Do your research, have a full marketing plan and agree a price before editing to make pitching to a larger publication successful
Op-eds (opposite the editorial page) can be difficult to pitch at the best of times, but if you are eyeing up a spot in a large publication, how do you up your odds?
Ginny Fahs, technology fellow at the Aspen Tech Policy Hub, explained how she got her op-ed published in a major title in this article on Medium.
On pitching, Fahs advised to research requirements for each publication and alter submissions accordingly.
"Different publications have different word limits for op-eds, so I tailored my piece to meet word limit requirements," Fahs writes.
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