Writing It!

Episode 19: The pitch is the start of a relationship

March 11th, 2024  |  56 mins 53 secs

editors, explainers, op-eds, pitching, public scholarship, public-facing scholarship, religion, social media

We're talking with Liz Bucar, professor of religion at Northeastern University, and a prizewinning author about the program she directs: Sacred Writes: Public Scholarship on Religion. We talk about the essential ingredients of a good pitch (including the ALL-CAP subject line) to a magazine/newspaper editor; how to communicate timeliness; and how to follow up in a way that invites a future relationship with the editor. Liz also explains what kinds of social media might work for scholars.