Follow these steps to craft an attention-grabbing pitch that will get your story noticed
Although there is no silver bullet for writing a perfect pitch, your message should certainly contain some essential ingredients that will get your editor’s attention.
From coming up with a 'clear, detailed, and time-sensitive answer to ‘Why should readers care?’', to 'providing an evidence — qualitative or quantitative — of the response’s impact', Julia Hotz from Solutions Journalism Network rounded up these 8 steps to follow when pitching your solutions story.
“For editors who aren’t familiar with solutions journalism, you don’t need to label an idea as a solutions story. These stories, after all, are just good enterprise pieces,” reads one piece of advice.
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