The exact text of a pitch sold to Slate for $600

Plus: 3 free workshops and 33% off one-on-one coaching sessions for paid subscribers!

Free workshop alert! Join me and Kaitlyn Arford of Freelance Opportunities on May 7 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern for an in-depth tutorial on how to use social media to find more freelance work and build a sustainable — and profitable! — business. There is SO much out there for those who know exactly how to look, and Kaitlyn is the best in the biz at digging up those opportunities. Click here to register, and remember that paid subscribers get free access (for details on how to redeem that, see the middle of this post). See you May 7!

Hello friends! Today we have another entry in our ongoing series of #pitchesthatsold, in which we examine a successful, well-thought-out pitch that resulted in a great clip and a paycheck.

I’m thrilled to feature Foram Mehta (who wrote for me at The Times!) with a pitch she recently sold to Slate, which you’ll see below. She had spent nearly a year pitching it around to places and finally found it a perfect home with Slate.

Some data about the process:

Rate: $600
Time elapsed between pitching Slate and publication: 1 month
Rounds of editing: 2
Additional work outside of reporting and writing (if any): None
Read the story here: Moved Fast and Broke Things

Subject line: [PITCH] The golden days of tech are over. Will 1 million+ workers like me ever bounce back?