How do you pitch an op-ed?
The answer might not be obvious,
so here’s a thread
of advice (not copious).

S/O to my fellow panelists at the @AHAhistorians this past weekend: @FranHirsch @jelani9 @mauracunningham @brianros1 & the amazing @lmansley.

Here is a thread🧵. /1 Make sure your pitch succinctly defines what is the issue of general, relevant interest.

General = for a lay audience
Relevant = relevant to today and to the audience the publishing venue targets /2

I am redesigning my World History since 1500 class around a "problem-solving" project. The problem? How can we memorialize the trans-Atlantic trade of enslaved Africans? Students will create monuments/museums. Here are components to the project I've envisioned thus far. /1 I want to introduce students to historical research -- both in its archival form and digitally. I'm assigning Rafe Blaufarb's graphic history, which takes students through British and French archives. (PS It also has a terrible drawing of me in it. #researchassistant /2