Join online December 9, 2024 for this Strategies for Canadian Magazines webinar, and get one step closer to writing for your favourite magazines: Deconstructing the Pitch: How to Sell Any Story, Anywhere with author, journalist and filmmaker Omar Mouallem, hosted by Joyce Byrne.
11:00 – 12:30 PM PST / 12:00 – 1:30 PM MST / 2:00 – 3:30 PM EST
Cost: $20| Free for PitchFest Participants
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We have partnered with Pandemic University, to bring Omar Mouallem, a career-long freelance writer and editor, for a 90-minute webinar on Monday, December 9 to get you one step closer to writing for your favourite magazines. With bylines as far-ranging as WIRED and Modern Farmer, Mouallem will walk you through case studies of flawless pitches for a variety of print media and forms, including op-eds, essays to features, how-tos and more. He’ll also offer advice on how to verbally pitch editors over the phone or coffee, finance book projects through freelance articles, and answer any other questions during a Q&A.
All registrants receive a digital copy of his handy tip-sheet to guide your next pitches.
Omar Mouallem’s writing has appeared in dozens of titles across the globe, including WIRED, The Guardian, and Maclean’s, where he’s a contributing editor. His stories have been recognized by the National Magazine Awards, Best American Science and Nature Writing, and the Mindset Award for Workplace Mental Health Reporting.
Joyce Byrne is Alberta Magazine Publishers’ past President and an award-winning veteran of the Canadian magazine industry. She has led publishing, creative, marketing and sales teams and boards in Toronto, Edmonton and Calgary, and has worked on nearly every type of magazine, from literary to light industrial, with consumer, business, visual art, health and cannabis in between.
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This webinar is part of the Strategies for Canadian Magazines webinar series brought to you by the Magazine Association of BC, Alberta Magazine Publishers Association, Magazines Canada and L’Association québécoise des éditeurs de magazines.
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