The Medical Post
Address:777 Bay Street, 5th Floor
Toronto, ON M5W 1A7
CANADA
Contact: Joe McAllister, News Editor; Colin Leslie, Features/Opinions Editor.
Email Address:
Website: http://www.medicalpost.com
Phone: (416)596-5000
Fax: (416)593-3177
Description of Publication:
40% freelance. A national, weekly tabloid newspaper serving Canadian physicians, featuring a mix of clinical and political news, opinions and feature articles written for and by doctors. (The Medical Post is a trade publication, and is not sold on newsstands.) Welcomes new writers. Circ. 40K. Weekly. Pays on publication. Publishes news ms 2 weeks after acceptance. Buys 1st rights and extensive web rights. No reprints. Responds 2-3 days. Sample by mail or visit a major Canadian reference library. Subscription $136.60 (CDN) anywhere outside of Canada. Guidelines by mail or by email request.
Current Needs: News, features (our publication of fairly big, with a weekly frequency, so we use a lot of copy.) Submit queries/pitches, but not complete ms.
welcomes new writers
Pay: Pays $0.40/word (CDN) for 400-800 words.
Hints: It is very common for freelancers to write health news with a focus on the patient/consumer. This is not applicable to our audience. Stories must be written for doctors.
Photos/Art: Headshots of in-person interview subjects, and any illustrative material a doctor is able to provide. We accept print photos, and all forms of electronic art (JPEG, TIFF, etc.) Pays $30 (CDN).
