If you are always finding out about the new places in town and going out to fun events we want to hear from you. Become an author here at The LV SCENE.

Interested in writing for LV Scene? Great ! This is a guide for both bloggers and writers. You can also download the full writer’s guidelines.

Thelvscene.com,  covers the Lehigh Valley ( Allentwon, Bethlehem, Easton) and surrounding areas. We are a new hyper-local news site and community portal with a progressive grassroots media outlet that offers a platform for community dialogue while framing and contextualizing important but often overlooked stories in the Lehigh Valley.

Our site is broken down into 5 main topic areas: People, Development, Food, Identity and Arts & Places. Stories should fit one of these categories and pitches should clearly detail which topic your piece will fall under.

We’re looking for freelancers to round out our content.

Bloggers:

If you are a blogger who lives or works in the Lehigh Valley and/or writes about Lehigh Valley topics and would like to blog for us, or have us cross-post your current blog, we’d love to talk to you.

We’re a new site but we’ve already received loads of attention and a blogging arrangement could definitely help promote you and your writing. We also have ad trades available.

PLEASE NOTE: We do not offer payment for blog posts

Journalists, reporters, and multimedia producers:

The LV Scene runs beat reporting, investigative reports, features and story packages on issues important to The the Lehigh Valley and items that catch our interest. We run original writing, photography, web video and multimedia.

Pitches should provide an overview of your story, your story angle, a couple of ideas for interviews, a time line for completion and a couple of samples of previous work.

Payment

Yes we do pay! In most cases the LV Scenel pays for original stories; our fees, while small, are sadly, competitive with the rest of the industry. We are a brand new news and community nonprofit, right now our rates reflect that, but we do go for great ideas.

But don’t let funds stand in the way of pitching us (unless you’re looking for big, big bucks). We are partnering with other orgs to raise money for larger, more involved stories. So if you’ve got a great idea let’s talk about it.

Send pitch ideas at the bottom contact form.

Dowload the full editorial guidelines

Please take a look around the site to familiarize yourself with our content before pitching. It’s also a good idea to check out the work on some of our content partner sites to get a feel for the kinds of stories we’re looking for.

Thanks, and we’re looking forward to hearing from you!

The LV Scene Team

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