Publication: Grist
Topic(s): Transportation, Climate Change, Sustainability, Clean Energy, Electric Vehicles, Public Transit, Rural Transportation, Environmental Policy, Infrastructure
Rate: $0.80+ per word (USD)
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Grist is seeking pitches from freelance journalists, environmental writers, climate reporters, and investigative journalists for an upcoming special package exploring the future of transportation in the United States.

The publication is looking for solutions-focused reporting that examines how communities are reducing dependence on fossil-fuel-powered transportation and creating cleaner, more sustainable mobility systems.

Writers are encouraged to submit place-based stories that highlight real-world progress, barriers to change, innovative transportation solutions, and lessons that can be replicated elsewhere. Grist welcomes a variety of formats, including reported features, multimedia projects, long-form journalism, and reported essays.

Particular areas of interest include:

• Electric vehicles and charging infrastructure
• Public transportation innovations
• Sustainable mobility solutions
• Climate change and transportation policy
• Rural transportation challenges
• Suburban transportation reform
• Clean energy transportation systems
• Community-led transportation projects
• Infrastructure development
• Transportation emissions reduction

Grist is especially interested in stories from rural and suburban communities, not just major cities. Writers with unique perspectives, strong reporting access, and compelling transportation stories are encouraged to pitch.

This opportunity is ideal for environmental journalists, climate writers, transportation reporters, policy journalists, sustainability writers, and freelance journalists covering infrastructure and public policy.