This weekly magazine within Boston's most popular paper runs stories relating to Beantown and beyond. A small staff is always good news for freelancers, and this weekly mag's no exception: Most says that probably 80 percent of each issue is freelanced out. As with most magazines, it's easier to break in to the front of the book.These formats range anywhere from 100 to 700 words, and they include a Q&A on newsmakers or celebrities with a local/New England angle, an opinionated essay called "Perspective" that takes a strong point of view on a newsy local topic, and home design stories that take readers inside industry trends or into one of the many gorgeous Boston-area homes. Past issues profiled 13-year-old Scrabble champs from Cambridge, and one of Boston's few female cabbies. For an example of a New England slant, one column caught up with Mystic River author Dennis Lehane following book and eponymous film's Oscar attention. Remember that the FOB is not a city guide -- the paper has a weekly Calendar section to take care of that -- but more an evaluation of the people and trends that shape the city. What not to pitch: While there is a place for first-person narratives, these are more rarely accepted in the Globe mag's feature slots, and back-of-the-book food features are written in-house. Learn more here.