Throw Like a Girl
Yesterday, hundreds of young women stood really, really close to each other to hear a panel on pitching. Here's the Poynter story on it: http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/175528/how-to-pitch-stories-like-a-girl/ Below are the Tweets and such
- THE HOSTS/PANELISTS
Amy O'LearyAmy O'Leary's personal site. She is a reporter for The New York Times and a former multimedia & public radio producer.
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Atavist - Brooklyn based developer of publishing software founded by Evan Ratliff Jefferson Rabb and Nicholas ThompsonAtavist is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, and consists of: Evan Ratliff (co-founder, CEO, editor): Evan is an award-winning journal...- THE EVENT: packed
- RT @talisa: Holy crap there's a line! @hergirlfri #howtopitch @ Public Assembly instagr.am/p/LOl5pEtsfZ/
- AND THEN THEY TALKED
RT @hergirlfri: Katherine Lanpher just called this event an estrogen halo. #howtopitch
Spelling the name of the person you're pitching is pretty important. No, really. @hergirlfri #writing #freelancetip- RT @hergirlfri: "even though our training as journalists is to be scrupulous and never go beyond the facts, you have to sell." #howtopitch
- So what? Why me? Why now? A couple paragraphs - just the important stuff to hook an editor. #freelancetip #pitchbasics at @hergirlfri
RT @hergirlfri: A good story is conflict and resolution with a telling detail and interesting people. #howtopitch
@kathlanpher “@hergirlfri: Its not gender- People who keep pitching and feel entitled to take up the space, take up the space. #howtopitch”
RT @hergirlfri: Editors remember obvious mistakes, but they don't attach 'bad' to pitches they reject. Be relentless, everyone has bad ideas. #howtopitch
Okay…yeah. MT @hergirlfri When someone says no, it's hard to get them to say yes, even if they said no for a stupid reason. Pitch elsewhere.
RT @hergirlfri: Journalism is a bad boyfriend. He never calls, he never writes back. Keep going. It's ok to ping a reminder. #howtopitch
RT @tamara: Blown away by tonight's @hergirlfri event. @amyoleary moderated w/ the best of them and @carolynryan was thoughtful, wise and then some.
Thanks @hergirlfri @amyoleary @kathlanpher @carolynryan @pressler @ev_rat for excellent panel #howtopitch You inspired this jaded gal.- And now for some post-event recaps. (Have one? Add it!)
