Philosophy in Media Initiative: Past Events

Pitching Radiolab

In this two-hour workshop, Nasser and Bressler fielded several pitches from philosophers whose research interests ranged widely from trust in the police institution and Bohmian mechanics to consciousness and morality in AI and the importance (or non-importance) of experiencing boredom. Selected participants were invited to give their two-minute pitches to a live audience of around 80 attendees. Nasser and Bressler offered unique insight and feedback into what worked especially well about each pitch, and what would be useful to consider for Radiolab‘s listeners and for a public audience.

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Pitching Noema

In this event designed for philosophers aspiring to be public philosophers, participants heard from editors of a leading philosophical magazine about how to craft and hone a pitch. Attendees at this workshop learned how to get public philosophy pieces published with an extra opportunity, for those interested! The Vice President, Nils Gilman, and Executive Editor, Kathleen Miles of Noema Magazine heard and gave feedback on magazine pitches.

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Pitching the Point

In this hour and a half seminar, Jon and Jonny went over general tips on how to write public philosophy and gave advice about how to write for The Point in particular. They also took questions and, most importantly, pitches. One of the most useful things for a beginner to learn is what a pitch to an editor looks like, and how an editor thinks through pitches to accept or reject. So even if participants didn’t have an article planned, coming up with a pitch was a great first interaction.

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