Send us your story pitches
The Investigative Reporting Workshop is accepting pitches for stories that draw from our data. We’re seeking story ideas that rely on public accountability data and use The Accountability Project to help investigate a particular topic.
You can submit your story ideas here. IRW staff will review all submissions and select at least three ideas that will receive the following:
- A stipend to pursue the story. IRW will provide financial stipends for each pitch that is selected. The total stipend may vary, based on the amount of reporting and research required.
- Editorial support for your story. IRW editors will edit selected story proposals and offer coaching during the reporting process.
- Publishing and promotion through IRW. Selected stories will be published on investigativereportingworkshop.org. If you already work for a news organization, we are happy to co-publish.
Criteria for story pitches:
- Our core requirement is that you use The Accountability Project in some way to inform your reporting. Pitches will be weighed based on how you plan to use our site.
- We’re accepting a wide range of pitches and are agnostic about the topic. Ideally, your story would have an accountability angle and seek to uncover an abuse of power, conflict of interest or injustice.
- We prefer stories with a text component, but welcome multimedia story pitches as well.