Policy Bylines
Submission Guides
Practical guides on pitching, writing, and placing policy commentary.
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| Entry | Summary | Published | Link |
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| Journals That Charge You: APCs and Academic Publishing Costs Explained | Journals That Charge You: APCs and Academic Publishing Costs Explained Key Takeaways An article processing charge APC is… | 2026-09-23 | Guide |
| Foreign Affairs Pay Rates: What Public Fee Disclosures Actually Show | Foreign Affairs Pay Rates: What Public Fee Disclosures Actually Show Key takeaways Two Foreign Affairs article payments … | 2026-09-23 | Guide |
| Why Most Think Tanks Publish No Rate Card, and How to Ask About Pay | Why Most Think Tanks Publish No Rate Card, and How to Ask About Pay Key Takeaways No major US or UK think tank publishes… | 2026-09-23 | Guide |
| Unpaid but Worth It? When to Write for a Think Tank Without a Fee | Unpaid but Worth It? When to Write for a Think Tank Without a Fee Key takeaways Most think tanks do not publish contribu… | 2026-09-23 | Guide |
| Paid Think Tank Fellowships: Stipends, Budgets, and Writing Duties | Paid Think Tank Fellowships: Stipends, Budgets, and Writing Duties Key Takeaways Brookings, Carnegie, RAND, AEI, Heritag… | 2026-09-23 | Guide |
| How Think Tank Authors Actually Get Paid: Salary, Projects, Honoraria | How Think Tank Authors Actually Get Paid: Salary, Projects, Honoraria Key takeaways Most writing published by Brookings,… | 2026-09-23 | Guide |
| Pitch vs. Full Draft: What Think Tank Editors Prefer | When a 150-word pitch beats a finished manuscript — and when sending the full draft first saves everyone a week. | 2026-09-14 | Guide |
| Op-Ed vs. Policy Brief: Where Does Your Piece Belong? | The same argument can be an 800-word op-ed or a 4,000-word report. Choosing the wrong format is one of the most common r… | 2026-09-13 | Guide |
| How to Write a Policy Brief Editors Actually Read | Most policy briefs fail in the first two paragraphs. Five structural decisions — from the two-sentence opening to the fo… | 2026-09-12 | Guide |
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