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Georgia van Toorn, UNSW Sydney
Kai Riemer, University of Sydney and Sandra Peter, University of Sydney
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Krystal Tolley, University of Johannesburg
Philip C. Almond, The University of Queensland
Meighen McCrae, Australian National University
These four guides cover the fundamental aspects of how The Conversation operates and the benefits of membership. They are essential reading for those in the communications or research offices of member institutions, new or old. (ver. 2025.2)
Short courses that cover how to pitch and write for The Conversation and reach non-academic audiences.
Academics can pitch (send ideas for stories) to editors from our pitch page.
There is some guidance on the pitch page; please read it (and recommend academics to do so too!). Also linked at the top of the pitch page is more detailed guidance. Finally, you might suggest academics take one of our free online, self-paced training courses, one of which focuses on pitching skills specifically.
In any case, please understand that we receive many thousands of pitches – more than we could ever use – and so although editors are always happy to hear from academics who have ideas to share, we will in many cases not be able to use them. In that eventuality please don't be disheartened or take it personally, but come back with other ideas when you have them.
