I wrote a story for Philadelphia Weekly on theatrical performance commissioned by the Village of Arts and Humanities. I also blogged it for uwishunu and pitched it to friends at KYW News Radio and the Inquirer.
Though KYW covered it on its own, and the Inqy will do the same for another round of the performances, I took a single story and group of interviews and sent out different pitches with separate angles on the same subject.
With a little more effort, I got more pay, clips and contacts — without needing fresh sources.
In the increasingly difficult game of freelance writing, redundancy is a skill you need to know and we all need to improve.