Fitting into boxes. Image by David

How do you pitch ideas to editors as a journalist and get work? When I was asked this question recently I realised there tend to be three broad approaches. I may well have overlooked others – if so please let me know.

Plan A: Specialist knowledge and contacts

The most obvious way to pitch your journalistic services is to have something that others do not.

Anyone can review a film, rewrite a press release or interview a local MP. But not everyone has built good relationships with people who work in healthcare, or can get the person in charge of transport to return their calls, or knows who organises the local running club. Continue reading →