Write for MLAL Climate Blog

What We Publish

We focus on the intersection of climate science, environmental policy, and sustainable solutions. Our readers are engineers, designers, product managers, and technical leaders who want depth, not hot takes.

Core Topics

• Engineering: Distributed systems, infrastructure, performance, reliability, architecture patterns
• AI & ML: Practical applications, model deployment, ethics, generative AI, MLOps
• Design: Design systems, UX engineering, product design, design tokens, collaboration
• Society: Tech labor, remote work, digital inequality, platform governance, ethics
• Privacy & Security: Data protection, encryption, surveillance, compliance, threat modeling
• Product: Product sense for engineers, strategy, prioritization, user research
• Open Source: Sustainability, governance, community, funding models
• Startups: Technical founding, scaling teams, architecture decisions, culture

What Makes a Great Pitch

• Specific: Not "AI in healthcare" but "How we deployed a medical NLP model at hospital scale"
• Experience-based: You built it, debugged it, or led the team that did
• Actionable: Readers should learn something they can apply
• Honest: Failures and tradeoffs are more valuable than success theater
• Human: Technical depth with empathy for the people affected

Article Types

What We Don't Publish

• Press releases, product announcements, or marketing content
• SEO-driven listicles ("10 best X tools")
• AI-generated content (we can tell)
• Content behind paywalls or requiring signup to read
• Unverified claims or pseudoscience
• Plagiarized or previously published work (unless you own full rights)

Pitch Process

1. Email us at editorial@thejournal.dev with:
• Proposed title and 2-3 sentence summary
• Why this matters now
• Your angle/experience with the topic
• Estimated word count
• Links to 2-3 relevant writing samples (published or not)
2. We respond within 5 business days. If interested, we'll discuss outline, timeline, and compensation.
3. Draft — We'll work with you on structure and edits. We pay on publication.
4. Publish — You get a byline, bio, and author page. We handle editing, images, SEO, distribution.

Compensation

We pay competitive rates for original reporting and deep technical work. Rates vary by article type, complexity, and research required. We'll discuss specifics when a pitch is accepted.

Editorial Standards

• Fact-checking: You're responsible for accuracy; we verify key claims
• Code quality: Examples must run. We test them.
• Attribution: Cite sources. Link generously.
• Disclosure: Declare any conflicts of interest (employer, investments, relationships)
• Inclusive language: We follow MDN's inclusive language guidelines

Rights

• You retain copyright to your work
• We get first publication rights and a non-exclusive license to syndicate
• You can republish on your own blog after 30 days with a canonical link
• We may translate or adapt for newsletters/social with your approval

Ready to Pitch?

Send your pitch to editorial@thejournal.dev. Include "Pitch:" in the subject line.

We read every pitch. Even if it's not a fit, we'll let you know why.