How to Pitch: Teen Vogue
Editors are always on the lookout for ideas for the “My World” section in the front of the book, about real teens enduring a difficult period or crusading against something, running at 600 to 800 words. “If you can bring a good teen that is a real person who could bring to light an issue that is happening now, that is always good,” says senior features editor, Leigh Belz. 75% of health stories are also open to freelancers. Entertainment is written in-house, so don’t touch that. And, don’t pitch anything that’s been covered lately, so make sure you’re familiar with the magazine. The editors prefer email queries; clips should be attached with query. Read more details here.
Join Baratunde Thurston (left), The Onion’s Director of Digital and author of How to Be Black, for an entertaining look at creative social media campaigns in our 
