November 12, 2007 Archives

Recall that the article pitches that got the best grades last time were more than a sentence or two stating what you plan to do... the more work you've done on the pitch, the better the chance your editor will approve the story.

I realize it will be hard to do much work on your second pitch if you really love your idea for the first pitch, but please do take both parts of the assignment seriously.

Just bring your printout to class. As before, you will orally pitch your articles, I will ask questions when necessary, and you will submit your printouts

The sky's the limit... but if you pitch an article in which you get intensive plastic surgery and learn Russian in order to do six months undercover work as a Cosmonaut astronaut aboard the International Space Station, well, it might be time for a reality check.