Buzzfeed Health

BuzzFeed HealthCasey GuerenHealth Editor

• 50 million unique monthly visitors

• Majority of our audience is between 18-35

• But we aim to reach everyone — people of every age, race, gender identity, and sexual orientation…

• BuzzFeed Health launched in October 2014.

• Service-focused articles on general health, fitness, nutrition, mental health, and sexual and reproductive health.

• Liaison between the medical and research community and the millennial audience.

• We want to answer questions they’re not getting answered anywhere else.

We cover sexual health…

Birth control…

Fertility…

Plus sexual performance, satisfaction, and advice.

• The BuzzFeed Health team

• We plan what to write on Mondays…but that usually changes.

• Posts can take a day or a week or a month.

• We focus on service and explainers, rather than news.

• But we also feature social news stories with a service angle.

More About BuzzFeed Health

• Email!

• Pitch a writer who covers this often.

• Tell us what we need to know in the subject line.

• Pitch the information — not the article idea.

• Remember to check if we’ve already covered it.

How To Pitch Us DO…

• Call or reach out on social media.

• Pitch everyone.

• Give a mock headline in the subject line.

How To Pitch Us DON’T…

• New research or data

• A new book or project

• New medical breakthroughs/recommendations

• Something you’re noticing in your own medical practice.

• Yourself!

What To Pitch Us

• Fully formed article ideas

• Something that’s ~trending~

What Not To Pitch Us

• More diversity and inclusivity in study participants

• Sexual health information for the LGBT community

• Transgender sexual health issues

• Inclusive information on reproductive health/fertility

• Realistic sexual performance and satisfaction advice

• More content to help our readers understand, accept, and love their bodies

What We’d Love To See In Our Inboxes