Andrea Clark Publishes “Avalanches for Dummies” in High Country News
Avalanches for Dummies is an article about Homer, a certified crash test dummy who has been utilized in engineering tests to determine what exactly happens to a human body inside an avalanche.
Author Andrea Clark remembers pitching the idea to High Country News after taking Jay Cooke‘s Travel Writing Boot Camp.
“After I took Travel Writing Boot Camp, I understood that an emailed rejection is a type of acceptance, so I would write editors back until I came up with an idea they liked.”
Andrea has forged a relationship with High Country News through various assignments such as “Avalanche for Dummies” and would like to keep pursuing freelance work with other magazines.
“I became a lot more confident of a freelancer after I took the mediabistro course and began querying magazines about freelance ideas,” says Andrea. “I also came to understand the idea of slanting a story. A general idea is usually not specific enough. Pitching the story is half the battle.”
–William Battaglia
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