How to Pitch Your Stories to the Media

By the end of this 60 minute webinar, you’ll feel capable, confident and be fully prepared to pitch your story ideas by phone and by email to the reporters most likely to be interested in them. Best of all, you’ll have at least 5 knock-your-socks-off newsworthy story ideas and a detailed contact list of the top 10 reporters, editors and news producers most likely be to be interested in your stories.

You'll learn to:

• Uncover the stories within your organization
• Assess the newsworthiness of a story
• Scope out which journalists are most likely interested
• Identify the elements of a media pitch package
• Craft compelling headlines that sizzle
• Communicate the news value of your story
• Pitch your story by phone and by email
• Keep your pitches simple, focused and timely
• Leverage social media in your story pitch
• Respond to reporters who contact you about your pitch 
• Follow up on your story pitches
• and much more...

I will send you the handouts & advance reading for this webinar within one business day of your registration along with a short questionnaire to complete so I can know a little bit about you and your organization before we get together ~ Marilyn Jones

You will receive the ZOOM invitation link first thing in the morning of the webinar sent to the email address you used when you registered. Upon entry, your video will be enabled and your microphone will be muted. When the webinar starts, I will ask you one at a time, alphabetically by first name, to unmute and introduce yourself so we can get to know each other better before we begin. This webinar is limited to nine participants all from nonprofit organizations.