Updates & Calls

Friday, May 2nd 2025

Block Club Chicago is Seeking Pride Month Stories

Block Club Chicago is a reader-supported nonprofit news organization delivering reliable coverage of Chicago’s neighborhoods. They’re seeking Pride Month stories based in Chicago. Think:

“- Feature on a Chicago LGBTQ+-owned business.

- Looking back on a piece of lesser-known local LGBTQ history.

- Highlighting how locals are fighting for LGBTQ+ rights & protections

etc.”

Rates start at $150 per story. If interested, email kelly@blockclubchi.org. To learn more, refer to their senior editor’s post. To contact them, refer to this page.

Tuesday, May 14th 2024

Block Club Chicago is Seeking Pride Month Stories

Block Club Chicago is a reader-supported nonprofit news organization delivering reliable coverage of Chicago’s neighborhoods. They’re seeking Pride Month-related stories based in Chicago. Think:

- “Feature on Chicago LGBTQ+-owned business”

- “Looking back on a piece of lesser-known local LGBTQ+ history”

- “Highlighting an advocate/group that uplifts LGBTQ+ Chicagoans”

 

Rates begin at $150 per story. To read their post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.

Saturday, June 24th 2023

Block Club Chicago's Arts & Culture Editor is Looking for Pitches

Block Club Chicago is a reader-supported nonprofit news organization delivering reliable coverage of Chicago’s neighborhoods. Their new arts & culture editor is seeking pitches. They need reliable and plugged-in freelance writers for “coverage on music, performance, exhibits, lit, etc. — from every neighborhood.” They haven’t mentioned the rates in the tweet, but according to their senior editor, rates start at $150 per story. Send your pitches to pitches@blockclubchi.org or gwen@blockclubchi.org. To learn more, refer to their tweet. To contact them, refer to this page.

Tuesday, April 25th 2023

Block Club Chicago is Seeking an Arts & Culture Editor

Block Club Chicago is a reader-supported nonprofit news organization delivering reliable coverage of Chicago’s neighborhoods. They’re seeking an Arts & Culture Editor to help lead their expansion into neighborhood-focused arts reporting. The prospective applicant should have 5+ years’ reporting and/or editing experience. The job will be based in Chicago (hybrid). Salary will start at $75,000.  For more information, refer to their tweet and this page.

Deadline: May 1st, 2023

Sunday, April 16th 2023

Block Club Chicago is Seeking Pride Month Stories

Block Club Chicago is a reader-supported nonprofit news organization delivering reliable coverage of Chicago’s neighborhoods. They’re seeking Pride Month stories based in Chicago. Think:

“- Feature on Chicago LGBTQ-owned business.

- Looking back on a piece of lesser-known local LGBTQ history.

- Highlighting an advocate/group/nonprofit that uplifts LGBTQ Chicagoans. etc.”

 

Please note that they do not run first-person work. Starting rate is $150 per story. If interested, send your pitches to their senior editor via DM on Twitter or email (kelly@blockclubchi.org). To read their senior editor’s Twitter thread, click here. To visit their ‘contact us’ page, click here.

Tuesday, June 21st 2022

Block Club Chicago is Accepting Chicago-Centric Hot Dog Stories

Block Club Chicago is a reader-supported nonprofit news organization delivering reliable and essential coverage of Chicago’s neighborhoods. They are accepting Chicago-centric hot dog story pitches for Hot Dog Month in July. They are only looking for reported pieces (no first-person work). Their stories generally start at $150. If interested, DM their breaking news editor on Twitter or email kelly@blockclubchi.org. Read their editor’s Twitter thread here and their previous hot dog stories here.