An opportunity to pitch your Climate Story and receive 150 Euros. Climate Tracker is an international publication with a very wide audience. Because of this, all stories must be filed in English and should aim to use simple language to explain the complexities of the climate crisis.

A good pitch should also aim to be concise and include a provisional title, which helps both the freelancers and editors to grasp the focus of the story.

Candidates can send thier Climate Story pitch to the email address [email protected], and the Editor-in-Chief, Sebastián Rodríguez, will review it and get back to you in the next 1 to 5 days. Read the full pitching guide here for suggestions on topics we might be interested in. Here are some general considerations:

What do we ask? 

• Reporting and writing an original climate change story in English for publication on our website
• Adapting the story for our Climate Weekly newsletter
• Original photos with captions

Areas

Climate Tracker is interested in new stories from your own agenda. The program is not looking for breaking news or press releases. They are also not looking for opinion pieces. Instead, we want to tell original stories that are going unnoticed.

• Feature story: Yours is a story from the first line of the climate crisis. Climate Tracker wants to tell the story of the people impacted and the complex reasons behind those climate impacts. They also want to fiscalize people in power and their climate policy decisions. For these types of stories, you should aim for a feature.
• Explainer: Climate change is a complex issue. Climate Tracker wants to take a complex issue, analyze it and explain the different ways in which it impacts people. This might cover a specific climate policy, a controversy within the scientific community or a new law, for example.
• Profile: Some people make a very big difference in the fight against climate change. Climate Tracker wants to hear their story. Think about an environmental defender, a climate policy leader or a scientist working on an important breakthrough.

Payment

Climate Tracker pays 150 EUR for each freelance story . This takes into account original photos and adapting the story for the Climate Weekly newsletter.

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