Pitching Fullimedia
Fullimedia publishes original reporting, analysis, and criticism across five beats: technology, business, entertainment, wellness, and culture. We work with freelance contributors and we take pitches seriously. This page explains what we are looking for, what we will not accept, and how the process works.
Before you pitch, read this page in full. A pitch that ignores these guidelines will not be considered, and we do not have the capacity to reply individually to every unsuitable submission.
Beats and Section Editors
Each beat has a named section editor who makes commissioning decisions. Direct your pitch to the relevant section:
- Technology — section editor Mara Restrepo, based in Medellín. She covers artificial intelligence infrastructure, platform policy, consumer technology, and the business and regulatory environment around tech companies. Strong interest in Latin American and European tech policy angles that get less coverage in US-centric outlets.
- Business — section editor Sebastian Ross, based in London. His focus spans macroeconomic trends, corporate accountability, fintech, and trade. He commissions deeply reported pieces with verifiable financial claims, not market commentary dressed as analysis.
- Entertainment — section editor Laura Quinn, based in Los Angeles. Covers film, television, music, and the industry structures behind them. She is interested in criticism with an argument and in industry reporting that goes beyond press-release recaps. Strong interest in international entertainment industries underreported in English-language media.
- Wellness — section editor Dr. Andrea Velez, based in Madrid. A physician-journalist by background, she edits health and wellness coverage held to a clinical evidence standard. She does not commission wellness content that amplifies unverified health claims, supplements marketing, or dietary trends without peer-reviewed grounding.
- Culture — section editor Miguel Ortiz, based in Mexico City. He edits coverage of visual art, architecture, literature, food culture, and cultural criticism. He values specific arguments about specific works over trend pieces, and is particularly interested in Latin American and Iberian cultural output that deserves more English-language coverage.
What Makes a Good Pitch
A good Fullimedia pitch answers three questions in a paragraph or two: What is the specific story? Why does it matter to a reader who does not already follow this beat obsessively? Why are you the person to report it?
Specific means specific. “A piece about AI regulation” is not a pitch. “A reported piece on why Colombia’s draft AI liability bill has stalled in committee for seven months, based on interviews with three legislators and the two industry lobbyists opposing it” is a pitch. We want to see that you have already done enough reporting to know there is a story, or that you have a clear, credible path to the reporting the story requires.
The four editorial rules apply to every contributor we publish. Your pitch should make clear how you will source the piece. Fullimedia does not publish claims that cannot be traced to a named source, a primary document, or verifiable data. If your draft relies on anonymous sources, you need a compelling editorial justification and you need to discuss it with the section editor before writing.
Every piece published under your byline requires a real name and a brief author biography with publicly verifiable credentials. It also requires a conflicts-of-interest disclosure: if you have a financial relationship, personal relationship, or any other connection to the subject of the piece, disclose it in your pitch. We will decide together whether it disqualifies you or can be disclosed transparently in the piece. Concealing a conflict of interest is grounds for non-publication and for not working with us again.
What We Do Not Accept
Some submissions are rejected immediately, regardless of writing quality, because they fall outside what Fullimedia publishes:
- Paid placement and sponsored content. We do not publish pieces written to promote a product, service, company, or individual in exchange for payment, gifting, or any other consideration. This includes “thought leadership” written by or on behalf of a company’s communications team.
- Link insertion and SEO submissions. We do not accept pitches whose primary purpose is to place a hyperlink to a third-party website. If we receive a pitch and later discover it was motivated by a link-building arrangement, the piece will be removed and the relationship ended.
- AI-generated or AI-fabricated copy. We do not publish text generated by a large language model submitted as original reporting or analysis. AI tools may assist with research organisation or transcription; they may not produce the prose we publish.
- Syndicated content and republication. We commission original work. We do not republish pieces that have appeared elsewhere, in full or in near-identical form.
- Unverified health claims and supplement promotion. The wellness section operates to a clinical evidence standard. Dr. Velez will not commission content that amplifies health claims without peer-reviewed support.
Rates and Rights
Fullimedia pays contributors. We do not believe in asking journalists to work for free in exchange for exposure. Rates are discussed during the commissioning process and vary by piece length, complexity, and reporting requirements. We will never ask you to pay to be published.
We commission first English-language digital rights. You retain copyright. We ask for a 90-day exclusive window before you republish or syndicate the same piece elsewhere. We will discuss variations on this arrangement for specific pieces where it makes sense.
We edit for clarity, sourcing, and house style. We do not rewrite without consultation. If edits are substantive, you will see them and have an opportunity to discuss before publication. If you disagree with a required edit on factual or ethical grounds, that conversation happens with the section editor before the piece goes to production.
How to Pitch
Email [email protected] with the subject line “Pitch: [Beat] — [Working headline]”. Include: the pitch itself (two to four paragraphs as described above); links to three to five recent pieces of bylined work; a one-sentence description of any relevant conflict of interest or a statement that none exists; and your preferred contact and rough timeline for delivering a first draft if commissioned.
We aim to respond to pitches within five business days. A non-response after ten days means the pitch was not the right fit for the current editorial calendar. We do not provide detailed rejection feedback on unsolicited pitches, but we do try to respond clearly when we pass.
For staff and contract roles rather than freelance contributions, see /careers/. For our full editorial standards, see /editorial-guidelines/ and /ethics-policy/. To meet the masthead, see /team/.