{"id":100659,"date":"2026-01-14T23:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/100659\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T23:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:42:09","slug":"pitching-to-good-housekeeping-big-think-and-new-york-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/100659\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitching to Good Housekeeping, Big Think and New York Post\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before meeting the New York Post\u2019s wellness editor at a media dinner in June 2025, it hadn\u2019t crossed my mind to pitch to the publication with a right-leaning audience and a tabloid-y reputation. But the editor encouraged me to so I sent along a few light-hearted ideas, like how Jazzercise is in fact beloved by Gen Z<\/a>. She accepted, and I\u2019ve since published seven (largely delightful<\/a>) stories with the section, several of which became my favorites of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Likewise, I never considered pitching Freethink<\/a> \u2014 an outlet that focuses on innovations in technology, business and society \u2014 as a freelancer since, frankly, I\u2019d never heard of it. But when an editor reached out to assign me a story about longevity hacks<\/a>, I gave it a go and found the experience straightforward and satisfying.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is all to say: Successful pitching isn\u2019t just about the idea or the packaging; it\u2019s about knowing where to go. And the right place might not even be on your radar. Enter AHCJ\u2019s Freelance Market Guide<\/a>, which not only introduces writers to publications that take health pitches from freelancers, but also includes targeted advice from editors about what they\u2019re looking for and what mistakes to avoid.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Over the past few months, I\u2019ve added three new guides to the resource: the New York Post<\/a>, Big Think<\/a> (the parent company of Freethink) and Good Housekeeping<\/a>. Here are summaries of each:\u00a0<\/p>\n

New York Post<\/p>\n

The Post\u2019s wellness section generally publishes a few features by freelancers each week, and thrives on conversation-stirring stories. Its rates are undisclosed, though I\u2019ve generally received about $400 per post.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI love getting pitches for new and interesting trends in the health and wellness space where the writer can do a deep dive,\u201d the Post\u2019s wellness editor Carly Stern told me. Some recent examples include stories on an all-fours fitness trend<\/a>, longevity biohackers trying to cleanse their blood<\/a> and the dangers of the supplement kratom<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pitches about people doing fun and unusual things are a good bet too: Think people running a Taco Bell ultramarathon<\/a>, participating in an 60-and-older dance troupe<\/a> or learning street fighting in a fitness class<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Big Think<\/p>\n

The site, which says it attracts inquisitive, highly educated and financially successful readers, pays freelancers $500 to $2,000 per piece depending on length and scope.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Per its pitch form<\/a>, Big Think editors are \u201calways looking for original feature pitches about transformative trends, scientific breakthroughs and emerging ideas that challenge conventional wisdom, including interviews with high-profile scientists, entrepreneurs, authors and thinkers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Managing editor Kristin Houser added that they\u2019re not looking for angles that are already well-covered online. \u201cWe want to bring something new\u201d to the conversation, she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Good Housekeeping<\/p>\n

Health pitches for the print magazine, which pays up to $2 a word, tend to be most successful if they\u2019re not so much about medicine or illness but more about staying healthy on a day-to-day basis. Pitches should also match Good Housekeeping\u2019s tone, which deputy editor Marisa Cohen described as \u201clike talking to your good friends who you trust for health advice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Freelancers can also try to break in on the digital site, which tends to pay a few hundred dollars per piece. There, timely health trends or issues that need debunking can work as SEO-driven explainers for the site. \u201cIf someone has a great idea,\u201d Cohen said, \u201cI\u2019m happy to give them a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before meeting the New York Post\u2019s wellness editor at a media dinner in June 2025, it hadn\u2019t crossed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[46132,46133,46134,9,11,10,4330,16304],"class_list":["post-100659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-big-think","tag-freelance-market-guides","tag-good-housekeeping","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-post","tag-pitching"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}