A

Choose a company and assume you work for the company. Next, identify a newsworthy story angle and a media outlet that makes sense for pitching. Draft a short email pitch addressed to the correct person at the media outlet. The goal of the pitch is to be received as a follow-up email from the recipient, with the outcome being that your company, product, or service is featured in a story, or part of a story, within the media outlet.

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In your opinion, what are the top two or three global economic factors that have influenced your personal or professional life in the last ten years?

Think about the factors that may have affected you in a positive way as well as in a negative way.

What were these influences' root causes, and how did they affect you?

What could have been done by governments or other agencies to make the impact more acceptable?