/lit/ - Literature

>>2764173
It sounds like you're doing some pretty important work on, and I'd encourage you to keep it up. I'd like to read about that sort of a story.

Student journalism is an odd realm. It's mostly focused towards on-campus happenings, even though all the writers would rather be writing about more hard-hitting topics that concern humanity, rather than students.

What I used to do when I was writing a topic that was too big for a school paper was I'd write the story specifically for the newspaper that I'd like to see publish it. I'd use their style guide, write it in their style, and then I'd personally hand deliver it to them with my business card, and a cover letter explaining my submission attached.

At first, they didn't respond, and I just dropped the submissions off every few weeks with the secretary and told her "deliver this to Mr. Burton" (The EIC) She'd nod, and smirk, and I'm positive she threw most of them in the wastebasket when I left the room. But eventually, I was submitting so much that they couldn't ignore me, and it was clear to them that I had become an expert on the topic I was covering, and none of their writers could keep up with my knowledge. I had something to offer them.

It was at this point instead of dropping off the dispatches with the secretary, I began asking to speak to the Chief. After a few phone calls, I was given an appointment, and brought in all my work, and plopped it on his desk. He said 'So, you're the kid whose been giving me all this coverage on this event, eh?'

He hired me for freelance that day. It's all a matter of being suave, knowing how people think and work, knowing your topic better than anyone, and most importantly, playing your cards right.

Good luck to you, my fellow scribbler. Be persistent, and play the game.

>>2542595
I'm there.

>>2542597
What part did you not get?