Denise asks, “I’m starting to comb press releases from my local university to find story ideas. Is it ok to use the quotes from the release in your query to magazine editors? Isn’t that why the PR guys are sending out this information? I would of course do my own interview after landing an assignment.”
Denise, […]
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May30
You ask, we answer: Should I use quotes from a press release in my pitch?
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Apr16
Do Travel Writers Go to Hell? Or Do They Go Anywhere at All?
I’ve been pulling together my travel writing workshop, and happened to be preparing my materials on ethics, when a lovely little travel writing ethics scandal conveniently popped up in the news.
You’ve probably already heard about the fracas surrounding the new tell-all travel writing book, Do Travel Writers Go to Hell? A Swashbuckling Tale of High […]
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Jul27
Worst pitch ever.
As magazine writers, we often get pitches from PR people looking to snag some prime magazine space for their clients. And some of us freelance writers also do corporate/PR writing. So I loved this post by John Scalzi about the worst PR pitch he’s received as a blogger. The post is hilarious, and it may […]
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