Friday, May 2nd 2025
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 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 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 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 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 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.