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Pitching insights from Forbes, Axios, WSJ, NYT + Fortune

Pitching insights from Forbes, Axios, WSJ, NYT + Fortune

Lots and lots of intel, buckle up

Tanya Gillogley
Nov 21, 2024
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Four things to know this week:

  1. Leo Schwartz, crypto reporter at Fortune, will now be writing the Term Sheet newsletter on Mondays, where he’ll focus on the NYC VC scene.

  2. Yahoo Finance is starting a personal finance show aimed at military veterans.“Warrior Money.” The show is a new series that offers financial planning and investment advice specific to veterans. The first show will air on 11/18. The show will interview thought leaders and policy experts in the finance space to help veterans navigate transitions out of the military.

  3. Puck is launching a new podcast focused on the media industry called The Grill Room that interviews “TV personalities, moguls, political pundits and industry executives.” Either add them to your pitch list or add it to your queue, whatever suits you.

  4. The FT is expanding its food and drinks coverage, with Jay Rayner as restaurant critic, Tim Hayward as food writer and Marina O’Loughlin as columnist as part of an expansion of its food and drink coverage.

Media Summit Recap

Shout out JJ Colao who put on one hell of a media summit. It was so fun to meet some of you IRL and hear spicy takes from journos. Here's a recap of the top learnings from each panel (paraphrased for clarity) but packed with actionable advice:

How to pitch…

  • Steve Bertoni, Forbes: the criteria for a good Forbes story is that it should leave you richer or smarter or both. We need a good scoop and to answer “why now” in exchange for digital real estate.

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