To view this on the COS website, click here [[https://conventionofstates.com/files/cos-comm-newsmaker-intro|cos-comm-newsmaker-intro]]

To download the pdf file from the COS website, click here [[https://conventionofstates.com/files/cos-comm-newsmaker-intro/download|COSA_MyPitchPortalGuide_DescriptiveGuide.pdf]]


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====== COS My Pitch Portal Info ======


Introduction to COS My Pitch Portal

Attachment: 3640/COSA_MyPitchPortalGuide_DescriptiveGuide.pdf
| \\ \\ \\ \\ {{:public:cb_mirror:files_9951_pdfto001.png?nolink&918x1188|}}\\ \\ ** **\\ \\ **What: A Resource for the COS Grassroots Network **\\ \\ The \\ \\ **COS My Pitch Portal **\\ \\ is a news story pitching resource that COS affiliated grassroots can \\ \\ independently harness to advance community activism and self-governance in their communities by: \\ \\ **•  Elevating** local issues of importance\\ **•  Celebrating** local heroes and patriots\\ **•  Holding government accountable** and **promoting** government transparency\\ **•  Highlighting** overlooked stories and **amplifying** marginalized voices \\ \\ **Goal:**\\ \\ ✓**  **\\ \\ Cultivate and \\ \\ **empower activism, **civic engagement, and self-governance by **elevating awareness **around \\ \\ state and local community issues.\\ \\ **How does it work?**\\ \\ **1. You are the source**—Come across a story that needs telling? Attend a local meeting? Dig into government \\ \\ data on spending, contracts, or other issues? Report it!\\ \\ **2. Pitch your story**—Use the COS My Pitch Portal form to put your story in play. Think someone needs to \\ \\ answer some questions? Tell us who and what questions you want our reporters to ask.\\ \\ **3. Watch Your Story Get Reported**—Your story will be assigned to a journalist who will conduct interviews, \\ \\ research, and write the story. In a few days, the story will be published on your community’s online news site. \\ \\ You will be informed when the story is published, and provided with a link that you can share with others. \\ \\ **Who writes the articles?**\\ \\ Story leads are drafted into stories by a \\ \\ **quality-reviewed** network of free-lance reporters across\\ \\ the country who adhere to strict journalistic standards — \\ \\ **no political bias, and a commitment to**\\ \\ **facts over opinion.** Additionally every story draft is reviewed by editorial staff to ensure it\\ \\ adheres to editorial standards.\\ \\  \\ \\ — T[[https://www.mypitchportal.com/cos|o get started, go to ]]\\ \\ [[https://www.mypitchportal.com/cos|My Pitch Portal]]\\ \\  and complete the form. —\\ \\ 1 of 2\\ \\ **My Pitch  **\\ \\ **Portal Guide**\\ \\ \\ \\ {{:public:cb_mirror:files_9951_pdfto002.png?nolink&918x1188|}}\\ \\ ** **\\ \\ **Whose Behind the COS My Pitch Portal? **\\ \\ **COS My Pitch Portal **\\ \\ is a collaboration between \\ \\ **Citizens for Self-Governance** and the \\ \\ [[https://www.communitynewsfoundation.com/|**Community News **]]\\ \\ [[https://www.communitynewsfoundation.com/|**Foundation**]]\\ \\  to help restore local news in communities across America. The COS My Pitch Portal tool is a \\ \\ means to build a wide network of citizen community reporters. \\ \\  \\ \\ **Where will the articles be published?**\\ \\ As of now, the Community News Foundation can publish to established \\ \\ **network of local news**\\ \\ **sites** in all 50 states:  \\ \\  \\ \\ Stories can also be published to statewide \\ \\ **“Business Daily”** outlets **in all 50 states.**\\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\ — T[[https://www.mypitchportal.com/cos|o get started, go to ]]\\ \\ [[https://www.mypitchportal.com/cos|My Pitch Portal]]\\ \\  and complete the form. —\\ \\ 2 of 2\\ \\ **My Pitch  **\\ \\ **Portal Guide**|


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|Created:                 |2020-03-31 19:29 GMT|
|Updated:                 |2023-03-17 18:36 GMT|
|Published:               |2020-03-31 04:00 GMT|
|Converted:               |2025-11-11 12:19 GMT|
|Change Author:           |Grant Martin        |
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