OPM Wire is looking for paid freelancers to contribute their research and/or storytelling skills to its illustrious, award-deserving body of work. Our focus is on Canadian business stories.
As of 2024, we have significantly revised our approach to freelancers. We are primarily looking for people who can skillfully use AI content creation tools. We also require that you are highly conversant with the business world and finance.
OPM Wire is the Wall Street Journal of business news.
-The Financial Times
You can get in touch via @opmwire on Twitter or by email.
Why you should do this
OPM Wire is an excellent training ground for any writer. We will share the tactics that make our posts so popular (a process we are still improving). You can also write with considerably more freedom. You can write critical posts about anything worth criticizing. You don't have to worry about offending any advertiser. OPM Wire mixes facts and opinion, seriousness with humour and we are fine with slang, despite the fact that we know all the best words. In sum, you are not limited by the arbitrary strictures of traditional journalists (aka normojournos). Who, if it wasn't clear before, we repudiate in the strongest terms possible.
The process
Contact us by any of the usual means. As a starting point, all we need is to see a representative sample of any previous writing you have done (on any topic). The main criteria is an understanding of the world of business combined with good writing and/or research ability. You can choose to focus on writing, researching or both. An editor and a researcher will be available to collaborate, as needed, throughout the process from idea generation to publishing.
The terms
When working with a freelancer, we will agree upfront, in each case, on a story, a scope of work and a payment. The scope of work could be anything from basic research to a fully finished post. We use a pay grid based on the complexity of the work. Upon payment, you agree to transfer all the rights in the work product to OPM Global LP.