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How To Pitch: Urbanite

'If you come at us with a great idea, we'll move heaven and earth to make sure it gets into an issue'

By Adam Conner-Simons – February 5, 2010
[EDITOR'S NOTE: We are currently updating this article with the cooperation of the publication's editors. In the meantime, please use these pitching guidelines with caution as some information listed may be outdated.]

Circulation: 60,000 (150,000 readers)
Frequency: Monthly
Special issues: Occasional fiction-themed issues, March's "Urbanite Project" (in which two people from unrelated professions are given several weeks to collaborate on a project)

Background: A glossy city magazine distributed on the street, alt-weekly-style, Urbanite strives to serve as an intelligent and thoughtful lens on important news relevant to its Baltimore readership. Founded in the late '90s by Laurel Durenberger as a forum for discussing city issues, it has gone through a mini-redesign since David Dudley became editor-in-chief in August of 2007. He and managing editor Marianne Amoss decreased page size, added a wine column and arts section, and expanded the events calendar and food section. While all of these changes are meant to give Urbanite a more traditional city-mag feel, Dudley says that it remains an ideas-driven publication that "tries to touch on national and international trends, but by localizing them to Baltimore."...

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