Freelance writing, Media Co-op/ The Dominion Canada, pays $100 per accepted story/ article

Deadline: 6 December 2010

Everyone wants to read about themselves. The Media Co-op is no different: we want stories about co-ops! And we've got a lot of ideas to get you started:

mediacoop.ca/group/143/discuss/2001

For information about making a video pitch, check out our production guidelines and tutorials:

dominionpaper.ca/video/create

Pitches are welcome from anyone; priority for payment goes to those who have previously contributed.

To pitch an article, fill out the form on this page:

mediacoop.ca/node/add/pitch

To pitch a video news clip, contact us with your proposal:

dominionpaper.ca/contact

If you do not have a Media Co-op account (which you can also use to post photos, audio, video and stories directly to the Media Co-op site), you’ll need to set one up:

mediacoop.ca/user

The Dominion / Media Co-op currently pays a flat rate of $100 for accepted stories. Articles are either 800 or 1600 words. See the video guidelines for length of videos. Editors reserve the right to suggest changes and edit stories (with your participation, of course!). Pitches should capture the content, tone and style of the story you plan to submit; if the content submitted differs significantly from the pitch, editors reserve the right to withhold payment. The Dominion accepts pitches at any time.

Deadlines:

Deadline for pitches: December 6
Response to pitches: December 9

First draft deadline for accepted articles: December 20*

Final draft deadline: January 3*
(All deadlines are 5pm EST)


*Deadlines subject to the discretion of the editor

The next call for pitches will go out December 20.

More information here.