You Don't Have To Outrun The Bear, Just The Other Guy

This is the message Village Voice editor Tony Ortega has for freelancers in an open memo posted to the site this morning.

It comes after an over-eager writer pitched a story, was rejected, and then just had to know why he was rejected…while dissing the magazine.

“You can imagine how much I look forward to a future pitch from this genius,” Ortega says. He adds: “The vast, vast majority of story pitches we get are really poor.

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