Contributor Guidelines

We publish work from people who know something first-hand: researchers, engineers, policy practitioners, ethicists and founders. This page explains how to pitch and what we expect once we say yes.

What we are looking for

An argument or a finding, not a topic. "AI in African healthcare" is a subject area; "diagnostic tools trained on Western datasets are misreading African patients, and here is the evidence" is a pitch. Tell us what you know that we could not get from a search.

We are particularly interested in work grounded in the Global South, in reporting that draws on primary sources, and in pieces willing to reach an unpopular conclusion and defend it.

What we do not publish

Company announcements dressed as analysis. Pieces promoting a product the author sells. Predictions with no falsifiable content. Anything machine-generated — see our editorial standards; we check, and submitting AI-written work ends the relationship.

How to pitch

Use the contact form and mark the message as an editorial pitch. Include: the argument in two or three sentences, why you are the person to make it, what evidence you have, and roughly how long the piece would run. Links to previous work help but are not required.

We read everything and cannot reply to everything. If you have not heard back in two weeks, the answer is no and you should feel free to place the piece elsewhere.

If we commission you

You will get a word count, a deadline and an editor. Every factual claim needs a source we can check. You will be asked to disclose any financial or professional relationship with organisations named in the piece, and that disclosure runs with the article. We edit for clarity and length; substantive changes come back to you before publication.

Rights

You keep copyright in your work. We take the right to publish it here, to include it in the newsletter, and to keep it in the archive. You are free to republish elsewhere after two weeks with a link back.