Search results for “The Pitch” Showing 339 results Gratitude Notes (#16): “The answer is within you” Editor’s note: This month, we bring you brief reminders from pros around the world about what or who helped them forward in their careers.I’m grateful for a hypnotherapist in my… December 17, 2019 “Truth is whatever you can get enough people to believe.” —Jack Holmes, politics editor at Esquire July 5, 2019 Learning from what seem the unkindest cuts A science journalist comes to terms with what is lost — and not — when favorite passages are edited out of her long-form story April 24, 2019 Wired’s executive editor seeks stories that reveal all faces of technology Rejections aren't personal: “70 percent of why pitches don't work has nothing to do with the writer” March 5, 2019 How to crack the code of live storytelling with Pop-Up Magazine "Ephemeral" true stories that inform, surprise and delight December 18, 2018 Finding a narrative in “our most urgent national conversation”: the one about guns How three reporters, a national news chain and 21 strangers who met to talk became a 5,000-word tale with character, intimacy, structure and drama October 23, 2018 Erika Hayasaki on the reality of landing a big freelance story In the second of a two-parter, the former LA Times reporter scrutinizes the first pitch – and then the revision – that earned her a cover piece in Wired August 28, 2018 Erika Hayasaki on how to leave the newsroom and kill it as a freelancer Journalist, professor, author, mother – How does she do it all? With passion, persistence, another paycheck and perspective: "I'm not just one story." August 21, 2018 At the Guardian’s Long Read, no rigid formula or geographic limits The editor's advice: Study what's been published before. Be authoritative, fresh and "arresting." Dare to send a (good) cold pitch June 5, 2018 The story ideas Mother Jones’ managing editor wants to see The magazine is known for its hard-hitting investigations, but Ian Gordon says, “We write so much about bad actors that we're always looking for people to bring some levity to… April 17, 2018 Previous 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 34 Next
