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29 Jul 2022
Sometimes it feels like everyone is miles ahead of you in journalism because we don’t talk about rejection enough. Even the best journalists get pitches turned down, have bad ideas and lose out on jobs. So journos, share a rejection story and what you learned from it. #PitchedOff
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5 Sep 2022
If you’re a journalist and you haven’t had this training yet, come.
It’s free, you can put it on your CV, and given that 2 women a week are killed by abusive partners, you’ll be able to put it to immediate and regular use. As with suicide, responsible reporting can save lives.
5 Sep 2022
JOURNALISTS: Join our CPD-accredited training on how to report domestic abuse & domestic homicide this Wednesday.
The training is based on the IPSO-backed guidelines Dignity for Dead Women. Every article is a chance to prevent more deaths. @AVAproject
eventbrite.com/e/40116216583…
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The Second Source retweeted
30 Jul 2022
My goodness - where to start? Recent rejections include: “this pitch just isn’t as strong as you think it is” and “it’s a bit cringey and naive”. 😅🤣 What I learned? You can’t please ‘em all. Shrug it off and keep digging deeper.
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The Second Source retweeted
30 Jul 2022
Omg where to start. If you’re a professional writer it’s precisely *because* you’ve learned to cope with rejection; roll with the punches. I know a lot of incredible writers with bylines at the very top and this applies to 100% of them.
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The Second Source retweeted
30 Jul 2022
Not a specific story, but never forget that the “rejection” means much more to you than it does the editor. Its not personal, on another day you might have got the job. So don’t let it stop you going back with more ideas.
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The Second Source retweeted
30 Jul 2022
It took me years to get a reply to my pitches. I remember pitching an editor I'd finally made contact with at my fave paper. They replied: 'Jasmine, I like your ideas, but this is just a stream of consciousness.' It still makes me cringe now - but I'm glad they said it
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The Second Source retweeted
30 Jul 2022
There's a pervasive idea that decent journalists never get their pitches rejected, turned down for jobs, etc... it's a load of crap!
Can you reply to this @the2ndsource tweet with your rejection stories to i) help new entrants and ii) create more transparency in our industry?
29 Jul 2022
Sometimes it feels like everyone is miles ahead of you in journalism because we don’t talk about rejection enough. Even the best journalists get pitches turned down, have bad ideas and lose out on jobs. So journos, share a rejection story and what you learned from it. #PitchedOff
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The Second Source retweeted
I laugh now about a phone call I took from a group editor once. “[Magazine] is going to need a new editor soon, and we wondered if YOU…
…could recommend anyone for the role.”
There have been plenty more more classic rejections in my career, but this implied one? 😘👌
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The Second Source retweeted
29 Jul 2022
And - even more of a happy ending - ended up doing that job at the first company a few years later, using almost exactly the same pitch that I had put together in the past. So I don’t regret it all - you’ve got to go for what you want.
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The Second Source retweeted
29 Jul 2022
BUT I also learnt by pitching it that that role was what I wanted to do, and there seemed no chance of the company supporting me doing that any time soon. So I got another job - the same one I’d pitched - at another company!
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The Second Source retweeted
29 Jul 2022
I was flatly rejected and learned that it was a bad approach to suddenly ambush them with a detailed pitch they weren’t expecting (I rocked up to an annual review with a full job description and should have had a more casual conversation).
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The Second Source retweeted
29 Jul 2022
I pitched for a more senior job that I wanted - that didn’t exist yet - at a company I was already working at.
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26 Jul 2022
Fighting gender-based violence can be exhausting and traumatising — but the people you do it with help you stay sane. An honour to work on this media training with @meghamohan @helenawadia @bspeed8 @dressingsonnets @the2ndsource — MORE SOON! 💕
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22 Jun 2022
Journalists, get your ticket for our event on 26th July: how to report femicide eventbrite.co.uk/e/dignity-f…
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The Second Source retweeted
19 Jun 2022
We're organising an event from @the2ndsource after being quiet for a while and there are few subjects more important than this one. Journalists, male and female, please share and attend 🚨🚨🚨
19 Jun 2022
News from us: We're holding a free online event to train journalists in how to report on domestic abuse deaths, on Tuesday 26th July at 7.30pm.
Register for your place here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/dignity-f…
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19 Jun 2022
News from us: We're holding a free online event to train journalists in how to report on domestic abuse deaths, on Tuesday 26th July at 7.30pm.
Register for your place here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/dignity-f…
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19 Jun 2022
We urge all of our supporters to attend this vital training. Please share.
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