Chronicle Post-Industrial Life in the Rust Belt for Belt Magazine

Stories from the Rust Belt, from those who know it well.

Re-attach the word “rust,” left off of Belt Magazine’s name, and you’ll know the region this long-form digital pub covers. But there’s the literal Rust Belt (an area spanning the Midwest and the upper Northeastern United States), and then there’s the figurative one. According to editor in chief Martha Bayne, “conceptually it’s any place that has been profoundly affected by the loss of the manufacturing economy in the United States.”

It’s this identity that underpins the stories the pub puts out, whether they are about social and cultural issues, an arts group, or an author or artist Q&A–all areas Bayne would like potential freelancers to tackle.

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