Pitch a story

We commission from people who already know the subject from the inside.

What to send

  • One paragraph on the subject and why it is worth a week.
  • What the record would be: a document, a place, an object, a set of names.
  • What you already have access to, and what you would still need.
  • Two links to published work, if you have them.

What we look for

  • A specific, locatable subject rather than a general topic.
  • Sources that can be named, or a clear account of why they cannot.
  • Something that leaves a record behind, not only a read.

What we do not run

  • Anything that turns grief, disaster or communal violence into play.
  • Province-versus-province ranking, or culture as a citizenship test.
  • Work that depends on images we cannot clear.

Send it to pitches@thespotlight.pk. We read everything and reply to what we can take forward.