Once a week, we gather stories about the media business, journalism, writing, publishing, and freelancing—with a Canadian focus—and share them in Off the Wire. Who needs a water cooler?
Advice from Canadian journalists on crafting the “perfect pitch”: Besides being the kind that gets you a “yes” from an editor, what makes a pitch good? An original angle, a custom-tailored scope, timely, articulate, well-researched: all very important characteristics. But what can a writers do to make their queries “perfect”? On April 26 at The HiVE in Vancouver, The Tyee gathered together Gary Stephen Ross of Vancouver Magazine, Jane Nahirny of British Columbia Magazine, David Jordan of BCBusiness, and freelance journalist and author Erin Millar and asked them to discuss what writers can do to get closer to that perfect pitch.
The Born Freelancer on casting aside doubt: This month I celebrate my first anniversary writing for you as The Born Freelancer. My thanks to all of you who have read my posts, to those of you who have responded to them, and to those of you who meant to respond but obviously had better things to do! Additional thanks go to those remarkable individuals behind the scene who facilitate my work and make it such a pleasure for me to pursue. And so, on this my first anniversary, time out for a little bit of reflection and contemplation.
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