Activity: Explain(er) Yourself
Use your twitter thread from our social media unit to pitch an explainer!
Review
Your twitter thread from the last unit. You already have your topic, your argument, and most of your sources ready to go! Good job, you. You don’t have to use your thread to springboard your pitch, but it might save you some time and help you gauge interest (yours and your readers’) in the topic.
Write
Check out Kalpana Jain’s guide to writing an explainer before you start.
Be sure your pitch includes:
What kind of explainer you’re pitching (news hook, anniversary/festival, religious literacy, “curiosity question”)
What topic you’re addressing
How you’re helping readers better understand the topic (3-5 points)
Why this topic matters
Why you’re the person to write about it
And don’t forget: public scholarship is about building relationships. As always, you can claim your expertise and still talk to editors like they’re intelligent human beings (because they are).
Share
Upload your pitch by 7 July.