Pitch Club

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Brendan O'Meara is a journalist, author, and host of The Creative Nonfiction Podcast. Pitch Club — combining text and audio — dissects pitches from the best longform journalists, how they framed their queries, and how they published their work.

About Brendan O'Meara

Brendan O'Meara, journalist and author of The Front Runner: The Life of Steve Prefontaine, host of The Creative Nonfiction Podcast since 2013. Welcome to Pitch Club!

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