Eater is for individuals who care about the place they eat. By way of our in depth reporting on eating places and bars, we imagine meals is tradition, identification, and neighborhood — and the place you eat issues. Our protection is approachable and enjoyable, but additionally discerning and skeptical. We lead with humor, style, and integrity. Our experience is our greatest power, however we stay curious and linked to the tradition we cowl. Eater doesn’t simply inform you what to care about — we inform you why.
We’re actively searching for pitches from journalists, writers, lecturers, and different contributors of all backgrounds, particularly these whose voices are sometimes underrepresented in media. The hospitality and meals industries are among the many most dynamic and highly effective lenses for storytelling, and we notably take pleasure in listening to from writers whose pursuits, experiences, and areas of experience originate exterior of the meals world.
All accepted tales undergo a collaborative editorial course of, and all are paid at aggressive charges.
Throughout the board, we’re searching for pitches that give a transparent, concise abstract of the topic, angle, or thesis of the proposed piece, and your anticipated story construction.
We’re searching for pitches that include solutions, not questions. (Or, if you happen to don’t have solutions, an evidence of why you don’t, past that you just haven’t began the reporting but.) Your pitch also needs to serve for instance of your writing type and tone. Please familiarize your self with our archives to get a way of the type of tales we publish.
We’re NOT searching for: cooking/meals present recaps, stunt items, defenses of particular weight-reduction plan and wellness practices, linear travelogues, eating critiques, private essays, or dwelling cooking content material.
All submissions ought to embody a brief rationalization of who you might be and why you’re certified to cowl this story, together with hyperlinks to beforehand printed items and/or your on-line portfolio. We admire all pitches and purpose to reply to every one as quickly as potential. Word that we do typically obtain pitches which might be related to one another or to our present assignments. If we’re considering your pitch, we’ll talk about charges, deadlines, scope, kill charge (if relevant), and different expectations up entrance. We’ll additionally talk about potential bills, journey, or dangers, and supply press credentials when mandatory. All accepted tales are paid at aggressive charges based mostly on the scope and sort of labor. We don’t settle for pitches or work created with generative AI; extra details about our AI coverage could be discovered within the Eater ethics assertion.
Tendencies and Stories: Eater assigns unique, reported tales, that are often assigned with a lead time of some days to a number of weeks. Editors are notably considering traits as they pertain to eating places and bars. These could possibly be traits in menu, design, service format, and past, however ideally that pitch ought to establish a minimum of three stable examples and provide a case for why or what it says about the way in which we dine proper now. Past that, reviews might embody all the pieces from food world curiosities to the place meals intersects with tradition at massive. We’re notably considering tales that middle staff and underrepresented communities. Pitches shouldn’t solely establish an fascinating matter, however provide some case-making round its place in historical past or tradition and a thesis or forward-thinking assertion. Ship pitches to editor@eater.com.
Journey: Eater Journey focuses on fascinating methods wherein meals and tradition intersect to supply perception and perspective on locations, each domestically within the U.S. and around the globe. The best story feels related and fascinating to a broad viewers of readers who haven’t any private plans to go to that vacation spot. We’re most considering items and views from locals and natives, or individuals with a deep connection to the tradition being coated; we’re usually not considering parachute journalism, and particularly not tales reported throughout one’s trip. Basically, journey pitches ought to conform to the above story pointers for traits and reviews. Ship pitches to journey@eater.com.
Video: Eater accepts pitches for video content material from freelance filmmakers and video producers with expertise in storytelling and dealing in a collaborative surroundings. Ideally suited pitches include robust storylines and deep perception backed by an authoritative meals voice. We’re extra more likely to inexperienced mild one-off/function content material that aligns with our present collection programming, versus pitches for hosted/new series-based content material. All movies ought to work throughout a number of platforms together with YouTube, Fb, Instagram, and TikTok. To submit: Please ship your video pitch together with hyperlinks to earlier work to manufacturing@eater.com.
Visuals: Eater works with freelance photographers, illustrators, and designers for a lot of our written work, together with journey packages, reported packages, explainers, and options. We’re all the time attempting to increase our roster of photographers and visible artists and are open to receiving portfolios for consideration for future tasks. To submit: Please ship hyperlinks to your work to visuals@eater.com.
Regional Eating Workforce: Thinking about writing an article or map for a particular Eater metropolis? Right here is the place to ship pitches for every of Eater’s metropolis websites — we advocate clicking into every metropolis pitch information for specifics on what that native web site is searching for.
If we fee a narrative, you’ll obtain an settlement with key phrases clearly outlined, usually despatched by our freelance administration platform referred to as Worksuite. By way of the enhancing course of, we imagine clear, considerate communication is each our accountability and yours. Freelancers are anticipated to observe each Eater’s assertion of ethics and our Vox Media Values, which incorporates collaborating effectively and giving and receiving suggestions respectfully. We additionally observe these requirements: In case you expertise an issue working with us, we encourage you to debate it together with your editor or our authorized staff. We additionally provide a hotline for reporting issues about conduct anonymously.
We offer edited drafts earlier than publication, and decide to appropriately credit score all contributors. After publication, we pay in a well timed method in accordance together with your settlement (usually inside 30 days through the Worksuite platform), together with reimbursement for any agreed-upon bills.
By submitting a pitch to Vox Media, you acknowledge that your pitch could also be related or similar to content material submitted by others, or to supplies developed by or on behalf of Vox Media and that it shall have the proper to make use of such different content material or supplies with none obligation to you. Neither the submission of your pitch nor Vox Media’s evaluation of it constitutes or creates an implied contract or different monetary or confidential relationship between you and Vox Media. You shall haven’t any proper to compensation or reimbursement of any type by Vox Media in reference to the submission of your pitch. If and when Vox Media elects to proceed and assign work to you based mostly in your pitch, the phrases of any such project shall be topic to a separate settlement between you and Vox Media. Vox Media has no obligation to evaluation, preserve, or return any supplies you submit.
