30 Publications that Pay for Interviews

Here’s our latest research — a list of publications that pay for interviews and that work with freelance writers.

These publications cover a wide variety of topics.

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1. The Open Notebook is a “non-profit organization that provides tools and resources to help science, environmental, and health journalists at all experience levels sharpen their skills.” They welcome pitches for brief guides, story-behind-the-story interviews, and reported features. According to their guidelines, they pay $1,800 for interviews (1,500 to 2,000 words), and $2,400 for reported features (1,500 to 2,000 words). To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.

2. Intervenxions is a publication of the Latinx Project at New York University committed to “exploring contemporary Latinx art, politics, and culture.” They publish “reviews, criticism, reporting, interviews, and essays on U.S. Latinx art, politics, and culture between 1,500 and 2,500 words.” According to their guidelines, they pay $300 for reviews, interviews, and short essays, and $400 for articles, profiles, and long-form content. To learn more, refer to their editorial guidelines.

3. Rooted in Rights Blog is a “platform dedicated to amplifying the authentic perspectives of disabled writers.” They’re seeking reported and investigative articles, op-eds, creative nonfiction, personal essays, interviews, and short fiction on disability, with an emphasis on disability rights and justice, written by people who identify as disabled. Their standard word count is 500 words. According to their guidelines, they pay on a sliding scale, with the minimum payment being $400. To learn more, refer to this page.

4. Documentary magazine is a quarterly print journal by the International Documentary Association (IDA). The magazine is dedicated to “covering the art, craft, and business of documentary films.” They publish “interviews with filmmakers, festival dispatches, news items, reported investigations, open letters, critical essays, trend pieces, legal analysis, practical guides for documentarians, updates from IDA, and other essential updates.” According to their guidelines, they pay from $100 to $1,000 per piece. To learn more, refer to their guidelines.

5. The Blacklight is the New York Amsterdam News’ investigative unit. They are seeking experienced freelance journalists. They primarily work with freelance journalists based in the New York City area but are also open to working with those based outside the region. According to their pitch guide, they pay $250+ for fact checks (500 to 1,000 words, 1 to 2 interviews); $1.00 per word for medium length articles (800 to 1,500 words, 2 to 4 interviews); $2.00 per word or a flat commission fee for long form articles (1,500+ words, 4+ interviews); and $250 to $500+ for data visualizations.

6. GamesIndustry.biz is a website about the games industry. They cover “every facet of the games industry, from design, development, publishing, marketing, distribution or retail, all the way through to media, freelance and studying.” They are looking to expand their freelance roster. They accept pitches for investigative pieces, interviews with industry figures, academy articles, and editorials. They encourage pitches from writers of diverse backgrounds. According to their pitch guide, their standard rate is £250 per article. To learn how to pitch them, visit this page.

7. Outrider strives to be “an online source of hard-hitting commentary and journalism that calls for the end of nuclear weapons and action against the existential threat of climate change.” They are seeking new voices to produce climate and nuclear non-proliferation journalism. Typically, their word counts run between 1,000-1,200 words, and they publish everything from investigative articles and expert analyses to interviews and book excerpts. According to their guidelines, their standard rate is $1,000/story. Their stories are usually 1,000-1,200 words. To learn more, refer to their writer guidelines.

8. Broadview is an independent Canadian magazine featuring coverage of spirituality, justice and ethical living. They are interested in stories about spirituality, ethical living, social justice and the United Church, and those can be investigative features, engaging profiles, first-person narratives, reported news stories, essays, photo essays, opinion pieces, blogs, interviews or reviews of books or films. For the print issues, fees are negotiated story by story. Digital stories usually run between 400 and 600 words, and according to their pitch guide, they pay $.40 a word for opinion pieces and $.65 a word for reported ones. To learn more, refer to their writers’ guidelines.