The Pitch

As anti-DEI and anti-trans language gets battled in court, the grant writer offers advice on how journalists, writers, and artists should proceed.

As I officially join as Storyboard editor, a question about landing your big break.

Author Kim Cross annotates the lengthy proposal that landed a contract for the book that revisits the 1993 Polly Klaas kidnapping

The narrative journalist details the upside of rejection, the importance of timing, the value of a good agent and the reality of advances

Editor Seyward Darby: "I definitely want people who are willing to strip a story down to its basics and figure out how to build it back up."

How a longtime contributor and a top editor at The New York Times Magazine work together to create award-winning journalism

Pitching a story you want to pursue is not the time to hide your light under that proverbial bushel — or to sell what you can't deliver

How freelancer Max Blau persisted to land an investigative project fellowship, then a staff reporting position

"Why does this story need to be told here, in this community? And why does this story need to be told now?" says ProPublica’s managing editor for local

A good pitch is not a scattershot, but a clearly stated central idea or question that is fresh, relevant, and a fit for the publication