Pitching Boot Camp

Workshop: Pitching Boot Camp

Overview: This eight-week course delivered via Skype is led by instructors who have successfully pitched travel, general, and special interest publications, both online and off, Pitching Boot Camp gets you crafting pitches for publications you’ve never considered, helps you understand what elements make a pitch turn into a published piece, and keeps you pitching beyond the boot camp. You’ll take the lessons you learned in the MatadorU travel writing course and take them to the next level. You’ll be expected to produce at least 10 solid pitches for at least eight publications. Be prepared for constructive feedback.

Course size: This course is limited to 12 participants.

Prerequisites: Participants must have completed the MatadorU travel writing course and must have consistent Internet access throughout the eight weeks.

Facilitators: Lola Akinmade and Julie Schwietert Collazo

Upcoming dates: Please email us at workshops@matadoru.com for upcoming dates.

Cost: $400 US

About the Instructors

Julie Schwietert Collazo

Julie is managing editor of the Matador Network and the lead faculty at MatadorU. She’s the contributing author to Fodor’s Puerto Rico (Random House 2010) and Fodor’s Caribbean (Random House 2011), as well as The Voluntary Traveler (Dog’s Eye View 2009). She has written city guides for Sherman’s Travel, AOL Travel, Gayot and USA Today, and her writing and photography have appeared in a variety of print publications, including the in-flight magazines of Martinair and Singapore Airlines, as well as general and special interest magazines, among them, Latina Magazine and DISCOVER Magazine. Most recently, she’s produced an iPhone app, the “San Juan Insider.”

Lola (Akinmade) Åkerström

Lola (Akinmade) Åkerström edits Matador Goods. She’s a writer and photographer whose publication credits include National Geographic Traveler, BBC, Vogue, Fodors.com, Forbes Traveler, San Francisco Chronicle, United Airlines’ Hemispheres, Sherman’s Travel, Heart & Soul, and many more. She also photographs for Sweden’s official site, Sweden.se. Her travel photography has received numerous accolades and has also been used by various NGOs around the world . She also contributes as a photojournalist with organizations such as the International Red Cross. She is based in Stockholm, Sweden and blogs at Geotraveler’s Niche.

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