Query Letter – Magazine Writing – Jeremy Shere
ESSENCE
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135 West 50th Street
4th Floor
New York, NY 10020
Dear Angela Burt-Murray,
It is my understanding that the demographic of your award-winning magazine is African American males and females ranging in age from 18-75+ in urban, surburban, and rural areas from all walks of life. Your magazine has been a staple in my household for as long as I can remember, and I know the same is true for friends and associates of mine. Your mass appeal to our minority population means that you have a powerful voice in agenda-setting and providing commentary on the world around is in a flavorful and inviting way.
An interest of mine is sustainability and eco-friendly living. I have interned for Enterprise Community Partners, a national non-profit that works in inner-cities to place low-income families into homes that are built up to LEED silver standards. I am now interning at my college with the Indiana University Sustainability Office as the First Year Experience intern, incorporating green living into the first years of college and theoretically for a lifetime. It would be both timely and insightful for you to run a features or news story about how we can green our lives to create more green. This concept of greening an economy is relatively modern but has huge impacts on our communities, and in all honesty African-Americans have the most to gain if we buy into this idea.
I would love to write a story for your magazine with the aforementioned items in mind. I have been trained on concise and effective writing during my time in the Journalism school of Indiana University in Bloomington, and I am available for consultation or further questions and comments. My contact information will be below. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Briana A. Bobo
Senior, Journalism Student at Indiana University-Bloomington
Phone 314-800-7470
Email bbobo@umail.iu.edu
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