Students & Universities

How to Pitch to Editors and Outlets

The craft and strategy of pitching: how to read an outlet, match tone, identify the right contact, write a pitch that gets read, and follow up without burning bridges. Practical exercises with real feedback on participant pitches.

Most pitches fail not because the idea is bad but because the execution is wrong: pitched to the wrong person, in the wrong format, without understanding what the outlet actually publishes. This workshop treats pitching as a craft with learnable rules. It covers how to read a publication or programme and understand its logic, how to write a pitch that is specific, brief, and impossible to ignore, how to follow up without damaging the relationship, and how to handle rejection in a way that keeps the door open. Participants pitch real ideas and receive real feedback.

A maioria das propostas falha não porque a ideia é má, mas porque a execução está errada: proposta à pessoa errada, no formato errado, sem perceber o que o meio realmente publica. Este workshop trata o pitch como um ofício com regras aprendíveis. Cobre como ler uma publicação ou programa e perceber a sua lógica, como escrever uma proposta que é específica, breve e impossível de ignorar, como fazer follow-up sem danificar a relação, e como lidar com a rejeição de uma forma que mantém a porta aberta. Os participantes propõem ideias reais e recebem feedback real.

Who it's for

Journalism and communications students, freelance writers starting out, and early-career journalists who want to place work in established outlets.

Format

Individual sessions or group workshops, remote or in-person. Each engagement is scoped specifically — no fixed packages.