Remember last week when I said I’d fired off a pitch to Virginia Wine Lover? Well, I lied. I had every intention of firing off said pitch right after posting that entry, and then my idea fizzled. Desperate to get something out last week to meet my self-imposed goal of pitching once a week, I [...]
Happy Tuesday, all. I’ve got leads for DC freelance writers, writers who telecommute, food writers, and more this week. The big news last week was that the LA Times killed its Metro section. I wish this was a joke. WTF, LA Times? This could theoretically cause a trickle-down effect of fewer gigs in the D.C. [...]
Hi all! It’s been a quiet week, hasn’t it? Here’s another selection of paying markets, leads, and more information for freelance writers. (Translation: these folks want to give you money!) Mediabistro pointed me to this LAT blog post about a new publishing division at Alloy. If you’ve always wanted to write for teen and tween [...]
Happy Inauguration Day everyone! While the entire District of Columbia grinds to a halt, I’m working from a “secure remote location” 500 miles away. Can’t say I’m missing much but the crowds! Here’s your weekly dose of information. An interesting note: If you live near a metro area, you probably get a magazine in the [...]
This is the first in a weekly list of leads and information that I’ve found during my quest to pitch one new market a week. This week I’m pitching a market that I can’t talk too much about, but in the weeks to come, if I pitch a magazine I think y’all will be interested [...]
We are in a recession. Just received word that yet another magazine (Country Home) has folded, costing up to 40 people their jobs, and that Cobblestone Publishing is having trouble paying their writers who’ve already sold stories. Yikes. The economic climate hasn’t begun to affect me in ways this severe yet, but believe me, here [...]
The two pieces of mine [1], [2] that appeared in the most recent Sunday Source would not be as good as they are if not for the amazing editors and copy editors at the Post.
Just a quick note to say that Covering the Financial Crisis has been updated with my notes from the first session. I still have some notes to add on another seminar, but hopefully this post is becoming more useful by the minute. No, the second. Maybe even the nanosecond, that’s how awesome it is.
I attended a business journalism seminar at American University. This is what I learned.
I am of the opinion that no writing topic is inherently boring. Yet there seems to be a lot of boring, boring business writing. Which stockbroker has been hired where? That’s only relevant to me if I have tons of investments (hint: I don’t).