Pitches (London News, Features, Culture)

We’re looking for paid freelance writers to pitch their stories to the Spy! We want to be a home for the kind of quality local journalism in London that’s getting harder to come by — stuff with an eye on detail, or that reveals something Londoners really should know but don’t, or gives us a voice that’s going unheard. It’s a rough time for many great freelance journalists at the moment — just in the past year we’ve seen outlets like Vice UK, Buzzfeed News and gal-dem all shut shop. In our own small way, we want to be somewhere anyone with a quality story about London can now turn to.

We’re really open to anything — news, features, culture, or just plain weird stuff. Anything that’s important to the people who actually live and work in our great but at times difficult city. Things are in flux, but right now we’re planning to pay roughly £200 per commission, depending on the length of the copy and amount of sleuthing involved. If that tickles your fancy, send us your pitches to londonspy@substack.com.