story-pitch SKILL.md skillA
story-pitch from jamditis/claude-skills-journalism is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/story-pitch@git:20260818.3e0e3a8Pins git:20260818.3e0e3a8 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- jamditis/claude-skills-journalism
- Path
journalism-core/skills/story-pitch/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260818.3e0e3a8, committed Aug 18, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 8, 2026
- Size
- 12,944 bytes
- Repository stars
- 450
- License
- MIT
Crafts story pitches for different outlets. Use when pitching editors, writing query letters, or shaping feature or op-ed angles.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Story pitch guide Good stories die in bad pitches. This skill covers pitch structure, angle development, and outlet-specific formatting. ## When to use - Pitching stories to editors (internal or external) - Developing freelance query letters - Refining story angles before reporting - Competing for assignment in a newsroom - Proposal writing for grants or fellowships ## The pitch fundamentals ### What every pitch needs 1. **The hook**: Why should anyone care? Why now? 2. **The story**: What will you show/reveal/explain? 3. **The evidence**: What do you have? What can you get? 4. **The access**: Who will you talk to? What will you see? 5. **The ask**: What do you need (time, budget, resources)? ### The "so what" test Before pitching, answer: - **Why this story?** (significance) - **Why now?** (timeliness/news hook) - **Why you?** (access, expertise, angle) - **Why this outlet?** (audience fit) If you can't answer all four, you're not ready to pitch. ## Pitch templates by type ### Daily news pitch For quick-turn stories to assignment editors. ```markdown **Slug:** [2-3 word identifier] **Pitch:** [One sentence: What's the news?] **Why now:** [What makes this timely?] …
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How to install
mdr add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/story-pitch@sha256:4caeaf7642b1f792The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260818.3e0e3a8, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between May 8, 2026 and Aug 18, 2026, about one every 102 days.
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| git:20260818.3e0e3a8 latest | 2026-08-18 | 3e0e3a8 | 12,944 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260508.1e108a3 | 2026-05-08 | 1e108a3 | 13,073 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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Source
jamditis/claude-skills-journalism · 450 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-04 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_5mmqshqxum4ts2mr GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/story-pitch GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4caeaf7642b1f79202481fd637e1ada4119f16dcaed4bac9da1b376da44f86b6
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