Award-winning nonprofit news site chronicling the Long COVID crisis.

The Sick Times is a journalist-founded website chronicling the Long COVID crisis.

We report on the common, life-changing disease following SARS-CoV-2 infection that affects over 400 million people worldwide and can be fatal. Our coverage spans related infection-associated chronic conditions such as myalgic encephalomyelitis, dysautonomia, mast cell activation syndrome, and more. Unlike many outlets, we continue to report on the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. No denial, minimizing, or gaslighting here.

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These stories usually explore a personal narrative and/or present an argument, rather than share news. They typically do not involve reporting or gathering new information.<div><br></div><div>In pitches for these pieces, we’d like to see:</div><div><ul><li>A description of your proposed central argument or message.</li><li>How you would support the argument. This may include a potential outline, summaries of scenes you would write, or aspects of your personal experience or research you would cite.</li><li>Why you are the right person to write this story, including relevant clips (e.g. past examples of your writing) if you have them.</li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>Please note: we do not publish broad personal narratives (e.g. “my life with Long COVID”), as these narratives are common across other media outlets. Rather, we look for our commentary articles to offer novel perspectives or arguments to the Long COVID and related disease community. We recommend pitching such personal narratives to local news outlets or other publications where they may help educate people who are unaware of Long COVID.</div>

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These stories usually share newsworthy information and involve interviews and/or other methods of gathering this information, such as researching scientific papers, analyzing data, or investigative reporting.<div><br></div><div>In pitches for these pieces, we’d like to see:</div><div><ul><li>A summary of the story you propose (what’s happening, who is involved, when and where, etc.).</li><li>Why the story is relevant to our audience of people with Long COVID, related diseases, and their allies.</li><li>Why you are the right person to report this story, including relevant clips (e.g. past examples of your writing).</li><li>Reporting steps you plan to take, such as experts you might interview. Our stories always include experts with lived experience with chronic illness and disability as well as those with scientific or medical experience.</li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>Please note: we do not publish single-study stories (e.g. stories that focus on only one new paper), as we have limited capacity and cannot cover every interesting study. We share new papers in our Research Updates instead.</div>

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