Baiting Your Hook: The Delicate Art of Pitching Your Freelance Article

You’re sitting at the coffee shop with a friend talking about your latest project, hoping to elicit a powerful reaction  —  shock, amusement, horror. If your friend doesn’t get it, it might be time to revise your pitch. We’ll provide the ever-expanding community of freelance writers with best practices for effectively curating, crafting, marketing and pitching ideas, including tips on the technology to help you do it.

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futureof.news - a series of posts and video from .news about the intersection of journalism, technology and culture

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Speakers

Saul S Elbein - Freelance, Freelance
| http://www.saulelbein.com

Katie Kingsbury - Ideas Editor/Deputy Managing Editor, Boston Globe
katiekings | http://bostonglobe.com/ideas