📝 Great pitches you missed: May Edition
Plus, the launch of our extra subscriber-only pitches!
SO THIS IS NEW…
This month we launched subscription pitches!
Subscribers get twice as many pitches as free sign ups (that means brand new pitches every week!) as well as podcast interviews with our sources.
Considering a greenlit freelance pitch can get you well over $500 per piece, $10 bucks a month to subscribe for a grade-A pitch is a steal.
And now onto the good stuff…
PITCHES YOU MISSED IN MAY
1) 💍 COVID’s “sequel weddings” are saving the wedding industry
*THE MOST POPULAR PITCH*
THE BEAT: Culture, economics, weddings
WHY IT STILL WORKS: This pitch has data for the data reporters and economic post-COVID forecasting, making this a culture piece grounded in data relevant right now as the U.S. opens back up and COVID winds down.
3) 🤓 The power behind the ‘stan’
THE BEAT: Culture, psychology, film
WHY IT STILL WORKS: A story about the psychology of fans is evergreen. There are always fans and this story can be easily pegged to E3 or the sequel to Black Panther to fit into the news cycle this year.
2) 🌱 Inside the socialite houseplant renaissance
THE BEAT: Culture, economics, environmental
WHY IT STILL WORKS: Summer is peak growing and cutting-share time. Plus, based on our data, it’s still early in the cuttings wave and a story now could beat the competition for coverage.
4) 💪 What lurks below fitness' body-friendly language
THE BEAT: Sports, psychology, culture
WHY IT STILL WORKS: This piece on the linguistic culture and psychology of athletics is evergreen, but can be easily pegged to Naomi Osaka dropping out of the French Open and the Tokyo Olympics this summer.
5) 👗 The ethical pitfalls of "Made in the USA"
THE BEAT: Fashion, policy and government, activism
WHY IT STILL WORKS: The Garment Worker Protection Act may be the legislation that takes ethical fashion mainstream by putting women of color front and center in a policy movement. It’s moving through the California state legislature right now, and no matter where it ultimately lands, there will be implications for the fashion industry.
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