It's summer content time!

In the digital mag world, it’s late June/early July already… how about that? Seriously. We’re knee-deep in sunscreens, travel content and outdoorsy err’thang. That also means the vast majority of us are way beyond Mother’s Day (I mean, I’m not personally, and hope my kids honor my dream gift of sleeping in)… so, something to consider as you’re sending pitches this week.

The time for “last-minute Mother’s Day gifts” was actually about 10 days ago. That said, I have LOADS of stories y’all may fit in perfectly.

Working on now/need pitches (all for Today’s Parent):

Send pitches to bryce.gruber@stjoseph.com

• Best sunscreens for kids/babies: Must be Amazon or Skimlinks-ready.

• Best rashguards for kids (age 0 through teen years!): Amazon or Skimlinks-ready retailers. Sorry, no Target.

• Memorial Day Weekend sales: Adding to this already-published piece if your brand is great about social shares <3 Must be affiliate-ready.

• Family resorts: Between myself and the other staff editors/freelancers, we’ll be hitting at least 10 family-focused resorts in the next 60 days (excited to hit Punta Cana the week after next with my littles for content galore!). Our family-friendly resort and hotel coverage tops Google searches, so we take this stuff really seriously and only cover what we’ve seen/experienced. Holler with pitches on a rolling basis—no immediate rush—and some of these will get assigned out by me.

• Best Father’s Day gifts from Walmart: Still adding to this guide! Be good about social shares.

• Best Amazon Father’s Day gifts: You know the drill!

Recently published:

• Grocery store produce is DISGUSTING (sorry if I ruin your day)

• 25 First Mother’s Day Gift Ideas

• Fluff Trough review (this thing is SO good!)

• The best Father’s day gifts from Walmart (will keep adding to this piece if you want to pitch—but only for brands that have SEO value and are good about social shares)

• Julia Louis-Dreyfus opens up about her miscarriage

• How to remove blood stains from a mattress

• How to remove grass stains from just about anything

Some more that I assigned/edited that I just think are really great:

• Best Family Resorts in Hawaii (I’ll be updating this one/adding to it over time as needed and as first-hand accounts come in from our team)

• The Best Wagon Strollers

• Best Trampolines for Kids

• Best Rotating Car Seats

• Best Toddler Table and Chairs Sets

Jobs:

• NY Rangers needs a new Director of Public Relations.

• NBCU needs a commerce editor for Today.com. Salary around 75k, must be in the office at least part-time at 30 Rock.

• Four Seasons Atlanta also needs a Director of Public Relations. Atlanta, GA-based, obvi.

• Ulta Beauty needs a new PR boss + Director of Crisis Management. Illinois-based. Endless eyeshadow.

Musings:

Took my furballs to the vet today for their final vet checks before heading off to new homes. A bunch are going to neighbors and locals, one to a former coworker at Taste of Home (you may see Vanilla popping up in articles over there!) and the rest to friends (and friends of friends) back in the city.

If you see one of my grandpups out in the world, please give ‘em belly rubs for me.

Bittersweet, I know. But at least the ones staying in my town/area have agreed to meet up for regular walks along the Rail Trail (we have a pretty amazing old railroad hiking trail up here that runs along the Ashokan Reservoir, the source of much of NYC’s drinking water).

Okay, finally.… tomorrow there’s another big Affiliate Tribe newsletter coming your way. If you have specific questions/ideas you want covered, feel free to send ‘em in today.

Talk soon, bubbeleh <3