Pitches Wanted (SoCal Experiences, Wellness, Relationships, Outdoors, etc.) | 50+ cents per word

Brittany Levine Beckman, Features Editor at LA Times, is looking for pitches: I am scouting freelancers. Freelancers who want to connect, email me at brittany.beckman@latimes.com. Pitch guide below. This is a good example of what I'm looking for with cannabis pitches. Kate Mishkin did a fantastic job: https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2022-12-05/working-out-while-high-with-stoned-and-toned-in-los-angeles PITCH GUIDE: Want to pitch freelance features to the LA Times? Here's a guide (pitch to brittany.beckman@latimes.com)

STORIES SHOULD:
- Be about what to do, where to go, who to know and how to best experience SoCal with an emphasis on LA
- Help Angelenos discover something intriguing

TOPIC AREAS:
- Wellness
- Relationships
- Outdoors
- Cannabis
- Plants
- Alternative living
- Experiences

FORMAT PITCHES IN BULLET POINTS LIKE THIS:
- Headline / angle
- Explain why LAT readers would care
- A few lines about what your story would get into
- Proposed word count
- Photo opportunities
- Has this been written about before? If so, how are you proposing to push story forward?

WHAT'S THE PAY?
- About 50 cents per word
- Goes up based on travel / driving, extensive reporting, photo coordination, etc.

- Submissions: brittany.beckman@latimes.com
- Website: https://www.latimes.com/