Bringing the Heat: How to Craft Major League Pitches!

You spent hours crafting what you thought was a great pitch and what do you get back? Crickets...
​Find out how to craft pitches that get noticed, get a response and get results in our live webinar: Bringing the Heat: How to Craft Major League Pitches, Thursday, October 10 at 9 am ET.
​We've got a great panel of experts from the fields of public relations and journalism who will share some of the secrets to pitching success. Find out from journalists what they're looking for and why your pitch may end up in a black hole and learn how to create a pitch that's a home run!
​Panelists are:
​Marc Hochstein, executive editor at CoinDesk, who sets CoinDesk's editorial standards and acts as ombudsman for its industry-leading news team.
Marc is a veteran journalist with more than 25 years' experience, including 17 years at the trade publication American Banker, the last three as editor-in-chief, where he was responsible for some of the earliest mainstream news coverage of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.
​He's seen a lot of pitches!
​Debra Nita, senior account manager at YAP Global, brings a decade of strategic communications and marketing expertise to the panel.
Debra has landed media opportunities for her clients in TIME, The Economist, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, CNBC, CoinDesk, Blockworks and more. Her clients in crypto/ web3 include leading names in Layer 1 and 2 blockchains, DeFi protocols, real-world assets, and zero-knowledge infrastructure development. She has also led PR teams for major crypto conferences including ETHDenver, EthCC, and The Capital.
​She does a lot of pitching!
​Pedro Solimano, journalist at The Defiant specializes in cryptocurrency and economics. He is also the author of La Cadena, a popular finance newsletter in Latin America. Pedro's podcast "Beyond the Beat" explores timely topics in the crypto universe. Pedro also serves on the board of ACJR.
​His inbox is full of pitches!
​Molly Jane Zuckerman, op-ed editor, Blockworks previously led educational content at CoinMarketCap and ran the news desk at Cointelegraph. Molly is president of ACJR.
​Everyone's got an opinion they want to pitch!
​Moderated by Aaron Stanley, founder of Brazil Crypto Report, the most comprehensive source of news, insights, and analysis about the Brazilian crypto economy. Aaron is a board member of ACJR.
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​About the Association of Cryptocurrency Journalists and Researchers (ACJR)
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