How To Write An Email Media Pitch. The “thank you for the story” pitch. Journalists won’t set aside time to.
When you get an email with a killer subject line, you can’t help but check it out,. [hi *name*] [my name is **** and i’m getting in touch in regards to *this story that i’d like you to cover*] [sentence introducing your content and the core message of it] [sentence saying why is the content relevant to your journalist, perhaps why it is relevant to current events or a related statistic. In essence, it is your elevator pitch written in a way that appeals to the media.
