |
8/20/2018 | Skylife magazine - Travel and Culture | Print, Writing, Reported Story | 900 words | $450.00 | Paid flat rate | I have worked with the same editor two times and the experience was pretty good. He was always quick to reply and also informed me about the payment once I had to follow up with them. |
8/20/2018 | The Times UK - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 700 words | $300.00 | Paid flat rate | Its good to work with them. |
8/20/2018 | The Senior Paper - Travel and Culture | Print, Writing, Essay | 750 words | $50.00 | Paid flat rate | Enjoyed the assignment and felt motivated when it appeared with my byline. |
8/20/2018 | A Senior Center in San Francisco - Other | Digital, Writing, Copywriting | 2500 words | $25.00 | Paid per hour | |
8/19/2018 | CIO.com - Business | Digital, Writing | 1000 words | $1.00 | Paid per word | |
8/19/2018 | Mid-size tech company - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 800 words | $1,500.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/19/2018 | The Sunday Times Travel Magazine - Travel and Culture | Print, Writing | 1800 words | $700.00 | Paid flat rate | These Instant Guides take a lot of time. |
8/19/2018 | Maisonneuve Magazine - Lifestyle | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 4500 words | $0.10 | Paid per word | Editors were really attentive to the piece, so it was a great learning experience and I'm proud of the story. But the pay is terrible and the net is 180 days. |
8/19/2018 | National Observer - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1200 words | $300.00 | Paid flat rate | Great editors and prompt payment. $200 for a quick-turnaround reported story of 600 words (that ballooned to 1000) and $300 for an 800-word reported story with a feature lede and streeters involved (which ended up being 1200 words) |
8/19/2018 | Field of Vision - News | Digital, Video, Event Coverage | $5,000.00 | Paid flat rate | For short documentary film direction. Amazing company to work with. | |
8/19/2018 | The Huffington Post - News | Digital, Photo, Event | $500.00 | Paid flat rate | For first-time publishing of documentary photo series. | |
8/19/2018 | Eileen Pace Media - News | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1000 words | $750.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/19/2018 | Eileen Pace Media - Healthcare and Medical | Digital, Writing | 1000 words | $175.00 | Paid flat rate | The subject choices are narrow; some things fit into two equally. |
8/18/2018 | Filmsters - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Video, Live-Action | $3,500.00 | Paid per day | ||
8/18/2018 | Morena panturiano grupo - Technology and Science | Print, Writing, Copywriting | 1000 words | $10.00 | Paid per hour | Hace mucho tiempo en proyecto de ventilación mecanica para un ambiente de proceso de extracción de grasa para la produccion cosmeticos |
8/18/2018 | USA Today - Food and Drink | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 600 words | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | I've contributed several pieces to USA Today's new food & travel vertical "Eat Sip Trip" - Brad Cohen is an easy editor to work. |
8/18/2018 | Broccoli Mag - Lifestyle | Print, Writing | 175 words | $75.00 | Paid flat rate | None |
8/17/2018 | GoDaddy - Advertising and Marketing | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 1000 words | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | Great topics for anyone writers working within technology and the internet space. It's important to clarify with them at the start that you'd like to do on-going work. It can be a challenge to get onto their contributing writer's email, and get a response back. |
8/17/2018 | Mabuhay magazine - Food and Drink | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 400 words | $145.44 | Paid flat rate | Net 60 so I have not been paid yet |
8/17/2018 | Christian Science Monitor - Travel and Culture | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 750 words | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | Excellent working with the editor who clear guidelines and follow-up with me on small edits. |
8/17/2018 | Aliyah Media - Sports | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 4000 words | $0.00 | Paid flat rate | Aliyah Media said they went out of business (true) right after they accepted my story and put it on the front page of their website. Got a follow-up from a financial person saying they are working on paying freelancers but when I checked back in with him a week later his e-mail and everyone else's e-mail at Aliyah Media were not longer in operation. Basically got stiffed out of $500.00 |
8/17/2018 | Hyperallergic - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1200 words | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | Hyperallergic should be paying its freelance contributors more than $100 for a reported story. Between pitching, emails, reporting, writing, research, edits, I spent about 8 or 9 hours on each story. |
8/17/2018 | The Motley Fool - Personal Finance and Insurance | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 24000 words | $50.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/17/2018 | Rad Season - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 500 words | $30.00 | Paid flat rate | Nice, easy to work for, pays promptly and without follow-up. |
8/17/2018 | PlaneOwner - Sports | Print, Writing, Reported Story | 750 words | $100.00 | Paid per page | The client is the member magazine of a non-profit organisation, hence a lower rate |
8/17/2018 | Broadly (Vice) - Other | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1800 words | $400.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/17/2018 | New York Daily News - News | Digital, Writing | 600 words | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/17/2018 | Globe and Mail - News | Both Print and Digital, Writing | 700 words | $300.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/17/2018 | Macleans Magazine - News | Digital, Writing | 700 words | $350.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/17/2018 | CBC - News | Digital, Writing | 700 words | $300.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/17/2018 | girlboss - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 800 words | $120.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/17/2018 | Los Angeles Times - News | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 800 words | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/17/2018 | Business Mirror Newspaper - Real Estate and Architecture | Print, Writing, Reported Story | 800 words | $23.00 | Paid flat rate | Higher and on-time payment |
8/17/2018 | Stanford magazine - Other | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 500 words | $1.50 | Paid per word | |
8/17/2018 | Wesleyan magazine - Other | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 500 words | $1.00 | Paid per word | |
8/17/2018 | The Atlantic - Other | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1500 words | $350.00 | Paid flat rate | Heavy Reporting and Intensive Edits |
8/16/2018 | Cardinal Health - Healthcare and Medical | Digital, Writing | 1000 words | $1,412.00 | Paid flat rate | Cardinal Health is fantastic to work with, both in coming up with concepts for new articles and throughout the editing process. |
8/16/2018 | Moving.com - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 1000 words | $175.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/16/2018 | EMMOTION - Technology and Science | Both Print and Digital, Video, Live-Action | $100.00 | Paid per hour | ||
8/16/2018 | Tonic - Healthcare and Medical | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 800 words | $350.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/16/2018 | Fast Company - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1000 words | $300.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/16/2018 | Garden blog - Other | Digital, Writing | 2500 words | $435.00 | Paid per hour | Hasslefree and quick. But I lacked a proper feedback/thanks at the end of gig. |
8/16/2018 | Make Modern - Other | Digital, Misc | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | "Make Modern," is an Australian e-zine about quilting. Wrote features and bio's about quilter's in our industry. | |
8/16/2018 | Comolatti group - Business | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 2700 words | $105.00 | Paid per page | |
8/16/2018 | GoDaddy Garage Blog - Business | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 750 words | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/16/2018 | Hill's Pet - Other | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 1200 words | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | This was an assignment via Skyword. I'm a regular contributor to this content channel. |
8/16/2018 | Digital Learning LLC - Healthcare and Medical | Digital, Video, Live-Action | $650.00 | Paid per day | ||
8/16/2018 | Alaska Beyond - Travel and Culture | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 800 words | $0.40 | Paid per word | very professional |
8/16/2018 | Contentellect - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 500 words | $30.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/16/2018 | Pacific Standard - Technology and Science | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 2000 words | $2,000.00 | Paid flat rate | This publication was not willing to remove an indemnity clause in their contract or pay on acceptance rather than publication. I feel both of these changes would be more fair to freelancers, particularly when there is a long wait time for publication (nearly a year in some cases). |
8/16/2018 | Guardian Books - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 1000 words | $115.30 | Paid flat rate | It doesn't matter what type of writing you submit, it's treated as a blog post with a flat rate |
8/16/2018 | San Francisco Magazine - Other | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 5000 words | $1.00 | Paid per word | This has been a good quality publication, but it is woefully behind in paying freelancers. I was paid three months late, and for others the wait was even longer. |
8/16/2018 | IDEO - Advertising and Marketing | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Copywriting | 2000 words | $60.00 | Paid per hour | Took advantage of my inexperience with rates to lowball me. Put the onus on me to determine what was fair while knowing I desperately needed the work. Hourly rates simply don't work unless the rate is extremely generous or the writer defines the work hours very narrowly. Not really consistent with IDEO's stated ("human centered") values IMO, but I suppose that's capitalism . |
8/16/2018 | Brittany Risher - Nutrition and Fitness | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 800 words | $325.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/16/2018 | Zdnet - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 500 words | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/16/2018 | Kooloss - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing, White Paper | 30000 words | $5.00 | Paid per hour | Search information on the internet and submit it in Excel. |
8/16/2018 | American Way - Travel and Culture | Print, Writing, Reported Story | $1.00 | Paid per word | $1/word FOB assignments | |
8/16/2018 | Crasat Lifting System - Other | Digital, Design, Interactive Infographic | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | Convert a program from VB6 to VB.NET | |
8/16/2018 | Eaton - Energy and Industrial | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Copywriting | $75.00 | Paid per hour | ||
8/16/2018 | GuestHook - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Copywriting | 400 words | $35.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/16/2018 | Young Living - Other | Digital, Writing, Copywriting | 5000 words | $0.30 | Paid per word | |
8/16/2018 | Canada's Top 100 Employers - Business | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 600 words | $377.29 | Paid flat rate | Open to writers based in Canada. |
8/16/2018 | Bon Appétit magazine - Food and Drink | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 600 words | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | 600-word reported, researched piece. Some of the best editing I've ever experienced. Relatively prompt payment. |
8/16/2018 | Self - Nutrition and Fitness | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 1000 words | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | The Conde Nast ePayables system is useful, but relies on a lot of moving parts to get the payment actually settled |
8/16/2018 | The Outline - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing, Essay | 1500 words | $0.50 | Paid per word | |
8/16/2018 | Women's Health magazine - Nutrition and Fitness | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 800 words | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | Payment isn't that prompt, but the editorial staff is in upheaval with Hearst buying Rodale, so I've had 5 editors in fewer than 9 months. Some editing changes my voice completely, inserts cringe-worthy lingo and never lets me look at it post-edit, pre-publish. But I was able to negotiate a tiny bit on pay. |
8/16/2018 | HEATH - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 1300 words | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | My rates vary depending on research required. |
8/16/2018 | Frommer Guides - Travel and Culture | Print, Writing | 18000 words | $2,520.00 | Paid flat rate | Excellent editing; good overall experience |
8/16/2018 | showtheLOVE - Fashion and Beauty | Digital, Design, Website Design | $45.00 | Paid per hour | ||
8/16/2018 | PatientPop - Healthcare and Medical | Digital, Writing, Copywriting | 3500 words | $300.00 | Paid flat rate | Monthly pay via Namely |
8/16/2018 | Afar.com - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 900 words | $300.00 | Paid flat rate | Very easy to work with. Minimal edits. |
8/16/2018 | OZY - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1000 words | $500.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/16/2018 | Business News Daily - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 1500 words | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/16/2018 | SEMrush - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 1750 words | $385.00 | Paid flat rate | I've learned to factor in my own overhead -- self-insurance & 1099 tax liability -- when quoting. If the contractor is worthwhile, you should not be questioned. If they go w/a lowball, don't despair. That means you've started to value your time and work, and it's a client you can do without in THE LONG TERM. |
8/16/2018 | Petful - Healthcare and Medical | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 800 words | $45.00 | Paid flat rate | Editor Dave Baker is extremely fair. |
8/16/2018 | PetPace - Healthcare and Medical | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 1000 words | $70.00 | Paid flat rate | Highly SEO targetted |
8/16/2018 | Culture Trip - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 800 words | $10.00 | Paid flat rate | If an article can be copy edited in less than 30 minutes, this rate is acceptable for my needs. However, often times, the articles take 45-75 mins to edit, so articles need to be carefully chosen to make sure the dollar per minute isn't being stretched too thin. |
8/16/2018 | Next Avenue - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing, Essay | 1100 words | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | Easy to work with. |
8/16/2018 | Red Cat Marketting - Advertising and Marketing | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 1500 words | $0.07 | Paid per word | Great employer |
8/16/2018 | Next Tribe - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing, Essay | 1100 words | $300.00 | Paid flat rate | They made edits without telling me :( |
8/16/2018 | Vet Times - Healthcare and Medical | Print, Writing, Reported Story | 800 words | $300.00 | Paid flat rate | Articles relating to veterinary science, animal health, and business |
8/16/2018 | A single-page technical/chemical PR piece for the manufacturer's website. - Energy and Industrial | Digital, Writing | 600 words | $375.00 | Paid flat rate | I determined my rate based on 1). technical and chemical content, 2). I hold two masters degrees plus a BS in chemistry. 3). four decades of experience in writing, editing, creating, 4). 18-year working relationship with client; they trust me and now simply say "send me your invoice" without even asking for a quote or questioning my fees, 5). PR value of the finished copy. |
8/16/2018 | Professional resume. - Business | Both Print and Digital, Writing | 375 words | $80.00 | Paid per hour | n/a |
8/16/2018 | Would rather not say - Sports | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1000 words | $40.00 | Paid flat rate | I'd love to have a more transparent structure. Writers from poorer countries are paid poorly, sadly and their pay isn't on a par with that of those from US, UK and Canada despite the quality's being more or less the same. |
8/16/2018 | A local chamber of commerce - Business | Print, Writing | 800 words | $80.00 | Paid per hour | n/a |
8/16/2018 | The Nation - Other | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1500 words | $450.00 | Paid flat rate | Editors were receptive and great to work with, but it's been a month and I don't have my check, soooo... |
8/16/2018 | Syria Resilience Committee - Other | Both Print and Digital, Design, Static Infographic | $456.00 | Paid per day | ||
8/16/2018 | Lawyer Website - Other | Digital, Design, Website Design | $2,000.00 | Paid flat rate | One of my easiest and most profitable for hours spent. Averaged $60/hour. | |
8/16/2018 | International Living - Travel and Culture | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 800 words | $75.00 | Paid flat rate | I have worked with them for fiveyears. Dependable and pay on time. |
8/16/2018 | Velenorr - Advertising and Marketing | Both Print and Digital, Writing, White Paper | 1500 words | $120.00 | Paid per page | Communicative and approachable. |
8/16/2018 | Grey Dog Media - Nutrition and Fitness | Print, Writing | 1500 words | $800.00 | Paid flat rate | The managing editor was slow to respond on a tight turnaround and a poor communicator, and it was difficult to obtain details on conventions. They also paid me three weeks late. |
8/16/2018 | Iberia - Love 2 Fly - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 1065 words | $75.00 | Paid flat rate | Very easy to work with |
8/16/2018 | Time magazine - Food and Drink | Print, Writing, Reported Story | 1600 words | $1,600.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/16/2018 | Baltimore magazine - Arts and Entertainment | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1800 words | $650.00 | Paid flat rate | |
8/16/2018 | textbroker - Fashion and Beauty | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 450 words | $0.02 | Paid per word | Horrible, terrible pay. But a job is a job and I got good experience. |
8/15/2018 | New York Magazine - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $600.00 | Long lead time of 6 months. | ||
8/14/2018 | Undark - Other | Digital, Writing | $3,000.00 | Travel expenses included in this rate. | ||
8/10/2018 | EFNIKS - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | 1200 words | $300.00 | For 1200 words. Quick payment. Published on the 18th, paid on the 31st. Went through 2 edits. |
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8/9/2018 | Undark - Other | Digital, Writing | $3,000.00 | Expenses included. | ||
8/9/2018 | Teen Vogue - Fashion and Beauty | Digital, Writing | $300.00 | Very quick reply in News/Politics section, but the editing was garbage. Just be prepared for bad editing and look elsewhere if you want a portfolio clip. | ||
8/2/2018 | Roads and Kingdoms - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing | $25.00 | Not super fun to work with, and had to chase them for pay. | ||
7/31/2018 | Pens and Needles - Other | Digital, Writing | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | Editor is very inclusive of different voices taking up digital space. Very thoughtful and skilled. | |
7/26/2018 | FEENTA.com - Other | Digital, Writing | $50.00 | Paid flat rate | Most categories are included | |
7/26/2018 | Variety - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $150.00 | paid about 2 months after, some reporting | ||
7/26/2018 | TVGuide.com - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing, Essay | 1200 words | $300.00 | Their features editor is extremely interested in personal essays from POC. | |
7/25/2018 | CryptoCoin.News - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 500 words | $0.10 | Pitched a couple of topics to Simon. Then he asked for me to write a 500 word article on one of my topics. After I wrote it, he informed me that they only pay in crypto. Then later I found out they only pay once a month. So, I've decided to let that one go. | |
7/12/2018 | Salon - News | Digital, Writing, Essay | 3000 words | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | Sold a 3000-word personal essay with a political bent. Picked up by Life editor. Editor was nice and no changes were made to my piece. My essay was widely viewed and shared--they got loads of advertising revenue off of me. But as of mid-June, they said they were behind on payments and would be paying freelancers and contractors as money came in. It's now mid-July (the piece was published in December) and I still have not been paid. |
7/9/2018 | The Hoth - Other | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 500 words | $0.03 | Content mill. Pay scales DOWN with longer articles. $16 for 500 to $50 for 2,000 words. Easy for beginners, but some topics very niche/difficult. Pays weekly, articles processed automatically after 3 days if no requested edits. | |
7/1/2018 | The Atlantic - News | Digital, Writing | $400.00 | Fast reply from editor. | ||
7/1/2018 | Undark - Other | Digital, Writing | $2,000.00 | Really good editing. | ||
6/28/2018 | T: The New York Times Style Magazine - Other | Digital, Writing, Essay | $500.00 | Web feature, multiple interviews | ||
6/27/2018 | Reductress - Other | Digital, Writing | $10.00 | Paid flat rate | If you are asked to write up a selected pitch, you get $30. If your headline is used with an in-house write-up, you get $10. Writer is responsible for tracking monthly expenses on invoice and submitting at the end of the month, direct deposit clears about 5-7 days after submitting invoice. Responsive editors, clear expectations, timely compensation. | |
6/19/2018 | Harper's Magazine - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $600.00 | No expenses, digital only, 1 photo included. | ||
6/18/2018 | Teen Vogue - Fashion and Beauty | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $300.00 | Easy to report story, very quick/responsive editor in the News section. | ||
6/18/2018 | ThePrint - Business | Digital, Writing | $146.00 | Opinion piece | ||
6/17/2018 | St. Louis-area University magazines - Other | Print, Writing, Essay | $750.00 | The rate varies depending on the university, but writing for alumni magazines around the St. Louis area can net you $300-$750 for a feature. | ||
6/16/2018 | HispanoPost - Travel and Culture | Digital, Video | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | Extremely abusive work conditions. Invoices go unpaid for months. They lie systematically about payments. They want you to produce a feature story worth $1200 for $100. Reporter has to shoot & edit the story and uses own equipment. | |
6/13/2018 | nDash.co - Other | Digital, Writing | $175.00 | Paid flat rate | Decent platform for experienced freelance writers. probably terrible for new writers, though. | |
6/9/2018 | MERGE Atlanta - Other | Both Print and Digital, Writing | $75.00 | |||
6/8/2018 | Declined to state - Other | Both Print and Digital, Writing | $100.00 | |||
6/8/2018 | University - Other | Both Print and Digital, Writing | $60.00 | |||
6/8/2018 | Independent Author - Other | Print, Misc, Editing | $75.00 | editing | ||
6/7/2018 | Mortgage Company - Personal Finance and Insurance | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | $200.00 | Blog articles for mortgage company @ $200 per article | ||
6/7/2018 | Popular Mechanics - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing | $350.00 | Worked with them for over two years and have given rate raises three times in that span. Usually responsive and edits are often solid. Work load can sometimes be tough since they want highly-sourced, researched pieces that compete with any print publication but only pay digital rates. In terms of travel, it can be frustrating when a piece clearly could benefit from it but it's rarely approved. | ||
6/7/2018 | Outside magazine - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing | $600.00 | Paid flat rate | The editors are great to work with, but the magazine typically pays three months after publication, even for digital content. | |
6/7/2018 | Rock and Ice magazine - Sports | Both Print and Digital, Writing | $0.25 | Paid per word | Niche climbing magazine with small staff of dedicated editors. Great to work with, but they have low rates for the quality of writing they seek. Typically pay 30 days after publication. | |
6/7/2018 | Silk Winds - Travel and Culture | Both Print and Digital, Writing | $525.00 | Pleasant to work with, but multiple rounds of edits from multiple editors, some of whom clearly hadn't read the article well and made unreasonable requests. | ||
6/7/2018 | Earth Island Journal - Technology and Science | Both Print and Digital, Writing | 700 words | $100.00 | For a 700 word book review | |
6/7/2018 | Ozy - News | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 500 words | $250.00 | For a 500 word piece. Slow to pay (2+ months later still haven't received) | |
6/7/2018 | Culture Trip - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing | $50.00 | Content mill. Require far too much from writers for the pay. | ||
6/7/2018 | Flung - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 500 words | $30.00 | Short 500 word piece, but slow to pay (still haven't received) | |
6/7/2018 | Austin Chronicle - News | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Essay | $0.25 | Paid per word | Because I typically write more in-depth news stories and news features, the pay is unfortunately as low as $5 an hour sometimes. They can't increase the rate for even heavily investigative pieces. I love the publication as a local institution, the editors are nice, and the work is interesting. | |
6/5/2018 | Edible Austin - Food and Drink | Print, Writing | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | This amounted to $7 an hour to $12 an hour depending on how involved the article turned out to be. The editor is nice to work with, although the pay is really hard to swallow. They won't increase rates to help cover mileage and travel time for an out-of-town assignments. | |
5/31/2018 | PRI - Other | Digital, Writing | $250.00 | |||
5/31/2018 | Teen Vogue - Fashion and Beauty | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 700 words | $300.00 | Doesn't negotiate up. $300 for 600-800 words multiple-source, reported story from overseas. | |
5/30/2018 | BQool - Business | Digital, Writing | 1000 words | $120.00 | Paid flat rate | Content writers for BQool should be familiar with E-commerce and Amazon. |
5/26/2018 | Storefront - Business | Digital, Writing | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | Very low rate; they will nickel and dime you; they try to go back on agreements they've made in writing. | |
5/20/2018 | Textbroker - Other | Digital, Writing | $0.01 | Need to know AP style and they have their own algorithm to check authors. Always thousands of articles for 1-3 star writers. | ||
5/18/2018 | ConsumerSearch - Other | Digital, Writing | $650.00 | Paid flat rate | These take much more time to research than they do to write. Payment (by direct deposit) arrives up to a month after the invoice. | |
5/18/2018 | Money Crashers - Personal Finance and Insurance | Digital, Writing | $0.10 | Paid per word | They told me this was "more than they usually pay." Payment arrives just a few days after the invoice, but they won't let you invoice an article until it's through the editing process, which can take over a month. | |
5/15/2018 | Washington City Paper - News | Both Print and Digital, Writing | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
5/11/2018 | Rolling Stone - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | $150.00 | Worked with two different editors (both of them left since then) over course of about 18 months. One of them was great--responsive, made smart changes, was liberal with the budget (always reimbursed travel expenses, once told me to invoice for an extra $50 because he particularly liked a story), always paid on time. The other wasn't as good--slow to respond to emails, would rewrite entire paragraphs and make sloppy mistakes, terrible with payment. | ||
5/11/2018 | Men's Journal - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $150.00 | Editors were a little sloppy, but super nice guys who seemed to genuinely care about my work. | ||
5/9/2018 | Megri Blog - Other | Digital, Writing | $30.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
5/9/2018 | Polygon - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
5/9/2018 | Fashionista - Fashion and Beauty | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $300.00 | Reported, fast edits, great to work with | ||
5/8/2018 | BarCharts - Other | Print, Writing | 8500 words | $1,500.00 | Paid flat rate | Included copious research. Invoices to the Editor were ignored. Did not reimburse materials. A year later, wrote to the owner and was promptly paid (for research and writing only). |
5/7/2018 | NBC Left Field - News | Digital, Video | $4,000.00 | Paid flat rate | International story for a week for 5-10 minute video. Great place to work for. | |
4/30/2018 | Virginia News Group - News | Both Print and Digital, Writing | $75.00 | |||
4/30/2018 | Columbia Journalism Review - News | Digital, Writing, Essay | $750.00 | Flat fee for online feature story. | ||
4/19/2018 | World Policy Journal - News | Both Print and Digital, Writing | 3000 words | $500.00 | Slow to pay, very bad rate for longform articles of 3k words. Good for stories that need in depth treatment and not likely to get picked up elsewhere. | |
4/19/2018 | Fortune Knowledge Group - Business | Both Print and Digital, Writing | $150.00 | |||
4/19/2018 | The Irish Times - News | Both Print and Digital, Writing | $0.25 | Paid per word | ||
4/15/2018 | POLITICO Magazine - News | Digital, Writing | 2000 words | $500.00 | Paid flat rate | Good, fast and thoughtful edits for piece commissioned at 2,000 words that ended up being published at 4,000. I appreciated editor's flexibility. Paid travel expenses of about $200 on top of the $500 rate. |
4/11/2018 | Axe Wellness - Nutrition and Fitness | Both Print and Digital, Writing | $0.80 | Paid per word | A lot of work for little compensation. He hired more writers, so expect nepotism to take over as you keep writing the company to remind them of your existence in giving you more gigs. A great side gig, but nothing you can live off of. | |
4/6/2018 | The Irish Times - News | Both Print and Digital, Writing | 1100 words | $184.00 | €150 for 1,100-word piece in Health, Parenting & Fitness supplement. Responsive editor. | |
3/31/2018 | Aliyah Media - Lifestyle | Both Print and Digital, Writing | 1350 words | $0.17 | Paid per word | Editor is easy to work with and open to topic/story ideas. |
3/28/2018 | Bridal Guide - Lifestyle | Print, Writing | 2000 words | $1,000.00 | $1,000 for 2,000 word story. editors are responsive, easy to work with. quick edits and paid on acceptance | |
3/27/2018 | New York Times - News | Both Print and Digital, Writing | $0.50 | Paid per word | I work with the foreign desk. It's $0.50 for single byline, $0.25 for shared byline. | |
3/27/2018 | Pace - Other | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 700 words | $400.00 | Paid flat rate | Terrible company and poor quality work. Takes six weeks to get paid AFTER approval on the work. |
3/27/2018 | iCandy Radio - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | $0.00 | Stay away. | ||
3/27/2018 | Black Note - Other | Digital, Writing | 1000 words | $400.00 | Paid flat rate | Broke contract. Difficult to get in touch with. |
3/26/2018 | Jr - Other | Both Print and Digital, Design | $30.00 | |||
3/22/2018 | Interesting Engineering - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing | 1250 words | $40.00 | Paid flat rate | No negotiation on pay, fee does not reflect word count. |
3/22/2018 | LitHub - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | $200.00 | Relatively easy to work with, nice editors, but low pay. | ||
3/22/2018 | Roads & Kingdoms - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing | $300.00 | They wanted photos as part of that fee. Negotiated up by $150. They paid fast. | ||
3/22/2018 | Vice Tonic - Food and Drink | Digital, Writing | $400.00 | Max I could negotiate up to was $400. | ||
3/22/2018 | World Policy Journal - News | Both Print and Digital, Writing | 4000 words | $500.00 | 3000-5000 words for print + digital. Very smart edits but pay isn't a lot. | |
3/15/2018 | 7x7 - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | $75.00 | It was hard to get a rate out of them. When I finally said "I'll just charge you my normal $200" they came back and said their normal rate was $75 but would pay me $100. | ||
3/14/2018 | Dwell.com - Real Estate and Architecture | Digital, Design | $75.00 | $75 for article or external roundup, $50 for internal roundup | ||
3/14/2018 | Dominican Friars - Lifestyle | Both Print and Digital, Photo | $500.00 | |||
3/14/2018 | The Atlantic - News | Digital, Writing | $300.00 | fast good edits, quick payment | ||
3/9/2018 | The Guardian - Global Development - News | Digital, Writing | 800 words | $168.00 | Atrocious editing where the editors chop up sentences to save money, because they pay you by the word. Inserts grammatically incorrect copy into your writing. After publishing, editor will ignore invoice and any attempts to get paid. I was commissioned for an 800 word article but they only published 400 words, destroying my rate and making this the lousiest pay for an article in recent memory. Would avoid them altogether. | |
3/8/2018 | primephonic - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | $55.00 | Seemingly small friendly company that allow for a fair amount of creativity but pay grossly under market price. | ||
3/6/2018 | Crikey - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing | 1200 words | $120.00 | 150 Australian dollars for 1200 words. Pretty bad. | |
3/4/2018 | FastCompany - Business | Digital, Writing | $0.90 | Paid per word | Good rates for longform stories. Good to work with for the most part | |
3/1/2018 | Elle Parker - Other | Digital, Writing | $1.00 | Paid per word | ||
2/28/2018 | NextCity - Other | Digital, Writing | $125.00 | Flat rate for online piece regardless of length. Prompt payment. | ||
2/27/2018 | VICE Snapchat Discover Channel - News | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 500 words | $500.00 | 500 word mini-feature | |
2/23/2018 | Gastro Obscura - Food and Drink | Digital, Writing | $425 | Negotiated up after offering photos. | ||
2/17/2018 | Dope - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $0 | Paid per word | I told them $0.15 per word for web was too low, so they cheekily offered me $0.20 a word- but for print. That's not a raise. They are heinously corporate and boring for what appears to be a cool, marijuana magazine | |
2/14/2018 | Al Jazeera English - News | Digital, Writing | $350.00 | Expects photos as part of the fee, only willing to negotiate up to $400. | ||
2/14/2018 | Politico Europe - News | Digital, Writing | $497.00 | Thoughtful editors who really put the effort in to make the story shine. Also, very prompt payers (1 month from publication), never had to chase the finance department | ||
2/13/2018 | Bustle - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 550 words | $50 | Sex & relationship section. $50 for normal articles (~300-800 words) and $75 for 7-day "experiment" articles (e.g. "I did X every day for a week and it...) | |
2/9/2018 | Gastro Obscura - Food and Drink | Digital, Writing | $500.00 | Negotiated up after I offered hi-res photos of a place that's hard to photography. | ||
2/9/2018 | NBC News Asian America - News | Digital, Writing | 900 words | $300 | Fast edits, easy to work with, only commissions short though (800 - 1,000 words). | |
2/9/2018 | Pinwheel Content - Other | Digital, Writing | $500 | Electronic payment w/in 30 days | ||
2/7/2018 | Earther - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing | $400 | Paid by direct deposit a few days after story ran. Great to work with. | ||
2/7/2018 | Offcuts - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $350.00 | |||
2/7/2018 | IRIN - Other | Digital, Writing | $350.00 | |||
2/7/2018 | Devex - News | Digital, Writing | $550.00 | |||
2/7/2018 | Columbia Journalism Review - News | Digital, Writing | $1,000.00 | |||
2/7/2018 | Undark - Other | Digital, Writing | $1,700.00 | |||
2/7/2018 | BRIGHT Magazine - Healthcare and Medical | Digital, Writing | $700 | They don't pay this much anymore. | ||
2/2/2018 | Avianca en revista (inflight magazine) - Travel and Culture | Print, Writing | 400 words | $150.00 | $150 for 400 words. | |
2/2/2018 | SOMA Magazine - Fashion and Beauty | Both Print and Digital, Writing | $0.01 | Paid per word | I LOVE writing for SOMA. I have written features for very chic, up-and-coming, artistic topics and they take pitches. email editorial@somamagazine.com. | |
1/31/2018 | Chronicle for Social Change - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 900 words | $125 | $125 for a reported, 800-1000 word article. | |
1/31/2018 | Apartment Therapy - Real Estate and Architecture | Digital, Writing | $50 | |||
1/31/2018 | Cheese Connoisseur - Food and Drink | Both Print and Digital, Writing | $0.03 | Paid per word | ||
1/24/2018 | Pacific Standard - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1000 words | $350 | 1,000-word reported piece | |
1/24/2018 | Dame - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1200 words | $300 | 1,200-word reported piece | |
1/24/2018 | Greatist - Nutrition and Fitness | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $150.00 | Researched and reported | ||
1/23/2018 | VICE - Broadly - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | 1200 words | $300 | 1,200 words | |
1/20/2018 | Homeland Security Today - Energy and Industrial | Digital, Writing | 800 words | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | Looking for stories on homeland security issues that are well-researched, are not political, and help explain a trend in security, a new technology, a State or local law enforcement, emergency management, first responder perspective. |
1/19/2018 | ReligiousLiberty.TV - News | Digital, Writing | $0.10 | Fast turn around required (48-72 hours). Pays upon acceptance of article. More paid for articles requiring in-depth research. | ||
1/18/2018 | Outside - Nutrition and Fitness | Digital, Writing | $2,500.00 | Company refused to pay. 5 months after publication I had to threaten to sue. Only then did they pay. | ||
1/18/2018 | OZY - News | Digital, Writing, Essay | $1,000.00 | This was a longer feature, the type they seem to run just once per week. Called a 'splash' piece. | ||
1/18/2018 | playboy - Other | Both Print and Digital, Writing | $7,200.00 | |||
1/18/2018 | Al Jazeera English - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1500 words | $800.00 | 1,500 word reported feature | |
1/18/2018 | AL Jazeera English - News | Digital, Writing | $1,250.00 | This was an investigative piece of journalism that required extensive field-work and follow-up. Company did not pay specifically for expenses, just offered a flat rate for the package. | ||
1/18/2018 | Roads & Kingdoms - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing | $1,000.00 | |||
1/18/2018 | U.S. News & World Report - News | Digital, Writing | $850.00 | Great editing | ||
1/18/2018 | Pacific Standard - News | Print, Writing | 1100 words | $1,200 | Print piece, 1,000 to 1,200 words | |
1/18/2018 | Huck Magazine - Lifestyle | Print, Writing | 3500 words | $500 | low pay for a 3,500 word piece. But good editing | |
1/18/2018 | The Atavist - News | Digital, Writing | $6,500.00 | Company did not pay for travel expenses; out-of-pocket travel cost me $1,500. Story was long-delayed due to turnover at the company. When they finally got to it, however, it was edited well. | ||
1/18/2018 | VQR - Virginia Quarterly Review - Arts and Entertainment | Print, Writing | 6500 words | $2,750.00 | Article was pushed back by 6 months because editor was too overworked to get to it. But when it finally came, the editing was superb. 6,500 words | |
1/18/2018 | The New Republic - News | Print, Writing | $188.00 | Article was killed AFTER it was completed, seemingly because they wanted to make more space for Trump coverage. I do not recommend working for TNR; a 25% kill fee on an article that took weeks of work is a scam. | ||
1/18/2018 | Foreign Policy - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $5,500.00 | Extensive investigative feature reported over more than a year. Good editing | ||
1/18/2018 | U.S. News & World Report - News | Digital, Writing | $1,000 | good editing. | ||
1/18/2018 | Al Jazeera English - News | Digital, Writing | 1500 words | $750.00 | 1,500 words | |
1/18/2018 | Africa Renewal (UN) - News | Digital, Writing | $0.50 | Paid per word | Terrible editing--worst in my entire career. I do not recommend it. Took months to get paid. | |
1/18/2018 | USA Today - News | Digital, Writing | $1 | |||
1/18/2018 | The Nation - News | Print, Writing | 2500 words | $1,000.00 | 2,500 word print | |
1/18/2018 | The Guardian - News | Digital, Writing | 800 words | $220.00 | Terrible experience. Editor assigned story at 31p per word at 800 words. For two entire weeks after I submitted it, it sat un-edited. Suddenly one night she decided to edit it, without notice, and because I didn't respond to her questions within a 45-minute period (during which i was eating dinner), she cut the piece in half and published it, thus I was given only half the pay despite having done all the work. Terrible. I suggest making them promise in writing to pay you per words commissioned--not per words published--to avoid this happening again. | |
1/18/2018 | VICE - News | Print, Writing, Reported Story | 6500 words | $1.00 | Paid per word | 6,500 word reported/investigative feature |
1/18/2018 | U.S. News & World Report - News | Digital, Writing | 1200 words | $1,000 | 1200 words | |
1/18/2018 | Newsweek - News | Print, Writing | $1,200.00 | Company refused to pay. After several months I had to submit a letter of intent to file a small claims lawsuit. Only then did they pay. Parent company is International Business Times. | ||
1/18/2018 | National Geographic (website- NatGeo News) - News | Digital, Writing | 800 words | $600.00 | 800 words | |
1/18/2018 | VICE News - News | Digital, Writing | 1500 words | $750.00 | 1,500 words. paid late. | |
1/18/2018 | National Geographic - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Essay | 2000 words | $1.00 | Paid per word | 2,000 word web feature |
1/18/2018 | Pacific Standard - News | Print, Writing | $1.00 | Paid per word | ||
1/18/2018 | New York Times Magazine - News | Digital, Writing | $500.00 | |||
1/18/2018 | VICE News - News | Digital, Writing | $750.00 | Story was killed after editor changed his mind about publishing a story online to coincide with a story appearing in the magazine. 50% kill fee. Be sure to demand a kill fee when negotiating with VICE news. | ||
1/18/2018 | Al Jazeera English - News | Digital, Writing | 1200 words | $1,000 | 1,200 words | |
1/18/2018 | VICE - News | Print, Writing, Essay | 8000 words | $1 | Paid per word | 8,000 word magazine feature |
1/18/2018 | The Diplomat - News | Both Print and Digital, Writing | 1500 words | $300 | A ¥25,000 payment for a 1500 word article | |
1/15/2018 | Pacific Standard (Digital) - News | Digital, Writing | $300.00 | Really slow to respond after handing in draft, very slow edits, and final version looked nothing like the edited version we worked on together. In total, the editor held on to the draft for more than 2 months. No pre-approval of draft before publication, either. Generally poor and slow editing. Not worth the money. | ||
1/12/2018 | Earther - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing | $350.00 | Didn't seem interested in buying photos at all. | ||
1/9/2018 | AlterNet - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $300.00 | Reported. | ||
1/9/2018 | Vice - Broadly - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $300.00 | Reported. | ||
1/9/2018 | Vice - Tonic - Food and Drink | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $250.00 | Reported. | ||
1/9/2018 | Dame - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $250.00 | Reported | ||
1/9/2018 | Healthline - Healthcare and Medical | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $215.00 | Reported. | ||
1/1/2018 | History Collection - Other | Digital, Writing | $0.03 | Paid per word | You can get a bonus of $100 if you are the best writer for the month (based on click-through rate) but generally articles take quite a long time to write. Pieces are lists of 10 items and can't be more than 5,000 words. | |
12/21/2017 | Middle East Eye - News | Digital, Writing | $350.00 | |||
12/14/2017 | Brit + Co - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $50.00 | |||
12/5/2017 | The Lily - News | Digital, Writing | 800 words | $250.00 | Great to work with. Very timely with edits and pay. | |
11/29/2017 | Atlas Obscura - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing | $500.00 | Fast edits, great to work with. | ||
11/17/2017 | Extra Crispy - Food and Drink | Digital, Writing | $200.00 | Fast payment through direct deposit. | ||
11/17/2017 | LA Review of Books - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | $0.00 | They don't pay. Sometimes they offer $100. Not worth it. | ||
11/11/2017 | The Raddington Report - News | Digital, Writing | $0.00 | The publication fails to pay its writers and editors. | ||
11/8/2017 | The New York Times - News | Both Print and Digital, Writing | 1300 words | $1,600.00 | 1,300 words and 3 photos | |
11/8/2017 | Teen Vogue - Fashion and Beauty | Digital, Writing | 1000 words | $100.00 | 1,000-word personal essay | |
11/4/2017 | CIM Magazine - Energy and Industrial | Both Print and Digital, Writing | $0.39 | Paid per word | Pleasure to work with. Pay promptly | |
11/3/2017 | BuzzFeed India - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $200.00 | Not willing to negotiate rates. | ||
10/26/2017 | Ravishly - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $125.00 | Fast editor response, low rate, but no reporting required. | ||
10/26/2017 | Mother Jones - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing | $0.00 | No payment for web-only stories, doesn't take freelancers for digital. | ||
10/26/2017 | Pacific Standard - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $300.00 | Heavily reported piece, online. | ||
10/24/2017 | Extra Crispy - Food and Drink | Digital, Writing | $400.00 | Fast edits, direct deposit, little to no reporting. | ||
10/20/2017 | A Beautiful Perspective - News | Digital, Writing | 900 words | $250.00 | $50 photo budget. $250 for 800-1,000 words. Editor is open to negotiating if higher word count. | |
10/13/2017 | Al Jazeera English - News | Digital, Photo | $350.00 | For AJE online "In Depth" - photo essay of 15 photos with 200-300 word intro. Payment received after two months via wire. | ||
10/13/2017 | CreditCards.com - Personal Finance and Insurance | Digital, Writing | $1.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
10/13/2017 | The Balance - Personal Finance and Insurance | Digital, Writing | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
10/9/2017 | Asia Times Online - News | Digital, Writing | $110.00 | Additional money possible if heavy, investigative piece. Additional photo budget available. | ||
10/9/2017 | TIME Magazine - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1200 words | $600.00 | $600 for web-only article of 1200 words, original reporting from overseas | |
9/29/2017 | Los Angeles Review of Books - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | $0.00 | Offered to publish news article on blog instead of main site. I declined and asked for $100 - it was rejected. | ||
9/29/2017 | Women Under Siege - Other | Digital, Writing | $200.00 | |||
9/23/2017 | Washington Post - WorldViews blog - News | Digital, Writing | $200.00 | Fast payment through their system. Editor was fast and easy to work with. | ||
9/23/2017 | The Guardian (UK) - News | Digital, Writing | 800 words | $0.42 | Paid per word | 800 words commissioned, direct deposit |
9/21/2017 | AAA Northeast (Your AAA) - Personal Finance and Insurance | Digital, Writing | 800 words | $200.00 | 800 words | |
9/14/2017 | Skift - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 650 words | $200.00 | 650 words, interviews required | |
9/13/2017 | The Mortgage Reports - Real Estate and Architecture | Digital, Writing | 750 words | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | This is the for 750+ words. Internet research only but sources from high domain authority, noncompeting sites required. Pays Thursday by PayPal if you submit posts by Wednesday morning PST. Payment by check is an option, too. But, if you get paid via PayPal, expect to pay fees on each payment. Editor is great and very helpful. |
7/30/2017 | Fitness - Nutrition and Fitness | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | $0.03 | Paid per word | I do blog writing, creative content and SEO writing |
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7/25/2017 | Article-Writer.co - Other | Digital, Writing | $0.02 | They advertise up to ten cents per word, but routinely beg you to take work at 0.02 or below (CAD) and if you don't you never get the opportunity for fair-paying work. | ||
6/20/2017 | Psychological research - Other | Digital, Writing | $50.00 | I do photography as well. | ||
6/17/2017 | MIT Technology Review - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 700 words | $700.00 | Wrote 700-word multi-sourced piece about subject I know very well and have covered for many years. Two or three minor revisions/requests for added info. Had to negotiate to get up this high. | |
6/8/2017 | Bodybuilding.com - Nutrition and Fitness | Digital, Writing | $200.00 | Well paying, but often late with payments and finance department dodges emails. Overall would not recommend. | ||
6/6/2017 | Men's Journal - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $175.00 | Editor is great. Consistent work after I developed a good relationship. | ||
6/6/2017 | Bodybuilding.com - Nutrition and Fitness | Digital, Writing | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | Started at $150 and negotiated up to $300 flat after doing some work with them; Things seem a little disorganized, paperwork and payment wasn't made crystal clear from the get-go. | |
5/26/2017 | Vocativ - News | Digital, Writing | 1100 words | $400.00 | 1000-1200 words, very light editing | |
5/8/2017 | World Nomads - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 525 words | $1.00 | 500 - 550 words max | |
5/3/2017 | Washington Post - News | Both Print and Digital, Writing | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | Can "negotiate" for up to $300 for basic story. Opinion piece $250 flat. | |
4/27/2017 | FinalFile - Business | Digital, Writing | $200.00 | 1 revision | ||
4/22/2017 | Major Pharma Company - Other | Digital, Design, Website Design | $80.00 | Web Portal UX Design | ||
4/19/2017 | Domain (Fairfax media) - Real Estate and Architecture | Both Print and Digital, Writing | $1,000.00 | Paid flat rate | Articles are heavily syndicated to Fairfax's print and digital platforms with no additional payment to the writer. Paid quickly. |
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4/19/2017 | Blitz Publications (Nourish magazine, Women's Health & Fitness magazine, Natural Health magazine included) - Nutrition and Fitness | Print, Writing | $260.00 | Freelancers are paid one month after the magazine has been on stands, which is generally months after they originally submitted the work. Even then, this usually requires weeks, if not months, of follow up emails and calls. Articles are reused multiple times(sometimes slightly re-written, usually not), and sometimes repurposed for online too. |
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4/18/2017 | Aeon - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | 1600 words | $250.00 | Comparatively very low rates but helpful and friendly editorial process | |
4/18/2017 | Nautilus - Technology and Science | Both Print and Digital, Writing | 2000 words | $0.00 | Commissioned 2000 word piece at $1600 (in retrospect, an unusually high rate, I should have wondered!) but never published. Editor claimed a mix-up. Kill fee offered after several months negotiation but still not paid one year later. | |
4/14/2017 | Ambassador (National Italian American Foundation) - Travel and Culture | Print, Writing | $350.00 | Paid flat rate | Editor was friendly and professional. I was paid immediately upon publication as agreed. They gave my story and photos a beautiful layout. | |
4/13/2017 | Sierra Magazine - News | Both Print and Digital, Writing | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | $250 flat rate for web, but print rate varies | |
4/7/2017 | Quartz - News | Digital, Writing | 1350 words | $200.00 | flat rate, 1200-1500 words, personal commentary with some research and citation | |
4/7/2017 | Miami New Times - News | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | $20.00 | Paid flat rate | Preview article/blog post with at least one image. | |
4/7/2017 | Miami New Times - News | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | $30.00 | Paid flat rate | Event review/blog post with images. | |
4/6/2017 | Parade Magazine - Arts and Entertainment | Both Print and Digital, Writing | $2,500.00 | Professional editors, prompt payment. | ||
4/3/2017 | Brides - Lifestyle | Print, Writing, Reported Story | $2.00 | Paid per word | For print (not online), including reporting. | |
3/31/2017 | Bitch - Lifestyle | Print, Writing, Reported Story | $100.00 | Office seems disorganized. Long waits for responses, followed by tight deadlines. Found out after submitting first draft that assigning editor had left the publication. After significant work and reporting, the story was not published, and I was promised a $100 kill fee. Frustrating experience. | ||
3/24/2017 | Paste Magazine - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | 900 words | $100.00 | Travel section, 800-1000 words | |
3/23/2017 | nick - Arts and Entertainment | Both Print and Digital, Video | $1,000.00 | film | ||
3/15/2017 | Cloudwards - Technology and Science | , Writing | $0.05 | Paid per word | ||
3/7/2017 | Sunday Times Style - Fashion and Beauty | Print, Writing, Reported Story | 900 words | $0.55 | Paid per word | 900-word feature; quite a bit of reporting |
3/2/2017 | ThinkGeek - Other | Digital, Writing | $30.00 | Paid flat rate | Takes 4-6 weeks to get your first payment, so submit your invoice ASAP. Nice editors, seasonal work, expect 5-20 products per week during rush seasons. | |
2/17/2017 | Smarter World - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | $400.00 | Blogging tips & tricks | ||
2/16/2017 | Sojourners - Lifestyle | Print, Writing | $400.00 | |||
2/13/2017 | El Confidencial.com - News | Digital, Writing | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
1/31/2017 | Rink Magazine - Sports | Both Print and Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 800 words | $150.00 | 800-word feature with reporting | |
1/31/2017 | Everyday Feminism - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | 1000 words | $75.00 | 1,000+ word piece (contributors get $100) | |
1/24/2017 | Seeking Alpha - Business | Digital, Writing | $35.00 | Additional $10 per 1,000 page views. Contributors who get Pro Articles approved are paid $150 flat. Pro top ideas are paid $500. | ||
12/21/2016 | VICE SPAIN - News | Digital, Writing | $83.00 | |||
12/21/2016 | Local Palate - Food and Drink | Print, Writing | $250.00 | For the Notes from a Farm dept | ||
12/14/2016 | Porthole Cruise Magazine - Travel and Culture | Print, Writing | 800 words | $400.00 | 800 words, no reporting. | |
12/14/2016 | Riverfront Times - News | Print, Writing, Essay | $950.00 | Rate is for cover story features, depending on word count and complexity. Local to St. Louis, Missouri, USA area. | ||
12/14/2016 | Riverfront Times - News | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | $35.00 | Rate is for blog posts, depending on word count, complexity and writer's seniority. Local to St. Louis, Missouri, USA area. | ||
12/14/2016 | ALIVE Magazine - Nutrition and Fitness | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | $25.00 | Rate depends on budget availability, writer's seniority and what the writer is willing to take. Rate usually is around $20 for a blog post, though they get many writers to work for free. | ||
12/14/2016 | Advice Interactive Group - Business | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 350 words | $0.03 | Advice Interactive Group allows you to choose from two pay options: $20 per hour or $12 per piece. If you choose the hourly rate, they expect you to finish at least two pieces per hour. Pieces are 300-400 words of content about roofing, vacuums, custom home building, carpet cleaning, etc. They will often assign two or more identical pieces, but each piece will be for a different client - and they expect you to write the pieces differently every time. | |
12/13/2016 | Parents,com - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | 875 words | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | 750-1000 words, including citing research studies and/or interviewing several sources. |
12/13/2016 | Viator - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 200 words | $50.00 | 150-250 words per "attraction" written for Viator.com pays $50/attraction. | |
12/10/2016 | Financial Times - Business | Both Print and Digital, Writing | 360 words | $250.00 | 360 word review | |
12/9/2016 | RootsRated - Sports | Digital, Writing | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
12/8/2016 | The Guardian USA - News | Digital, Photo | $350.00 | Paid per day | ||
12/8/2016 | ABC News - News | , Photo | $350 | Paid per day | Prompt payment | |
12/7/2016 | Colorado Expression - Travel and Culture | Print, Writing | $250 | Paid flat rate | The contract says payment will be made 30 days after the publication date -- after you turn in the story about six months ahead of that -- but both times I had to beg for a check at least another month after it was supposed to have been sent, so build in at least 8 months from deadline for payment. Fee is for up to 2,000 words. | |
12/7/2016 | Hoodline - News | Digital, Writing | $50.00 | Great publication to write for | ||
12/5/2016 | World Nomads - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 550 words | $165.00 | 550 words | |
12/3/2016 | The Airstory Review - Other | Digital, Writing | $400.00 | |||
12/2/2016 | Esports Edition - Sports | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 350 words | $0.05 | Paid per word | This client is looking for short-form content. Most submissions are 200-500 words |
12/1/2016 | The Washington Post - News | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 550 words | $300.00 | 550 words | |
12/1/2016 | Living Northside (Atlanta Journal Constitution) - Travel and Culture | Print, Writing | 900 words | $275.00 | 900 words, magazine story. | |
12/1/2016 | Gastro & Endo News - Healthcare and Medical | Both Print and Digital, Writing | $0.75 | Paid per word | ||
12/1/2016 | Extra Crispy - Food and Drink | Digital, Writing | 750 words | $0.50 | Paid per word | 700-800 words |
12/1/2016 | Cheapism - Personal Finance and Insurance | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | $0.15 | Paid per word | For blog. Different pay scale for product reports | |
12/1/2016 | The Motley Fool - Personal Finance and Insurance | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 650 words | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | 500-800 words |
12/1/2016 | CIO.com - Business | Digital, Writing | $0.50 | Paid per word | ||
12/1/2016 | Princeton Alumni Weekly (PAW) - Other | Print, Writing | $1.00 | Paid per word | ||
12/1/2016 | The Wall Street Journal - News | Both Print and Digital, Writing | 800 words | $600.00 | Paid flat rate | 800-word essay, plus recipe. Contract (issued after publication) was work for hire. |
12/1/2016 | The New Yorker - News | Both Print and Digital, Writing | $1.00 | Paid per word | Talk of the Town | |
12/1/2016 | Refinery29 - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $500.00 | Commissioned early 2016 | ||
12/1/2016 | Mint Hill Times - News | Print, Writing | $35.00 | $35 per weekly article, $50 for bigger projects | ||
11/21/2016 | The Wall Street Journal - News | Print, Writing | 300 words | $300.00 | Paid flat rate | 300 words, sports section |
11/21/2016 | BuzzFeed - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | Essay | |
11/16/2016 | The Billfold - Personal Finance and Insurance | Digital, Writing | $40.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
10/18/2016 | Mother Jones - Technology and Science | Print, Writing | 1000 words | $1,200.00 | Paid flat rate | 1,000 word article |
10/16/2016 | Rebellious Magazine for Women - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | $50 for essays; $25 for reviews. Chicago-based digital feminist lifestyle publication | |
10/9/2016 | Atlas Obscura - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | Up to $250. $200 for a reported story, and $250 for a story and photos. Can go higher for more ambitious longform stories | |
10/6/2016 | StackCommerce - Business | Digital, Writing | $20.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
10/4/2016 | EFE News Agency - News | Print, Writing | 375 words | $75.00 | Paid flat rate | Up to $125. $75 for 350-400 word text, $125 for 600-word text, $125 for 3-4 minutes of video broll, $125 for 6 photos |
9/30/2016 | National Geographic Travel - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing | $1,100.00 | Paid flat rate | Web-sourced | |
9/26/2016 | Washington Post Sunday Magazine - News | Print, Writing | $1.00 | Paid per word | I've freelanced for the Post's travel section (which does pay the $600 fee your site mentions) but the best money is at the Sunday magazine, which pays a lot more. From 2010 to the present, I've earned anywhere from $2,000-$5,000 for stories for the magazine, although I worked like a dog to do them | |
9/2/2016 | Civil Eats - Food and Drink | Digital, Writing | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
9/2/2016 | CityLab - News | Digital, Writing | $400.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
8/30/2016 | Rewire - News | Digital, Writing | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | Up to $300 | |
8/29/2016 | Foodable Network - Food and Drink | Digital, Writing | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | For video | |
8/24/2016 | Atlas Obscura - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | Up to $250. Story fee ranges but depends on scope. A lightly or online-reported story will go for $150, a story that is a bigger lift or includes photos is $250 | |
8/20/2016 | Dogster - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $75.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
8/17/2016 | T: The New York Times Style Magazine - Other | Digital, Writing, Essay | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | Web feature, translation, interview | |
8/11/2016 | Mamamia - News | Digital, Writing | $50.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
7/31/2016 | Meredith Corp. - Other | Print, Design | $62.50 | Paid per hour | ||
7/30/2016 | Tenya Restaurant - Food and Drink | Digital, Photo | $12.00 | Paid per photo | ||
7/30/2016 | Sterling Moving and Storage - Energy and Industrial | Digital, Writing | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | This is for 6 Facebook posts with images, per month | |
7/30/2016 | Cox Communications - Technology and Science | Digital, Design, Animation | $80.00 | Paid per hour | Motion Graphics | |
7/29/2016 | Nickelodeon - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Video, Animation | $2,000.00 | Paid per week | Animation | |
7/27/2016 | VICE News - News | Digital, Photo | $25.00 | Paid per photo | ||
7/27/2016 | Himal Southasian - News | Digital, Writing | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
7/26/2016 | Visit South - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing | $40.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
7/21/2016 | Southwest: The Magazine - Travel and Culture | Print, Writing | $1.00 | Paid per word | ||
7/15/2016 | Content Cavalry - Other | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 500 words | $15.00 | Paid flat rate | About 500 words per article |
7/14/2016 | Sydney Morning Herald - Sports | Print, Writing | $0.50 | Paid per word | Standard rate for editorial freelancers | |
7/9/2016 | Nylon - Fashion and Beauty | Print, Writing | $0.50 | Paid per word | ||
6/26/2016 | SheKnows - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $60.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
6/26/2016 | FanBread - Other | Digital, Writing | $20.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
6/23/2016 | TakePart - Other | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 3000 words | $1.00 | Paid per word | $1 per word for 3000-word feature with heavy reporting. |
6/20/2016 | NPR's Latino USA - News | Digital, Writing | $125.00 | |||
6/9/2016 | Various - Other | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | I write blog posts and edit ebooks for various online clients using these rates: $0.13 per word, $150 flat , $45 per hour | |
5/23/2016 | Vermont Life - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing | $600.00 | Paid flat rate | Not sure if rate is for digital or print. Info here: http://vermontlife.com/guidelines-for-contributors/ | |
5/10/2016 | Matador Network - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing | $60.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
4/10/2016 | Freelancer.com - Other | Digital, Misc, Translation | $0.01 | Paid per word | Up to $0.03. Translation | |
3/31/2016 | Columbia Journalism Review - News | Digital, Writing | $300 | Paid flat rate | Project was killed by EiC without explanation after terrible editing process. I did get a full kill fee, however | |
3/31/2016 | Wired - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing | $400.00 | Paid flat rate | Was a short, data-focused piece. Killed for space in magazine, got 1/2 the rate | |
3/31/2016 | Kill Screen - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | $20.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
3/31/2016 | Pacific Standard - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | Reported piece | |
3/23/2016 | Trip 101 - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing | $10.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
3/21/2016 | BuzzFeed - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $2,700.00 | Paid flat rate | Reported | |
3/21/2016 | Hobby Farms - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | Plus $50 per deparment. Web-sourced. It's best if you know something about the topic at hand. They prefer expert writers and hands-on articles | |
3/21/2016 | Horticulture - Lifestyle | Print, Writing, Essay | 1500 words | $500.00 | Paid flat rate | This is for a feature article, 1,000-2,000 words |
3/21/2016 | Modern Farmer - Other | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 900 words | $125.00 | Paid flat rate | It can be web-sourced or reported. 800-1000 words |
3/14/2016 | Seattle Weekly - News | Print, Writing, Essay | 1000 words | $125.00 | Paid flat rate | Feature length pieces range from $125-$175 depending on content. Generally, pieces are 800-1,200 words and appear in both print and digital form |
3/14/2016 | Stat - Healthcare and Medical | Digital, Writing | $1.00 | Paid per word | Medical/health writing | |
3/3/2016 | Harlot Magazime - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $50.00 | Paid flat rate | Up to $65. Prioritizes marginalized writers | |
2/28/2016 | Gothamist - News | Digital, Writing | $400.00 | Paid flat rate | Longform, digital | |
2/25/2016 | USAA News - Business | Digital, Writing | $1.00 | Paid per word | Rates are the same for digital and print | |
2/24/2016 | Matador Network - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing | $20.00 | Paid flat rate | Up to $60 | |
2/22/2016 | Broke-Ass Stuart - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing | $10.00 | Paid flat rate | Also a bonus for views | |
2/20/2016 | Thrillist - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing | 900 words | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | 800-1,000 words |
2/11/2016 | Oyster.com - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | $50.00 | Paid flat rate | Blog article | |
1/20/2016 | GOOD Project Literacy - Other | Digital, Writing | $500.00 | Paid flat rate | No extra photo budget | |
1/20/2016 | ThinkProgress - News | Digital, Writing | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | Negotiated up for $100 and photos included from overseas. Not well-paying | |
1/20/2016 | The Atlantic - News | Digital, Writing | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | Open to negotiation if including hi-res photos or overseas reporting | |
1/12/2016 | Fortune.com - Business | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 800 words | $400.00 | Paid flat rate | Short, 800-word reported story; editor was responsive and clear with direction |
1/5/2016 | Astronomy Magazine - Technology and Science | Print, Writing | $1,500.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
1/5/2016 | Upworthy - News | Digital, Writing | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | $50 bonus | |
12/29/2015 | The Billfold - Personal Finance and Insurance | Digital, Writing | $30.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
12/25/2015 | Content Magazine - Other | Print, Writing | $50.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
12/16/2015 | CNN - News | Digital, Writing | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
12/16/2015 | Mental Floss - Other | Print, Writing | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | For a list | |
12/15/2015 | The Daily Beast - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | Reported piece | |
12/14/2015 | Various - Other | Print, Writing | $50.00 | Paid per hour | ||
12/10/2015 | Commonweal - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
12/3/2015 | Time Out New York - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Photo | $75.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
11/26/2015 | KTN - News | Digital, Writing | $30.00 | Paid flat rate | Web-souced | |
11/10/2015 | The Atlantic Health - News | Digital, Writing | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
11/10/2015 | The Guardian US - News | Digital, Writing | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | Minus the wire transfer fee | |
11/10/2015 | Reuters - News | Digital, Writing | $225.00 | Paid flat rate | I saw you had $450 as a day rate and the day rate I have had for over two years is $225. The per article rate you listed as $100, I have had $125 | |
10/29/2015 | Narratively - News | Digital, Design, Illustration | $80.00 | Paid flat rate | Illustration. For 3 images | |
10/28/2015 | Om Sai - Business | Print, Design | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
10/28/2015 | Kicker - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing | $50.00 | Paid flat rate | Web-sourced news explainers | |
10/27/2015 | Washington Post Sunday Magazine - News | Print, Writing | $1 | Paid per word | I've written 14+ articles for them including a cover story this summer, so I am well acquainted with their rates! They know $1/word is low, but they have little incentive to raise it | |
10/27/2015 | CNN.com - News | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | Up to $350. The rates vary depending on whether you write for their religion blog ($100 flat) to their education blog, from which I managed to extract $350 for a long, complex piece. $200 flat (which is what you have on your site) is typical, but just know there's a difference depending on the topic | |
10/16/2015 | BBC News - News | Digital, Writing | $300.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
10/16/2015 | Barry University - Other | Digital, Writing | $1.00 | Paid per word | Interviews and web-research | |
10/14/2015 | Atlas Obscura - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing | 1400 words | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | $250 for a ~1,400 word post (give or take, they're flexible) plus a handful of photos on www.atlasobscura.com |
10/11/2015 | TH Media (Dubuque, IA) - Other | Print, Writing | 750 words | $75.00 | Paid flat rate | Researched feature stories with a minimum of two interview subjects. Minimum 750 words |
10/11/2015 | Julien's Journal (Dubuque, IA) - Lifestyle | Print, Writing | $0.05 | Paid per word | Content is distributed both digitally and in print. Payment is $0.05 per word, with no extra payment for photographs. Generous with complimentary copies | |
10/6/2015 | Nature News - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | $80.00 | Paid flat rate | Up to $150 flat. News $0.80 word / Research Highlights $100 flat fee / Seven Days News In Brief $80 flat fee / Online Blog $150 flat fee | |
10/6/2015 | Foreign Policy - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | Reported | |
10/5/2015 | Cleo - Technology and Science | Print, Writing | $0.60 | Paid per word | ||
10/5/2015 | Women's Health Australia - Nutrition and Fitness | Print, Writing | $0.70 | Paid per word | ||
9/29/2015 | Vox - News | Digital, Writing | $500.00 | Paid flat rate | Personal essay | |
9/29/2015 | Silicon ANGLE - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing | $0.10 | Paid per word | Up to $0.12 | |
9/10/2015 | VICE - News | Digital, Writing | 1200 words | $343.00 | Paid flat rate | Per 1,200 words |
9/10/2015 | The Guardian - News | Digital, Writing | 1000 words | $387.00 | Paid flat rate | Per 1,000 words |
9/10/2015 | BBC - News | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 500 words | $311.00 | Paid flat rate | For 500 words |
9/9/2015 | Think Progress - News | Digital, Writing | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
9/9/2015 | PandoDaily - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing | 750 words | $250 | Paid flat rate | For shorter pieces (mine was 750 words) |
9/8/2015 | J. Crew - Fashion and Beauty | Print, Writing | $450.00 | Paid per day | ||
8/21/2015 | Ligiddy.com - Other | Digital, Writing | $40.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
8/21/2015 | Brides - Lifestyle | Print, Writing, Reported Story | $2 | Paid per word | Reported. I was assigned a story at this rate | |
8/14/2015 | Thrillist - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $1,500.00 | Paid flat rate | For longform reporting | |
8/14/2015 | Spare Change News (Boston) - News | Print, Writing | $25.00 | Paid flat rate | Up to $50. Both digital and print. Flat, under 1,000 words: $25 Flat, over 1,000 words: $50 | |
8/11/2015 | Atller - Business | Digital, Writing | $0.30 | Paid per word | ||
8/5/2015 | Community Group - News | Print, Design | $50.00 | Paid per hour | ||
7/31/2015 | Popular Science - Technology and Science | Print, Writing, Essay | $2.00 | Paid per word | Feature story w/ multiple revisions | |
7/28/2015 | The National (Abu Dhabi Media Company) - News | Print, Writing | $0.54 | Paid per word | All stories appear online too | |
7/27/2015 | BeyondMVP - Business | Digital, Writing | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
7/6/2015 | Piccolo Universe - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $80.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
6/13/2015 | Travel + Leisure - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | Up to $250. The website was recently overhauled and new editors brought in. Pay rates have dropped significantly from $1,000 to $250-$100 | |
6/10/2015 | The New York Times, International - News | Print, Writing | 700 words | $528.00 | Paid flat rate | Great Homes and Destinations section, 700 words |
6/9/2015 | Latin Finance - Business | Print, Writing | $0.70 | Paid per word | Rate varies, but starts at $0.60-$0.70/word | |
6/9/2015 | Latin Trade - Business | Print, Writing | $0.50 | Paid per word | ||
6/4/2015 | Working Mother - Other | Digital, Writing | $300.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
5/29/2015 | CareerAddict - Business | Digital, Writing | $20.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
5/2/2015 | EBSCO - Other | Digital, Writing | $1.50 | Paid per word | ||
4/24/2015 | Food & Nutrition Magazine - Food and Drink | Print, Writing | $1.00 | Paid per word | ||
4/24/2015 | The Loop - Sports | Digital, Writing | $185.00 | Paid flat rate | Rates vary depending on type of gallery, but generally $250 CDN is the rate for researched slideshows of eleven photos or more (numbers in the higher teens and low twenties are preferred). In addition to writing captions, contributors are responsible for sourcing and editing photos | |
4/23/2015 | Kicker - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing | $50.00 | Paid flat rate | Regular freelance. Web-sourced current events coverage | |
4/23/2015 | Fast Company - Business | Digital, Writing | $0.10 | Paid per word | ||
4/23/2015 | SheKnows - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $55.00 | Paid flat rate | Light research, no custom photos | |
4/23/2015 | The Advocate Magazine - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $25.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
4/18/2015 | SF Chronicle - News | Print, Writing, Reported Story | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | 600-word reported op-ed; at LEAST three sources, typically more + "How to get involved" sidebar links/info graf // Runs in BOTH Digital and Print.with reprint rights in NYTimes, et al | |
4/18/2015 | SF Chronicle - News | Print, Writing, Reported Story | 900 words | $600.00 | Paid flat rate | Reported/Analysis piece. 900 words + multiple sources |
4/18/2015 | Sacramento News & Review - News | Print, Writing | $0.20 | Paid per word | News story -- long or short -- I was paid by the word, no matter how long I was with the company (over a decade), this rate never changed, no matter how many in-depth features I turned in for them. / Articles appear in BOTH digital and print versions of paper | |
4/14/2015 | Loverly - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $30.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
4/14/2015 | Cosmopolitan - Fashion and Beauty | Digital, Writing | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
4/14/2015 | Brit + Co - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $20.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
4/11/2015 | Family Circle - Lifestyle | Print, Writing | $2.00 | Paid per word | ||
4/11/2015 | Pizza Today - Food and Drink | Print, Writing | $0.50 | Paid per word | ||
4/11/2015 | Model Retailer - Other | Print, Writing | $0.25 | Paid per word | ||
4/11/2015 | Boys' Life - Lifestyle | Print, Writing | $1.00 | Paid per word | Archive payments once a year for digital use | |
4/11/2015 | The Bark - Lifestyle | Print, Writing | $0.35 | Paid per word | ||
4/11/2015 | EContent Magazine - Business | Digital, Writing | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
4/10/2015 | Hewlett-Packard - Technology and Science | Digital, Misc, Marketing | $85.00 | Paid per hour | Marketing strategy | |
4/1/2015 | Progressive Farmer Magazine - Business | Digital, Video | $800.00 | Paid per day | Videography | |
4/1/2015 | Asian Scientist - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing | $0.17 | Paid per word | Sometimes the digitally published articles are used for print issues! Must be dealt with by the editor | |
4/1/2015 | Fast Company - Business | Digital, Writing | $400.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
3/29/2015 | Zaner-Bloser - Other | Print, Writing | $60.00 | Paid per hour | Copywriting. Writing and editing curriculum materials for children | |
3/29/2015 | stylerescue.com - Fashion and Beauty | Digital, Design, Website Design | $20.00 | Paid per hour | Web design | |
3/29/2015 | Institutional Investor - Business | Digital, Writing | $500.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
3/29/2015 | Forbes.com - Business | Digital, Writing | $40.00 | Paid flat rate | Plus $0.005 per page view and $0.05 per repeat visitor | |
3/29/2015 | Institutional Investor Alpha - Business | Print, Writing | $1.25 | Paid per word | ||
3/29/2015 | Investor's Business Daily - Business | Print, Writing | $450.00 | Paid flat rate | $200 for web only | |
3/21/2015 | Various - Other | Digital, Design, Website Design | $3,000.00 | Paid flat rate | Web design | |
3/19/2015 | Trazee Travel - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 400 words | $20.00 | Paid flat rate | 300-500 words |
3/17/2015 | Vanichi Magazine - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | $30.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
3/16/2015 | The Freelancer - Business | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $300.00 | Paid flat rate | $200 for columns, $300 for reporting | |
3/16/2015 | IndieWire - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
3/16/2015 | Hemispheres - Travel and Culture | Print, Writing | $1.00 | Paid per word | ||
3/16/2015 | Failure Magazine - Other | Digital, Writing | $50.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
3/16/2015 | Global Traveler - Travel and Culture | Print, Writing | $0.40 | Paid per word | ||
3/6/2015 | The Guardian - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 500 words | $195.00 | Paid flat rate | Reported, 500 words. £310 for 1,000 words is their rate-for-all, non-negotiable |
3/6/2015 | The New Statesman's CityMetric - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 800 words | $63.00 | Paid flat rate | Reported, 800 words |
3/5/2015 | The Atlantic - News | Digital, Writing | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
2/26/2015 | NextCity - Other | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 3000 words | $0.50 | Paid per word | Heavily reported 3,000-word article |
2/25/2015 | POLITICO Magazine - News | Digital, Writing | $500.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
2/11/2015 | The New York Times - News | Print, Writing, Essay | 1300 words | $1 | Paid per word | You have a flat rate listed for the NYT, but I was paid by the word for a 1,300-word feature in the Sunday Metropolitan section. Perhaps they pay differently according to section? |
2/11/2015 | Reviews.com - Other | Digital, Writing | $2,000.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
2/10/2015 | Al Jazeera America - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $350.00 | Paid flat rate | Reported | |
2/10/2015 | Cleveland Clinic - Healthcare and Medical | Digital, Writing, Essay | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | These stories require that I interview one to two sources as experts as well as analyze abstracts from the clinical trials they are involved in, then write a feature story about it | |
2/10/2015 | Balanced Living Magazine - Nutrition and Fitness | Digital, Writing, Essay | $500.00 | Paid flat rate | This magazine is BOTH digital and print. I write feature stories for them, which requires that I interview one or two sources whose input I include (direct and indirect quotes) in the stories | |
2/10/2015 | MarieClaire.com - Fashion and Beauty | Digital, Writing | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
2/10/2015 | Dwell - Real Estate and Architecture | Print, Writing, Reported Story | $1.00 | Paid per word | Reported | |
2/10/2015 | Consumer Reports - Personal Finance and Insurance | Print, Writing | $2.00 | Paid per word | ||
2/10/2015 | Rodale - Nutrition and Fitness | Digital, Writing | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | Up to $300. Quick-hit stories for MensHealth.com | |
2/10/2015 | Life by DailyBurn - Nutrition and Fitness | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 700 words | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | Stories are often longer than typical low-rate stories, usually around 600-800 words |
2/9/2015 | TH Media - Other | Print, Writing | 850 words | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | 700-1,000 words |
2/9/2015 | Mint.com - Personal Finance and Insurance | Digital, Writing | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | Up to $300 flat | |
2/7/2015 | New York Magazine - Lifestyle | Print, Writing | $1.50 | Paid per word | ||
2/7/2015 | Smithsonian.com - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | $400.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
2/4/2015 | Fast Company - Business | Digital, Writing | $0.50 | Paid per word | ||
1/28/2015 | Eater - Food and Drink | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 550 words | $25.00 | Paid flat rate | 500-600 words for digital |
1/28/2015 | Art Radar - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | $25.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
1/28/2015 | Marie Claire - Fashion and Beauty | Print, Writing | $2.00 | Paid per word | ||
1/26/2015 | sheFINDS - Fashion and Beauty | Digital, Writing | $15.00 | Paid flat rate | Up to $30 | |
1/26/2015 | Drink Me - Food and Drink | Digital, Writing | $5.00 | Paid flat rate | Up to $100 | |
1/24/2015 | MoneySense - Personal Finance and Insurance | Print, Writing, Essay | $800.00 | Paid flat rate | For back of book lifestyle features. All of the rest is written by staffers and contributing eds | |
1/23/2015 | Village Voice - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $40.00 | Paid flat rate | $40 flat rate for reported articles, $100 flat rate for reported "top 10" features | |
1/23/2015 | Daily Parent - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $125.00 | Paid flat rate | Web sourced | |
1/22/2015 | USA Today - News | Digital, Writing | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | For 10Best section. A list of the 10 best [insert restaurants, neighborhoods, bars, activities] | |
1/15/2015 | LA Times - News | Digital, Design | $300.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
1/14/2015 | LA Times - News | Print, Writing | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | This is the LA Times's standard op-ed payment, I believe | |
1/13/2015 | Advertising Age - Advertising and Marketing | Digital, Writing | $1.00 | Paid per word | ||
1/13/2015 | Bustle - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $20.00 | Paid flat rate | $20 for news, $40 for feature. News are web-sourced with women-centric slant, features are personal essays and listicles | |
1/12/2015 | Spin - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
1/12/2015 | The Atlantic - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | Reported | |
1/12/2015 | The Atlantic - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | Reported | |
1/12/2015 | Cheapism - Personal Finance and Insurance | Digital, Writing | $0.10 | Paid per word | ||
1/12/2015 | Prism Magazine (ESA) - Other | Print, Writing | 800 words | $75.00 | Paid flat rate | 800 words |
1/12/2015 | IndieWire - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | They just lowered their rates | |
1/12/2015 | Computerworld - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing | $1.00 | Paid per word | Based on my own experience. (Used to be $1.25/word!) | |
1/11/2015 | Everett Tribune - News | Print, Writing | $40.00 | Paid flat rate | Print and digital | |
1/11/2015 | Modern Farmer - Other | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | Reported feature | |
1/11/2015 | Chronicle of Philanthropy - Business | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $1.00 | Paid per word | Reported | |
1/11/2015 | Michigan Today - Other | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $800.00 | Paid flat rate | Reported feature | |
1/10/2015 | YRB Magazine - Lifestyle | Print, Writing | $2,000.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
1/10/2015 | Wired - Technology and Science | Print, Writing | $2.00 | Paid per word | ||
1/9/2015 | AskMen.com - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
1/9/2015 | The New York Times - News | Digital, Writing, Essay | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | Motherlode blog essay | |
1/9/2015 | Mommyish.com - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 800 words | $50.00 | Paid flat rate | Blog post. 800 words plus |
1/9/2015 | IEEE Spectrum - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 700 words | $1.00 | Paid per word | Up to $1.50. Reported news articles and features, usually 700+ words |
1/9/2015 | Hersam Acorn - News | Print, Writing | $90.00 | Paid flat rate | Submitting for print means it will be published online for same rate inclusive | |
1/9/2015 | IEEE Spectrum - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 550 words | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | Web sourced blog post, 500-600 words |
1/9/2015 | IEEE Spectrum - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | $300.00 | Paid flat rate | Reported blog post | |
1/9/2015 | The Washington Post - News | Digital, Writing | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
1/9/2015 | IGN - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing, Essay | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | Feature | |
1/9/2015 | Otaku USA Magazine - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $25.00 | Paid flat rate | $.10 per word for print | |
1/9/2015 | TheSimpleDollar.com - Personal Finance and Insurance | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | $150 flat for experienced writers. Mostly web-sourced with some reporting mixed in. Given constraints, they don't expect deep reporting and quotes from CEOs | |
1/9/2015 | Mental Floss - Other | Digital, Writing | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
1/9/2015 | Modern Farmer - Other | Digital, Writing | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
1/9/2015 | JSTOR Daily - Other | Digital, Writing, Essay | $500.00 | Paid flat rate | Longform feature | |
1/9/2015 | Houston Chronicle - News | Digital, Writing | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | Travel | |
1/9/2015 | VICE - News | Digital, Writing | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | Interview | |
1/9/2015 | Plum Deluxe - Food and Drink | Digital, Writing | $30.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
1/9/2015 | Noodle Education - Other | Digital, Writing | $30.00 | Paid flat rate | Can rise to $70. Web-sourced, occasional interviews, APA style citations | |
1/9/2015 | The Toast - Lifestyle | Print, Writing, Reported Story | 3500 words | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | Longform reported piece. 3,500 words |
1/9/2015 | Chronicle of Higher Education Vitae - Other | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1400 words | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | 1,400 word piece, can be reported, researched, or essay |
1/9/2015 | Nylon - Fashion and Beauty | Digital, Writing | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
1/9/2015 | Refinery29 - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
1/9/2015 | Architectural Record - Real Estate and Architecture | Print, Writing | 825 words | $850.00 | Paid flat rate | 800-850 words |
1/9/2015 | Women In Higher Education - Other | Print, Writing, Reported Story | 850 words | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | 800-900 word reported piece |
1/9/2015 | Dogster - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | 1100 words | $50.00 | Paid flat rate | Listicle of 1,100 words. |
1/9/2015 | Ensia - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing | $1.00 | Paid per word | Pay rate is same for online and print | |
1/9/2015 | TruStory Media - Other | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 350 words | $15.00 | Paid flat rate | Any kind of article/interview, minimum 350 words |
1/9/2015 | Jezebel.com - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
1/9/2015 | Surface Magazine - Fashion and Beauty | Print, Writing, Reported Story | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | Reported | |
11/23/2014 | UNDP - Other | Digital, Misc, Knowledge management | $400.00 | Paid per day | Knowledge management | |
11/22/2014 | Red Bull - Sports | Print, Design | $50.00 | Paid per hour | ||
11/22/2014 | Morgan Stanley - Business | Print, Misc, Business Analyst | $700.00 | Paid per day | Business Analyst | |
11/21/2014 | Scholastic - Other | Print, Design | $46.00 | Paid per hour | ||
11/21/2014 | California News Reel - News | Digital, Video | $45.00 | Paid per hour | Video editing | |
11/21/2014 | House of Kaizen - Business | Digital, Writing | $80.00 | Paid per hour | ||
11/21/2014 | TheBody - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $0.33 | Paid per word | This is for original work - opinion, lifestyle, politics. For news items culled from other sources, I get $0.25 per word | |
11/21/2014 | NPR Affiliate - News | Radio, Misc, Event Booking | $2,000.00 | Event Booking | ||
11/21/2014 | MGP Ltd - Healthcare and Medical | Digital, Design | $31.00 | Paid per hour | ||
11/21/2014 | Pratt Institute - Other | Print, Writing | $25.00 | Paid per hour | Copyediting. Both digital and print, on-site | |
11/21/2014 | Urban Organic - Other | Digital, Design, Website Design | $2,000.00 | Paid flat rate | Web design | |
11/20/2014 | NPPA - Other | Digital, Design, Illustration | $500.00 | Paid flat rate | Illustration | |
11/20/2014 | WordPress - Other | Digital, Design, Website Design | $60.00 | Paid per hour | Web development | |
11/20/2014 | Pearson - Other | Digital, Writing | $45.00 | Paid per hour | ||
11/20/2014 | C Magazine - Lifestyle | Print, Photo | $500.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
11/20/2014 | Atlas Obscura - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 600 words | $40.00 | Paid flat rate | 600-word article and photos with light reporting |
11/20/2014 | Disney - Other | Print, Design | $50.00 | Paid per hour | Up to $200 | |
11/20/2014 | Forbes - Business | Digital, Video | $300.00 | Paid per day | Videography | |
11/20/2014 | Time Inc. - News | Print, Writing | $1.50 | Paid per word | ||
11/20/2014 | Lifescript - Nutrition and Fitness | Digital, Writing | 1500 words | $600.00 | Paid flat rate | 1,500 words |
11/20/2014 | Departures Magazine - Travel and Culture | Print, Design | $35.00 | Paid per hour | ||
11/20/2014 | Food Network - Food and Drink | Digital, Video | $500.00 | Paid per day | Video editing | |
11/20/2014 | Rizzoli International Publications - Other | Print, Misc, Translation | $0.20 | Paid per word | Translation | |
11/20/2014 | Localeur - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing | $75.00 | Paid flat rate | Take your own photos too | |
11/20/2014 | Yahoo! News - News | Digital, Video | $500.00 | Paid per day | Video editing | |
11/20/2014 | A&E Television - Other | Digital, Video | $550.00 | Paid per day | Video editing | |
11/20/2014 | Hachette - Other | Print, Misc, Proofreading | $25.00 | Paid per hour | Proofreading | |
11/20/2014 | Jamestown Gazette - Other | Print, Writing | $25.00 | Paid flat rate | Also available online | |
11/20/2014 | MAC Cosmetics, Cole Haan - Fashion and Beauty | Print, Design | $600.00 | Paid per day | ||
11/20/2014 | European Museums - Arts and Entertainment | Print, Misc, Translation | $36.00 | Translation | ||
11/20/2014 | Studio229 - Other | Digital, Design, Animation | $5,000.00 | Paid flat rate | Motion Graphics | |
11/20/2014 | Landmarks Preservation Commission - Other | Digital, Misc, Architecture | $150.00 | Paid per hour | Architecture | |
11/20/2014 | The New York Times - News | Digital, Photo | $75.00 | Paid per hour | ||
11/20/2014 | Refinery29 - Lifestyle | Digital, Design | $450.00 | Paid per day | ||
11/20/2014 | J.Crew - Fashion and Beauty | Print, Design | $450.00 | Paid per day | ||
11/20/2014 | Sotheby's International - Real Estate and Architecture | Digital, Photo | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
11/20/2014 | Seeds of Peace, Junior Statesman Association - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $65.00 | Paid per hour | Grant writing | |
11/20/2014 | Profile Laser - Fashion and Beauty | Digital, Design, Website Design | $50.00 | Paid per hour | Web design | |
11/20/2014 | Ohio Today - News | Digital, Photo | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
11/20/2014 | Accenture - Business | Digital, Misc, Translation | $0.15 | Paid per word | Translation | |
11/20/2014 | Smithsonian Online - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Photo | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
11/20/2014 | The Daily Mail - News | Digital, Photo | $50.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
11/19/2014 | Hearst - News | Print, Writing | $38.00 | Paid per hour | Copyediting | |
11/19/2014 | Conde Nast - Other | Print, Writing | $38.00 | Paid per hour | Copyediting | |
11/19/2014 | Harvard - Other | Print, Design | $500.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
11/19/2014 | Reuters - News | Digital, Video | $450.00 | Paid per day | Videography | |
11/19/2014 | ABC News - News | Digital, Video | $800.00 | Paid per day | Videography | |
11/19/2014 | Edible Communities Magazine - Food and Drink | Print, Writing | 2250 words | $500.00 | Paid flat rate | 2,250 words. This is for pieces that can involve a great deal of research and many interviews |
11/19/2014 | Freelancers Union - Business | Digital, Design, Website Design | $100.00 | Paid per hour | Web development | |
11/19/2014 | Major Pharmaceutical Corporation - Other | Digital, Design, Animation | $100.00 | Paid per hour | Motion Graphics | |
11/19/2014 | High-Tech Manufacturing Startup - Technology and Science | Digital, Design, Animation | $115.00 | Paid per hour | Motion Graphics | |
11/19/2014 | Editora Atica - Other | Digital, Design, Illustration | $300.00 | Illustration | ||
11/19/2014 | Kiehl's Skincare - Nutrition and Fitness | Print, Design | $60.00 | Paid per hour | ||
11/18/2014 | Failure Magazine - Other | Digital, Writing | $50.00 | Paid flat rate | Short book review | |
11/18/2014 | Wedding - Lifestyle | Digital, Photo | $300.00 | Paid per hour | ||
11/18/2014 | BuzzFeed - Lifestyle | Print, Design | $50.00 | Paid per hour | ||
11/13/2014 | Wedding Industry Blog - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | 800 words | $75.00 | Paid flat rate | 600-1,000 words, 0-1 sources |
11/13/2014 | Complex - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
11/12/2014 | The Atlantic - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 2000 words | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | 2,000 words. Reported |
11/12/2014 | BroBible - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | 800 words | $50.00 | Paid flat rate | Web-sourced, list-driven content. 600-1,000 words |
11/12/2014 | Outside Magazine - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing | 800 words | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | 800 words. List-driven but investigative story about international travel |
11/12/2014 | Boston Magazine - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | Web-sourced opinion about Boston sports | |
11/12/2014 | FanSided - Sports | Digital, Writing | $1.00 | This website uses sweat shop mentality where they require that you churn out thousands of words. Please, for the sake of writers everywhere, don't let them exploit your talents | ||
11/12/2014 | SB Nation Longform - Sports | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 5000 words | $1,500.00 | Paid flat rate | Up to $2,500. Reported with several sources. Investigative piece about sports that is about 4,000 to 6,000 words |
11/11/2014 | The Greensheet - Real Estate and Architecture | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 800 words | $80.00 | Paid flat rate | Copywriting. 700-900 word blog post. Position canceled due to structural reorg |
11/11/2014 | LocalVox - Other | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 250 words | $15.00 | Paid flat rate | 250 words |
11/6/2014 | The Daily Mail - News | Print, Writing | 500 words | $313.00 | Paid flat rate | 500 words. Wanted it in 3 days |
11/6/2014 | Mainely Media, LLC - Other | Print, Writing | 625 words | $30.00 | Paid flat rate | 500-750 words. The market for freelance journalists in Southern Maine is abysmal. I am the copywriter for this company and rarely write for them because it's just not worth it |
11/6/2014 | The Independent - News | Print, Writing | $50.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
11/6/2014 | Stephens Media - News | Print, Writing | $25.00 | Paid flat rate | Very few freelance writers want to write for the newspaper in North Carolina because the time involved in writing even a short piece because of this low pay rate | |
11/6/2014 | North Norfolk Living - Lifestyle | Print, Writing | 300 words | $48.00 | Paid flat rate | 300 words |
11/6/2014 | Your Cat Magazine - Lifestyle | Print, Writing | 1000 words | $125.00 | No quotes or interviews just a personal travel piece involving cats. Sent my own images too | |
11/2/2014 | Brownbook Magazine - Travel and Culture | Print, Writing | 1000 words | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | 1,000 words |
10/30/2014 | Reuters Health - Healthcare and Medical | Digital, Writing | 800 words | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | Assignment was to read a medical journal article, talk to one of the authors as well as to an outside researcher, and to write the story. Usually runs between 700 and 900 words |
10/30/2014 | The New York Times - News | Print, Writing | $20.00 | Legwork | ||
10/30/2014 | The New York Times - News | Print, Writing | $0.40 | Paid per word | $.20 per word for a shared byline | |
10/30/2014 | Reuters News - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $50.00 | Paid flat rate | Up to $200. Reuters pays whatever it wants. Between $50 and $200 for reporting and writing a story. The fees are not determined in advance and can seem arbitrary | |
10/28/2014 | news.com.au - News | Digital, Writing | 800 words | $300.00 | Paid flat rate | 800 words. Inverviewed three sources |
10/28/2014 | Dwell - Real Estate and Architecture | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 150 words | $50.00 | Paid flat rate | 150 words. Additionally sent in 5 high-res pics with captions of 1-3 sentences for each shot |
10/27/2014 | Xconomy.com (San Diego) - Business | Digital, Writing | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
10/27/2014 | Times Publications, Phoenix, AZ - News | Print, Writing, Reported Story | 1900 words | $500.00 | Paid flat rate | Reporting, using a basic minimum of three interviewed sources. 1,800 to 2,000 word piece. flat rate, but based on that length |
10/24/2014 | The Guardian - News | Digital, Photo | $500.00 | Paid per day | ||
10/24/2014 | Haaretz - News | Digital, Writing | $300 | Paid flat rate | ||
10/23/2014 | New Scientist - Technology and Science | Print, Writing | $0.63 | Paid per word | ||
10/22/2014 | Hospitality Design - Business | Print, Writing, Reported Story | $0.80 | Paid per word | Reported | |
10/22/2014 | University of Pennsylvania - Other | Print, Writing, Reported Story | $1.00 | Paid per word | Alumni mags; reported | |
10/22/2014 | Wall Street Journal - Business | Print, Writing, Reported Story | $2.00 | Paid per word | Reported | |
10/22/2014 | Drivethedistrict.com - Technology and Science | Print, Writing | $0.80 | Paid per word | Web-sourced | |
10/22/2014 | Departures - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing | $0.30 | Paid per word | Web-sourced | |
10/22/2014 | Contract Magazine - Real Estate and Architecture | Print, Writing, Reported Story | $1.00 | Paid per word | Reported | |
10/22/2014 | Arrive Magazine - Travel and Culture | Print, Writing, Reported Story | $1.00 | Paid per word | Reported | |
10/21/2014 | Vulture - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | It's possible they've lowered the rate to $150 recently -- when I began writing there a year ago, it was $200 | |
10/21/2014 | The Daily Beast - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $300.00 | Paid flat rate | I was told the $300 is "starting rate for reported pieces" | |
10/21/2014 | IndieWire - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
10/21/2014 | Esquire.com - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | The $100 flat fee is for online only | |
10/16/2014 | Super Lawyers - Business | Print, Writing | 2000 words | $1,500.00 | Paid flat rate | 2,000 words. Personal profile which required talking to subject and six other sources |
10/16/2014 | Boy Scouts, Scouting Magazine - Other | Print, Writing | 2000 words | $1,700.00 | Paid flat rate | 2,000 words |
10/15/2014 | Bobit - Business | Digital, Writing | $200.00 | B2B article quoting numerous industry sources | ||
10/14/2014 | NBCUniversal - Other | Digital, Writing | $550.00 | Paid per day | Copywriting. This was for digital, print and on-air work for a cable network. Everything from show descriptions to tagline exploration to scripting commercials. This was the rate for intermittent projects. Additionally, I worked on retainer for them, with a guarantee of 4 days of work per week, at $450 a day for a few months. | |
10/8/2014 | TakePart.com - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 500 words | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | 400-600 words. Reported article averages $200, but I have been paid as much as $500-$700 for slightly longer (1,500-2,000 word) pieces that are attached to topical series promoting Participant Media's films, which TakePart does periodically |
10/7/2014 | NBCNews.com - News | Digital, Writing | 900 words | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | Regardless of the length of the story, short or long, that is the going rate on NBCNews.com. The average length they ask for a story is between 800-1,000 words |
10/7/2014 | NBCNews - News | Digital, Photo | $100.00 | |||
10/7/2014 | NewsTaco.com - News | Digital, Writing | 2000 words | $0.50 | Paid per word | Stories could run up to 2,000 words, so 50 cents a word is pretty decent these days |
10/6/2014 | New Statesman (UK) - News | Print, Writing | 600 words | $219.00 | Paid flat rate | 600 words. Took about a month after publishing date to get paid |
10/6/2014 | Mountain Magazine - Travel and Culture | Print, Writing | $1.00 | Paid per word | Print and digital rights. A buck a word has been the ongoing rate in the specialty magazine world for going on 20-30 years now. Which is why so many of us who worked in the field in the 80s are so pissed off, now | |
10/5/2014 | The Women's Media Center - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | 800 words | $200 | Paid flat rate | They used to offer $300. Current editor asks for rewrites. Piece can included one to three interviewed people. You are not allowed to cross-post anywhere, including on your own site. 800 word articles |
10/5/2014 | The New Republic - News | Digital, Writing | 800 words | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | 800 words. An argumentative essay in response to The New Republic's July cover story, "Don't Send Your Kid to the Ivy League" |
10/5/2014 | Sydney Morning Herald - Sports | Print, Writing, Reported Story | $0.49 | Paid per word | Reported feature for supplements | |
10/5/2014 | TruStory Media - Other | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 350 words | $15.00 | Paid flat rate | Minimum 350 words. Web-sourced; however, a "What's in Your..." feature that would require interviewing someone also pays the same $15 flat rate |
10/5/2014 | The New York Times - News | Print, Writing, Reported Story | $1.00 | Paid per word | Reported with interviews | |
10/4/2014 | UN Dispatch - News | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 400 words | $40 | Paid flat rate | 400 word post |
10/4/2014 | School Library Journal - Other | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 500 words | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | 500 words, original sources |
10/4/2014 | Vocativ - News | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 400 words | $300.00 | Paid flat rate | 400 words, heavy editing for their 'voice' |
10/3/2014 | SmartBear Software - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | $1.00 | Paid per word | Some $500 per-blog-post flat rates as well | |
10/2/2014 | HackerRank - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | Blogging | |
9/30/2014 | Gawker Media - Other | Digital, Writing | 800 words | $300.00 | Paid flat rate | 800 words, websourced |
9/30/2014 | Redesign Revolution - Real Estate and Architecture | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 350 words | $15.00 | Paid flat rate | 200-500 words. Web sourced |
9/29/2014 | BuzzFeed - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 5000 words | $1,600.00 | Paid flat rate | Plus travel expenses. 5,000 word story with rigorous reporting |
9/29/2014 | American City Business Journals - Business | Print, Writing | 875 words | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | 850-900 words plus an info box |
9/29/2014 | Meredith - Other | Print, Writing, Essay | $2.00 | Paid per word | This seems to be standard pay for features and department pieces in several Meredith publications I've written for | |
9/29/2014 | Women in the World - Other | Digital, Writing | $150.00 | Paid flat rate | For Women in the World's digital site, in conjunction with The Daily Beast at the time. I was working from out of the U.S. | |
9/28/2014 | Hearst Digital Media - Other | Digital, Writing | $50.00 | Paid flat rate | Up to $100. Websourced. Original reporting will give you more | |
9/28/2014 | The New York Times - News | Print, Writing | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | Sports section | |
9/28/2014 | Washington Post Style Section - Fashion and Beauty | Digital, Writing | $350.00 | Paid flat rate | Ceiling of 2,000 words | |
9/28/2014 | The New Yorker - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $250.00 | Paid flat rate | Print is more | |
9/28/2014 | Buzzfeed - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $300.00 | Paid flat rate | ||
9/26/2014 | The New York Times - News | Print, Writing, Reported Story | 975 words | $1,000.00 | Paid flat rate | Reported column ranging from 850 to 1,100 words. Contract requires selling all rights. Content is then distributed liberally through the NY Times Syndicate, with no additional compensation |
9/25/2014 | Bustle - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 450 words | $20.00 | Paid flat rate | 400-500 words. Web sourced, seoptimized |
9/25/2014 | Refinery29 - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | Reported | |
9/25/2014 | Bustle - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $50.00 | Paid flat rate | Reported | |
9/24/2014 | The Week - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1000 words | $100.00 | Paid flat rate | ~1000 words, some reporting (2 phone calls) and some web research for background |
9/23/2014 | Variety - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | $150 | Paid flat rate | Generally for a web-only piece (event coverage, panel at a film festival/event, etc.) there isn't a strict word limit | |
9/23/2014 | Variety - Arts and Entertainment | Print, Writing | $1 | Paid per word | Usually runs digital as well. | |
9/23/2014 | ICG Magazine - Arts and Entertainment | Print, Writing | $0 | Paid per word | Usually runs digital as well | |
9/23/2014 | ICG Magazine - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | $0.25 | Paid per word | For web exclusive | |
9/23/2014 | The Gothamist - News | Digital, Writing | 1100 words | $175.00 | Paid flat rate | Around 1,100 words with three sources quoted in piece. There was two revisions. The editor dangled a meager carrot, saying they usually pay $175 but this piece could be worth $200. Then the check arrived and it was $175. I will say they were quite timely in their payment. The check arrived the day after I submitted my invoice. |
9/23/2014 | MTV Iggy - Arts and Entertainment | Print, Writing | 950 words | $200.00 | Paid flat rate | The editor doesn't require much. She usually likes the pieces to run 800-1,100 words and have at least one quote. Also should note, they are terrible about paying you. The checks come but often months after the invoice and piece has been submitted. There has also been two incidents where I've had to re-submit my invoice for some unknown reason. |
9/23/2014 | USA Today - News | Print, Writing | 775 words | $300.00 | Paid flat rate | 700 to 850 word piece for a special suplement section for sports |
9/22/2014 | ZoomNews.es (SPAIN) - News | Print, Writing, Reported Story | 800 words | $42 | Paid flat rate | Reported. Web-sourced. Any kind of content. 800 words per article |
9/22/2014 | Washington Post - News | Print, Writing, Reported Story | $600 | Paid flat rate | $600 per cover story/$300 per short inside column. Reported | |
9/22/2014 | Bankrate - Personal Finance and Insurance | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $1 | Paid per word | Reported | |
9/22/2014 | The Believer - Lifestyle | Print, Writing | 6000 words | $300 | Paid flat rate | For 6,000 word interview |
9/22/2014 | Guardian Liberty Voice - News | Print, Writing | $300 | Paid flat rate | ||
9/22/2014 | Esquire.com - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | $50 | Paid flat rate | For "Eat Like a Man" blog | |
9/22/2014 | Pregnancy & Newborn Magazine - Healthcare and Medical | Print, Writing | 1250 words | $250 | Paid flat rate | 1,000-1,500 words. Two to three professional sources plus one "real person" source |
9/22/2014 | Texas Highways - Travel and Culture | Print, Writing | $1 | Paid per word | Also appears in digital format | |
9/22/2014 | Joint Commission Resources - Healthcare and Medical | Print, Writing | 1200 words | $55 | 1,200-word article. Maximum 12 hours. Each article involved interviewing between 2-4 sources. | |
9/22/2014 | Nerve.com - Other | Digital, Writing | $300 | Paid flat rate | ||
9/22/2014 | New Relic - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 500 words | $300 | Paid flat rate | 500 words. Based on list of questions sent via email |
9/22/2014 | Computerworld.com - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 125 words | $100 | 100-150 words per final slide | |
9/22/2014 | The New York Times - News | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | $100 | Paid flat rate | Motherlode blog | |
9/22/2014 | GovLoop - News | Digital, Writing | $75 | Paid flat rate | Web-sourced | |
9/22/2014 | Make A Living Writing - Other | Digital, Writing | $50 | Paid flat rate | Personal experience essay | |
9/22/2014 | Independent Restaurateur - Food and Drink | Print, Writing | $50 | Paid flat rate | Business profile on restaurant owner | |
9/22/2014 | VendHQ - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | $100 | Paid flat rate | Web-sourced, reported blogging | |
9/22/2014 | FreelanceMom.com - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $75 | Paid flat rate | Longform, websourced | |
9/22/2014 | Seattle Globalist - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $50 | Paid flat rate | Reported article | |
9/22/2014 | HDVideoPro - Arts and Entertainment | Print, Writing | 1625 words | $1,000 | Paid flat rate | 1500-1750-words, must gather photography as well |
9/22/2014 | HDVideoPro - Arts and Entertainment | Print, Writing | 1250 words | $750 | Paid flat rate | 1250-words, must gather photography as well |
9/21/2014 | Sanctuary Asia - Technology and Science | Print, Writing | $0 | Paid per word | 1 rupee | |
9/21/2014 | Nature India - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $0 | Paid per word | 5 rupees. Reported | |
9/21/2014 | Eldiario.es - News | Digital, Writing | $53 | Paid flat rate | ||
9/21/2014 | Narratively - News | Digital, Writing | 1000 words | $200 | Paid flat rate | 1,000 words. They pay between $100-$300 for 500-2,000 words |
9/21/2014 | Washington Post - News | Digital, Writing | 800 words | $150 | Paid flat rate | Web-sourced mostly, about 800 words. Life-style focus/opinion. |
9/21/2014 | Banking Technology - Business | Print, Writing | $1 | Paid per word | ||
9/21/2014 | Insight on Business - Business | Print, Writing | $200 | Paid flat rate | Usually 3 to 5 sources | |
9/21/2014 | The Banker - Business | Print, Photo | $400 | |||
9/21/2014 | Midwest Energy News - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $550 | Paid flat rate | Reported | |
9/21/2014 | ecoRI News - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 600 words | $100 | Paid flat rate | Reported, 500-700 words |
9/21/2014 | Helium Content Source - Other | Digital, Writing | $45 | Paid flat rate | Websourced, confidential clients | |
9/21/2014 | Yale University - Other | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $50 | Paid per hour | Reporting, editing, content curation | |
9/21/2014 | Energy Points - Energy and Industrial | Print, Writing | $45 | Paid per hour | Ghostwriting. Based on notes | |
9/21/2014 | Idea Grove - Business | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 550 words | $100 | Paid flat rate | 500-600 words. Blog writing for different companies |
9/21/2014 | Everyday With Rachael Ray - Food and Drink | Print, Writing, Reported Story | $2 | Paid per word | Reported content, heavily edited | |
9/21/2014 | AAA's Northern New England Journey - Personal Finance and Insurance | Print, Writing | $1 | Paid per word | ||
9/21/2014 | Hemispheres Magazine - Travel and Culture | Print, Writing | $1 | Paid per word | ||
9/21/2014 | Minneapolis Star Tribune - News | Print, Writing | $400 | Paid flat rate | Travel, includes photos | |
9/21/2014 | Consumer Reports - Personal Finance and Insurance | Digital, Writing | $1 | Paid per word | Up to $1.50. Shorter stories (typically under 500 words) that relied on web sources were typically $1 per word. Longer pieces (around 1,000 words) that required a lot of reporting were $1.50 per word | |
9/21/2014 | MarketWatch.com - Business | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 2000 words | $400 | Paid flat rate | Articles/columns required a lot of reporting and research. Appeared online at MarketWatch.com and in print in The Wall Street Journal Sunday. Online versions are around 2,000 words, while print versions were about 1,000 words. |
9/21/2014 | Dot429 - Business | Digital, Writing | 850 words | $35 | Paid flat rate | 500-1,200 words |
9/21/2014 | Global Traveler - Travel and Culture | Print, Writing, Blog Post | 400 words | $175 | Paid flat rate | 400 word travel feature. Global Traveler is very clear and up-front about the pay rate and writers are paid promptly |
9/21/2014 | Global Traveler - Travel and Culture | Print, Writing, Essay | 800 words | $350 | Paid flat rate | 800 word travel feature |
9/21/2014 | Frontiers LA - Lifestyle | Print, Writing, Essay | 1000 words | $150 | Paid flat rate | 1,000-word travel feature |
9/21/2014 | Metrosource - Lifestyle | Print, Writing, Essay | 1500 words | $300 | Paid flat rate | 1,500 word travel feature |
9/21/2014 | Instinct - Other | Print, Writing, Essay | 2000 words | $300 | Paid flat rate | 2,000 word travel feature |
9/21/2014 | Grand Editorial - Lifestyle | Print, Writing, Essay | 1200 words | $525 | Paid flat rate | 1,200-word travel feature. This assignment was part of an advertising supplement that was included with the print edition of the magazine |
9/21/2014 | Consumers Digest - Personal Finance and Insurance | Print, Writing | $1 | Paid per word | They gave me the word count up-front and told me it would be $1 per word, but if I went over word count, I wouldn't be paid more | |
9/21/2014 | IHS - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $2 | Paid per word | Reported article for company marketing publication | |
9/21/2014 | Navigator Publishing - Technology and Science | Print, Writing, Reported Story | $0 | Paid per word | Reported | |
9/21/2014 | Journal Communications Inc. - Other | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 650 words | $175 | Paid flat rate | 650 words, multiple source story with sources supplied |
9/21/2014 | PTC - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing | $2 | Paid per word | ||
9/21/2014 | Vanity Fair - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | $550 | Paid flat rate | Conducted 1 interview | |
9/21/2014 | Verily - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 300 words | $50 | Paid flat rate | 300 word personal nonfiction |
9/21/2014 | Etsy - Other | Digital, Writing | $300 | Paid flat rate | Curated products & researched studies | |
9/21/2014 | Forbes - Business | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $625 | Paid flat rate | Category research and reporting | |
9/21/2014 | U.S. Green Council - Other | Digital, Writing | $1,000 | Paid flat rate | Interviews and category research | |
9/21/2014 | IndieWire - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 750 words | $150 | Paid flat rate | This is for the main website, as each separate blog have their own prices, usually lower. They're not super strict about word count, but hover somewhere around 500-1000 depending on event/subject |
9/21/2014 | IndieWire - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | $20 | Paid flat rate | They admitted to this being a terrible rate, but say they're still new and are trying to get their footing | |
9/21/2014 | Paste Magazine - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | 750 words | $50 | Paid flat rate | Word count hovers around 500-1,000 depending on event/subject, but they're not picky about it. This rate is for interviews/Q&As/event coverage/etc |
9/21/2014 | Travel + Leisure - Travel and Culture | Print, Writing | $2 | Paid per word | ||
9/21/2014 | Travel + Leisure - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing | 1425 words | $1,000 | Paid flat rate | Travel + Leisure online's slideshow stories pay a flat rate of $1,000 per story, which consists of a 300+ word intro and 10-20 slides of about 75 words in length |
9/21/2014 | Glamour.com - Fashion and Beauty | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | $50 | Paid flat rate | Blog post | |
9/21/2014 | EContent Magazine - Business | Print, Writing | $275 | Paid flat rate | ||
9/21/2014 | EContent Magazine - Business | Digital, Writing | $200 | Paid flat rate | ||
9/21/2014 | CMSWire - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing | $125 | Paid flat rate | ||
9/21/2014 | Womenetics - Other | Digital, Writing | $100 | Paid flat rate | ||
9/21/2014 | Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles - Real Estate and Architecture | Print, Writing | 600 words | $400 | Paid flat rate | Assignments are about 600 words |
9/21/2014 | Flower Magazine - Lifestyle | Print, Writing | 700 words | $450 | Paid flat rate | Print articles are about 600-800 words |
9/21/2014 | Four Seasons Weddings - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $250 | Paid flat rate | ||
9/20/2014 | Central Oregon Magazine - Travel and Culture | Print, Writing | $0 | Paid per word | Local travel and food articles | |
9/20/2014 | The Next Web - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1300 words | $200 | Paid flat rate | 600-2,000 word articles. A mixture of web-sourced and original reporting |
9/20/2014 | AXS.com - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | $3 | Paid flat rate | ||
9/20/2014 | CNN - News | Digital, Writing | $250 | Paid flat rate | Health section. One interview and several print sources | |
9/20/2014 | Woman's World - Lifestyle | Print, Writing | $500 | Paid flat rate | ||
9/20/2014 | Career Addict - Business | Digital, Writing | $20 | Paid flat rate | Articles have to be longer than 500 words | |
9/20/2014 | SheKnows - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $70 | Paid flat rate | Mostly opinions on current events. Very little research | |
9/20/2014 | The Telegraph (UK) Stella Magazine - News | Print, Writing, Essay | 1400 words | $750 | Paid flat rate | 1,400 words. Researched feature |
9/20/2014 | LUXE Magazine - Real Estate and Architecture | Print, Writing | $1 | Paid per word | Photo captions are not included in the $1-per-word rate | |
9/20/2014 | Telegraph (UK) - News | Print, Writing, Essay | 750 words | $313 | Paid flat rate | 750 words. First person feature |
9/20/2014 | The Chambersburg Public Opinion - News | Print, Writing | $50 | Paid flat rate | $50 per piece regardless of size, $10 flat fee for all photos combined | |
9/20/2014 | The Toast - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | 3000 words | $100 | Paid flat rate | Longform, 3,000+ Words |
9/20/2014 | Slate - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing | $100 | Paid flat rate | Science & Health division. This seemed low to me but it was my first piece for them so I went with it | |
9/20/2014 | Chronicle Vitae - Other | Digital, Writing | $200 | Paid flat rate | ||
9/20/2014 | Lhyme - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 250 words | $0 | Paid per word | 250 words. Content is almost entirely web-sourced |
9/20/2014 | The New York Times - News | Print, Writing | 1000 words | $700 | Paid flat rate | 1,000 words. It required plenty of quotes from different sources. The photographs were taken by a professional. They purchased first global rights but the contract included a 1-month exclusivity period in which I could not re-sell the article. I didn't think one month was that big a deal when I submitted the contract, but lord was I wrong. Through the NYT syndicate, the article was re-sold practically everywhere in that time. Ugh! |
9/20/2014 | Men's Journal - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 300 words | $150 | Paid flat rate | 300 words, online article, with one or two sources |
9/20/2014 | Financial Planning - Personal Finance and Insurance | Print, Writing, Reported Story | $2 | Paid per word | Reported article | |
9/20/2014 | CNBC.com - Business | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $1 | Paid per word | Reported | |
9/20/2014 | Meredith Xcelerated Marketing - Other | Print, Writing, Reported Story | $2 | Paid per word | Reported | |
9/20/2014 | Bored.com - Other | Digital, Writing | $15 | Paid flat rate | Listicle, 15+ images | |
9/20/2014 | Today - News | Digital, Writing | $150 | Paid flat rate | Up to $300. Approximate rate for a roundup or reported lifestyle story, depending on complexity and reporting involved | |
9/20/2014 | BuzzFeed - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $100 | Paid flat rate | Round-up, no reporting | |
9/20/2014 | Vegas Seven - Arts and Entertainment | Print, Writing | 700 words | $100 | Paid flat rate | Owed thousands in back pay, numerous freelancers owed money more than 6 months late. 700 word Q&A |
9/20/2014 | World Bank Group - Business | Digital, Misc, International Development | $110 | Paid flat rate | International development | |
9/20/2014 | ESPN - Sports | Digital, Design, Animation | $300 | Paid per day | Motion Graphics | |
9/20/2014 | The Bark - Lifestyle | Print, Writing, Reported Story | $0 | Paid per word | More if rush, otherwise standard; reported | |
9/20/2014 | Parents - Lifestyle | Print, Writing | $2 | Paid per word | ||
9/20/2014 | The Toast - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $50 | Paid flat rate | Essay | |
9/20/2014 | Daily Parent - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 750 words | $150 | Paid flat rate | Light reporting, about 750 words |
9/20/2014 | Oculus Publishers - Other | Digital, Writing | $0 | Paid per word | Weekly ghostwriting project | |
9/20/2014 | The Atlantic - News | Digital, Writing | $250 | Paid flat rate | Personal essay with some research | |
9/20/2014 | Investopedia - Personal Finance and Insurance | Digital, Writing | $300 | Paid flat rate | Short article | |
9/20/2014 | Investopedia - Personal Finance and Insurance | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | $100 | Paid flat rate | Blog post | |
9/20/2014 | More Magazine - Lifestyle | Print, Writing | $2 | Paid per word | ||
9/20/2014 | Better Homes and Gardens - Real Estate and Architecture | Print, Writing | $2 | Paid per word | ||
9/20/2014 | McMurry - Other | Print, Writing | $1 | Paid per word | Hospital newsletters, never any rewrites. Lower than my usual per word rate but super easy | |
9/20/2014 | CrowdSource - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 100 words | $1 | Copyediting. Articles were 100 words | |
9/20/2014 | Wall Street Journal, Greater New York - News | Print, Writing | $30 | Paid per hour | ||
9/20/2014 | Devex - News | Digital, Writing | $1 | Paid per word | ||
9/20/2014 | Thrillist - Travel and Culture | Digital, Writing | $100 | Paid flat rate | Every city's freelancer gets $100 for round-up lists and $25-$100 for weekend play books | |
9/20/2014 | Americaeconomia - News | Print, Writing | $500 | Paid flat rate | ||
9/20/2014 | Shmoop - Other | Digital, Writing | 3000 words | $5 | Paid per hour | This company is exploitative, cheap, and lacking in editorial standards. I wrote for Shmoop's "Careers" section. The rate was $100-$150 for 3,000 words. Avoid this place like the plague. It has this California "feel-good" veneer but it is actually a sweatshop in the sunshine. |
9/20/2014 | Goldstar.com - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing | $35 | Paid per hour | Ongoing, full-time gig | |
9/20/2014 | ScienceNetwork WA - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 400 words | $1 | Paid per word | One interview, 400 word hard news story |
9/20/2014 | Huffington Post Canada - News | Digital, Writing | $150 | Paid flat rate | Listicle format, requiring either no interviews or one | |
9/20/2014 | CityLab - News | Digital, Writing | $325 | Paid flat rate | ||
9/20/2014 | AudioFile - Arts and Entertainment | Print, Writing | 125 words | $10 | Paid flat rate | 125 words, print or digital |
9/20/2014 | Natural Awakenings DC - Nutrition and Fitness | Print, Writing | $50 | Paid flat rate | Local profile article for the DC metro area edition. Appears in print and online | |
9/20/2014 | MensJournal.com - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | 250 words | $150 | Paid flat rate | 200-300 word review or single source article |
9/20/2014 | Narratively - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 2500 words | $150 | Paid flat rate | 2,500 words. Foreign reported feature with photos, no expenses paid |
9/20/2014 | VICE - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 1000 words | $150 | Paid flat rate | 1,000 word reported feature in a hazard zone, with pictures |
9/20/2014 | BBC News - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | 800 words | $441 | Paid flat rate | 800-word reported story, multiple sources with pictures |
9/19/2014 | Ocean Home Magazine - Real Estate and Architecture | Print, Writing | 450 words | $400 | Paid flat rate | 450 words, five sources |
9/19/2014 | Eating Well Magazine - Food and Drink | Print, Writing, Reported Story | 500 words | $550 | Paid flat rate | 500 words. Several interviews and one revision |
9/19/2014 | Grantland - Sports | Digital, Writing | $150 | Paid flat rate | ||
9/19/2014 | Pacific Standard - News | Digital, Writing | $250 | Paid flat rate | ||
9/19/2014 | Wall Street Journal - Business | Print, Writing | $1 | Paid per word | ||
9/19/2014 | xoJane - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing | $50 | Paid flat rate | ||
9/19/2014 | Paste Magazine - Arts and Entertainment | Digital, Writing, Blog Post | $50 | Paid flat rate | Blog post | |
9/19/2014 | The Atlantic - News | Digital, Writing, Essay | $250 | Paid flat rate | Essay | |
9/19/2014 | Civil Eats - Food and Drink | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $200 | Paid flat rate | Reported | |
9/19/2014 | Women's Health - Nutrition and Fitness | Print, Writing, Reported Story | $2 | Paid per word | Reported with web-sourced health studies | |
9/19/2014 | The Atlantic - News | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $150 | Paid flat rate | Long-ish form, highly reported piece which was pitched as a completed piece but required several more days of reporting and calls and sustained heavy edits | |
9/19/2014 | Daily Parent - Lifestyle | Digital, Writing, Reported Story | $100 | Paid flat rate | Reported | |
9/19/2014 | The Cauldron - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing | $50 | Paid flat rate | Tries to get writers to do an unpaid "trial period" but can be negotiated. Have heard it's up to $150 now, but not certain | |
9/19/2014 | Humana - Personal Finance and Insurance | Digital, Writing | $350 | Paid flat rate | Under 700 words. Web-sourced, but acquired images from sources | |
9/19/2014 | Verizon - Technology and Science | Digital, Writing | $400 | Paid flat rate | Web-sourced, lists and features, under 700 words | |
9/19/2014 | Hearst - News | Print, Writing | $300 | Paid per day | Market editor | |
9/19/2014 | Niche Media - Lifestyle | Print, Writing | $1 | Paid per word | ||
9/19/2014 | Hearst - News | Digital, Writing | $400 | Paid flat rate | Usually with slideshow of 10-100 items |