Freelance Writer, Journalist & Pitch Call Watch

Track paid opportunities and conditions for US freelance writers and journalists. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: calls for pitches and open submission windows at outlets paying $250 or more per piece, with the rate, the topic and the deadline; rate card, payment term and kill fee changes; closures, layoffs and freelance budget cuts at outlets with 100,000 or more readers; freelance contract, rights and AI training clause changes; journalism grants, fellowships and reporting funds with deadlines within 45 days from the Pulitzer Center, the Fund for Investigative Journalism, IWMF, the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, Knight, Nieman and similar funders; press credential, shield law and FOIA rule changes; publisher AI content and disclosure policy changes; Freelance Isn't Free and late payment enforcement actions; and union and guild rate agreements. Prefer outlet submission pages, editor announcements, funder pages, union statements, court and agency documents and established media reporting; ignore content-mill listings and unverified rate claims. Put the outlet or program first in the title with the rate or amount and the deadline. Use high severity for a call closing within 7 days at an outlet paying $1 a word or more, a grant of $10,000 or more, or a closure or budget cut at a major outlet. Return no more than 8 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what is open or changed, the rate, how to pitch or apply, the deadline, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.