July call for pitches

The Dominion / Media Co-op pays two contributors each month for news features: Pitch us your story!

We prioritize solutions-oriented news pieces with a Canadian angle, and in particular this month:

• photo essays
• video pitches
• stories about co-operatives, education, technology

Check out our writer’s guide for other suggested topics and details about writing for The Dominion:

dominionpaper.ca/write

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

dominionpaper.ca/video/create

The Dominion has a special budget – sponsored by Koumbit, a non-profit web development, website creation, graphic design and IT training organization – to pay for one article about technology and society per month (in particular, we’re interested in coverage of copyright, privacy, free software, and net neutrality). These articles are 5-800 words, payment is a flat $50, and they follow the same pitch process outlined below.

Pitches are welcome from anyone; priority 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:

www.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.

Deadline for pitches: July 3
Response to pitches: July 6
First draft deadline for accepted articles: July 15*
Final draft deadline: July 23*
(All deadlines are 5pm EST)
*Deadlines subject to the discretion of the editor

The next call for pitches will go out July 25.

The Media Co-op’s annual meeting of members will take place the third week in July. Stay tuned!