Open City: Journalism on Asian Immigrant and Muslim Communities

Asian American Arts Alliance; New York (NY); Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The Asian American Writers' Workshop invites pitches for its Open City journalism section, focusing on stories within Asian immigrant and Muslim communities. Contributors can explore themes of social and racial justice through varied storytelling formats. Writers will be compensated according to AAWW's rate sheet.

Job description

Open City: Journalism on Asian Immigrant and Muslim Communities

Asian American Writers' Workshop

Deadline

Rolling

Posted

Mar 18, 2025

The Margins seeks pitches and submissions to Open City, its journalism section devoted to chronicling the pulse of Asian America. Through articles, features, interviews, and profiles, Open City covers Asian immigrant and Muslim communities with an emphasis on social, racial, and gender justice issues. Since its inception in 2010, Open City has told the lived stories of Asian communities in the boroughs of New York City. Starting in 2025, they are expanding our coverages to cities and towns all over the United States.

They welcome shoeleather reporting, hybrid essays, personality and place profiles, features, narrative storytelling, and … you get the drift.

AAWW pays all writers and translators. Please refer to their rate sheet for more details.

Application Instructions

Send pitches of no more than 500 words to Noel Pangilinan, senior editor, at [e-mail] . Write “Pitch” or “Submission” in the email subject line. If you can, add a headline to the subject line.

All pitches should include a:

• Short summary of your proposed story
• Rationale for why this story is important and relevant to Asian American and Muslim American communities