Pitches That Worked: Turning a College Reunion Into an Ambassador Feature
How the life story of a Nobel Prize winner scored one writer a meaty profile
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Donya Blaze
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The Biggest Mistakes Now-Successful Freelancers Made Starting Out
Any freelancer who's built up a steady client base over the years can admit to having made their fair share of mistakes when he or she started out in the industry. Maybe it was underestimating…
Paula Vasan
7 Proven Ways to Be a More Productive Freelance Writer
I recently performed a little efficiency test to make sense of my profit and losses -- the latter of which had been feeling especially heavy lately. I assessed my workload in terms of both money…
Amanda Layman Low
Pitch Perfect: 7 Steps to Landing Your Next Magazine Assignment
Think about all the assignments you had last year. Were there enough juicy, well paying articles to allow you to jet to the Bahamas, or did your pitiful word counts barely keep you from trolling Craigslist…
Kristen Fischer
The Real Reasons Editors Reject Your Pitch (and How to Fix It)
"We'll pass. Thanks." "Not right for us." "Thanks, but no." If you've received any of these as a response to a magazine article query, you're definitely not alone. While many journalists are happy to receive…
Kristen Fischer
6 Expert Tips for Landing Competitive Journalism Fellowships
For a working journalist, a fellowship from a university or foundation can be the best thing to reinvigorate your career, providing funding and other assistance for reporting projects, study and travel. Unfortunately, applying for them…
Meena Thiruvengadam