🐛🌱 Pitches to go on a nature walk with 🌱🐛

Folks! Welcome to another term!

Nature is awesome. I went on a hike for the first time in months last weekend and it was ✨cathartic✨ I’ll be thinking about Bridal Falls for weeks to come. After whatever the hell 2024 was, I needed it. Go a walk. Get a friend or don’t. Just go do it — and then consider picking up one of these pitches.

But first, a few announcements:

• I’m holding a workshop on Wednesday January 29 at 1 p.m. in the boardroom about how to pitch for long-form articles. This is a great skill to have under your belt and is a great primer for pitching a features piece.

• The Ubyssey is holding some interesting workshops later this month, open to all contributors:

  • Trauma-informed workshop:  Friday, January 31 at 10 a.m. 

  • Naloxone training: Monday, January 20 at 4 p.m.

• As usual, general meetings are on Fridays at 4 p.m. in our office. This is a great opportunity to learn how to get involved at the paper and get to know other journalists.

Best of luck with the start of the term,

— Fiona

Some things to keep in mind:

• To secure a pitch, respond to this email.

• Are you a first-time writer? Please let me know in your email response.

• Once I confirm your pitch request, you can expect a follow-up email from me within 24 hours with more details on the piece.

• Consider conflict of interest implications when picking up a piece and ask me about this if you’re unsure.

• I LOVE COMMUNICATION! I will check in with you throughout the writing process but it’s also on YOU to tell ME if you’re feeling stressed about deadlines or unsure about how to proceed with anything. I gotcha <3

Our Campus: Yves Tiberghien

Dr. Yves Tiberghien is a professor in the department of political science who is piloting an approach to POLI 100 that prioritizes incorporating global and non-Western perspectives. Get to know to Tiberghien, his approach to decolonizing political study and how he hopes his teaching can help reshape the way we understand power and political systems.

800-1000 words

Due Friday, January 31, 2025

Our Campus: Naomi Leung

Naomi Leung is a global resource systems student whose leadership experience is rooted in climate activism and sustainability through their work with UBC Climate Hub, UBC Sustainability, The Climate Justice Organizing HUB and Sustainabiliteens among others. Their art has been exhibited in Hatch Art Gallery, UBC Exposure and at UBC Arts and Culture Pride. Get to know Leung and how they approach the intersection between art and climate activism.

800-1000 words

Due Friday, January 31, 2025

Our Campus: Kamakshi Anand

Kamakshi Anand is the author of Say Your Vows and also runs the newsletter A-MUSE-ING. She is in her third year of undergrad in the economics honours program. Her work challenges love, poetry and girlhood. Get to know Anand, her writing process and how she saves time for her craft amidst her studies.

800-1000 words

Due Friday, January 31, 2025

Pitch a long-form feature to me!

Do you have an idea for a long-form piece? I want to hear it! Send me a pitch email summarizing what you’d like to write about, why this topic is important to the UBC community and a rough game plan of the drafting process. Not sure where to start? Check out this resource on how to pitch long-form pieces and come to January 29’s pitching workshop. Not sure if your idea fits best in a long-form format? Send me an email anyways and we’ll figure it out together!