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#118 Reflections on Writing for Next Avenue/PBS with Managing Editor Julie Pfitzinger
- 2024/12/19
- 再生時間： 41 分
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Julie Pfitzinger has been with Next Avenue, a digital publication of Twin Cities PBS, for seven years and is the Managing Editor and Senior Editor for Features. She has worked as a writer and editor for more than 25 years; her work has appeared in publications including the Star Tribune and Minnesota Parent. For several years, she was a managing editor for the community lifestyle magazine group at Tiger Oak Media in Minneapolis, where she also served as writer and editor for Saint Paul Magazine and other Tiger Oak publications. In this episode: Julie’s 25-year career in writing and editing [2:33] What types of articles Next Avenue publishes [3:47] The changing demographic of Next Avenue’s readers [4:37] The topics the publication covers, including retirement, health, volunteering, money, caregiving, relationships and lifestyle [4:37] How and where to pitch observational personal essays and articles [6:49] The way that Next Avenue prefers to cover parenting in stories and why the holidays is such a key time [6:57] When humor pieces work [9:51] What makes an older story relevant? [10:23] The pandemic’s impact on older generations and what kinds of pitches on COVID work [15:40] The specific (but easy) pitching portal, word count, pay and rights [20:41] Why Next Avenue doesn’t do roundups [24:07] Criteria for writing about travel for the publication [24:14] Julie’s joy at working with writers [37:22] Connect with Julie Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/julie.pfitzinger?mibextid=LQQJ4d Connect with Next Avenue Next Avenue Submission Guidelines https://www.nextavenue.org/submission-guidelines/ Pitching Portal for Next Avenue https://airtable.com/apppNGXCs7kzbdiJr/shrvCs3ijylnpcTnH Stories Mentioned in This Episode The Founding Mothers of NPR https://www.nextavenue.org/founding-mothers-of-npr/ My Parenting Strategy Was Too Effective https://www.nextavenue.org/it-turns-out-my-parenting-strategy-was-too-effective/ Sorry Nobody Wants Your Parents’ Stuff https://www.nextavenue.org/nobody-wants-parents-stuff/ Lying for Love: The Psychology of Catfishing https://www.nextavenue.org/lying-for-love-the-psychology-of-catfishing/ Two Adoptions, One Family: A Story of Two Brothers https://www.nextavenue.org/two-adoptions-one-family-a-story-of-two-brothers/ Don’t Tell Me To Stop Saying ‘Don’t’ https://www.nextavenue.org/dont-tell-me-to-stop-saying-dont/ Estelle’s new Essay on Next Avenue Lessons from a Babysitter with a Restless Spirit https://www.nextavenue.org/lessons-from-a-babysitter-with-a-restless-spirit/ Connect with Estelle Erasmus Apply to be on Freelance Writing Direct in a coaching episode: email freelancewritingdirect@gmail.com and state three of the issues you are dealing with that you would like Estelle’s help with. FREE PITCHING GUIDE: Find out more about this episode at https://estelleserasmus.com/podcast. You also get a free pitching guide if you sign up for her newsletter. Sign up for Estelle’s Personal Essay Class for Writer’s Digest https://www.writersonlineworkshops.com/courses/writing-the-personal-essay-101-fundamentals Sign up for Estelle’s NYU Classes https://www.sps.nyu.edu/professional-pathways/faculty/e/1068-estelle-erasmus.html Get Her Book Writing That Gets Noticed: Find Your Voice, Become a Better Storyteller, Get Published: https://rb.gy/5ihwp0 Order Her Audiobook: https://shorturl.at/4uG2P Sign up for her Substack https://estelleserasmus.substack.com (with craft advice and writing opportunities). Paid subscribers receive opportunities for pitch reviews, plus bonus clips from Freelance Writing Direct guests Follow Estelle: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/EstelleSErasmus TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@EstelleSErasmus Twitter: https://twitter.com/EstelleSerasmus BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/estelleserasmus.bsky.social