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Breaking into the Glossies

An editor from Boston magazine shows you how to launch a freelance magazine career

Breaking into the Glossies
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WHEN Monday, May 19, 7-10 pm

WHERE Offices of Boston Magazine, Boston, MA
212-929-2588

PRICE
$65 ($50 for )
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Course Details

What does it take to get your byline into one of the thousands of consumer magazines being published today? While it's not as hard as you might think, breaking into the glossies does require specific knowledge about how the magazine world works, and an understanding of the strategies that will get you published. This seminar will show you how to penetrate the world of the glossies, whether you're coming from a background in trade writing or are still just dreaming of seeing your name in print.

In order to really make it work, a professional freelancer needs to be highly disciplined. In this seminar, we will discuss the challenges and triumphs freelancers face, the lessons to be learned, and where the freelance career is headed.

In this seminar, you will learn:

  • How to break into the business
  • How to form a pitch editors will go for
  • How to market yourself as a freelancer, and make yourself in-demand
  • How to maintain the best relationships with editors and become part of someone's freelancer "stable"
  • How to gather a list of contacts and use them to your best advantage
  • What you need to consider to figure out if this is the life for you

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Instructor Bio

Alyssa Giacobbe's Courses

Breaking into the Glossies – Boston (Seminar on May 19)
Intro to Magazine Writing – Boston (Class starts September 15)

Alyssa Giacobbe
As style editor at Boston magazine, Alyssa Giacobbe oversees the magazine's fashion, food, travel, home design, and beauty/ fitness coverage and edits features relating to business, culture, and society. She is a former editor for Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Teen Vogue, and part of the original staff hired to launch the celebrity mag In Touch Weekly. Currently, she is a columnist for Martha Stewart's Body + Soul, a regional editor for Lucky, a consulting editor for Boston Home, Boston Weddings, and New England Travel, and regularly writes for publications including The New York Times, Self, Forbes, and Teen Vogue.


Testimonials


"Alyssa Giacobbe is a seasoned media expert who very candidly described her journey through glossy-land, in a really fun, relaxed, and informative way. What I came away with was a sense that there is a writer's community out there trying to do what I'm doing, and plenty of bread crumbs for all of us to share on our publishing journeys." -- Vallerie Malkin Freelancer Writer Newport, RI

Alissa was absolutely superb. An A plus instructor. This course was better than journalism graduate school! She is extremely intelligent, informed, dedicated, and kind, providing very detailed and up-to-date information about the business. The course was also great fun - not only does she provide terrific information and advice, but also she is very engaging and lively. As a result of her teaching, I got 2 assignments: An article in the music section of Timeout New York, and a travel assignment on Oman for Time And Country Travel. Alissa is simply the best! This course was worth every cent. I cannot recommend her courses more highly. -- Sophie Powell
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