Pitch Writer

I'm a Slate editor, and I'm looking for pitches for health and science features from journalists and writers! (Not pitches from PR folks).

A good Slate feature changes how the readers understand the world, makes them feel something, and is impossible to put down.

Here's a stand-out example of a reported Slate feature—if you're a fun + skeptical science journalist who has a weird, big idea you're dying to report out, maybe Slate is the perfect home for that piece: https://slate.com/technology/2023/10/golden-retriever-lifespan-dying-younger-dog-health.html

And here's a standp-out feature-length personal essay—if you've had a once-in-a-lifetime (or maybe, once in many lifetimes!) experience you want to write about, I'm an editor who will handle it with great care (and make sure it's packaged beautifully!): https://slate.com/technology/2023/11/childbirth-death-united-states-advanced-maternal-age.html

Pitch me!: [click apply]