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# Journalists: want to pitch Medium?
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2015/09/journalists-want-to-pitch-medium/
- Published: 2015-09-29T08:44:59.000Z
- Updated: 2015-09-29T08:45:46.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: community, freelance, Journalism, matter, Medium

For those who aren’t aware, within Medium are several publications they run in-house, including [Backchannel](https://medium.com/backchannel?ref=onemanandhisblog.com), a tech magazine, and [Matter](https://medium.com/matter?ref=onemanandhisblog.com), which is an evolved form of the long-form science journalism crowd-funded startup which [I’ve written about in the past](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2012/07/hacks-hackers%5Fbrighton%5Fmatter%5Fsurveillance.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com).

And they’re [open to pitches](https://medium.com/@lotto/would-you-like-to-pitch-medium-s-in-house-publications-matter-and-backchannel-27cb772e6705?ref=onemanandhisblog.com).

However, you might want to take a good look at what they require before you pitch away:

> - already be on Medium, writing, responding, highlighting, recommending and engaging with communities
> - be eager and excited to interact not only with users who respond to your story — but also users out on the platform obsessing over similar ideas and topics.

No “dump your copy and run” here – you’re expected to be part of the community, not just a supplier to it.

More publications should do this.