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Feb. 8, 2022, 10 a.m.
LINK: www.niemanlab.org  ➚   |   Posted by: Laura Hazard Owen   |   February 8, 2022

Nieman Lab has a new pitch guide, and it is here. Hope you’ll find it useful if you have an idea for a story you want to write for us. It includes examples of good pitches we’ve received, and doubles as a brief selection of some of Nieman Lab’s greatest hits.

Once again!

(And here are the pitch guides for our sister publications, Nieman Reports and Nieman Storyboard.)

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