NEWSWISE FAST PITCH
About Fast Pitch
Fast Pitch events give reporters the opportunity to outsource their lead gathering process, collecting multiple pre-vetted story ideas and experts in a short video meeting. Reporters tell us a topic they plan to write about, and we turn to our member network of over 400 organizations to find the resources they need.
Would you like to expand the scope of your search to find new sources? Are you working on a book, documentary, feature story, or other project and need a broad range of views and experts? Are you traveling to a foreign country for a research trip and need advice on where to go and who to meet?
This is a new tool designed to be flexible to your specific interests.
Each Newswise member is limited to 90 seconds to pitch their story, and the reporter has unlimited time to ask questions and engage with the source. If the story is a good fit, the reporter can then follow up by phone and email. One reporter told us, "you saved me maybe 4 weeks of heavy lifting." Try it and see for yourself!
UPCOMING FAST PITCH EVENTS
Understanding Brain Fog and Long COVID - Virtual Press Briefing
Media are invited to this virtual press briefing about an embargoed study into the cognitive changes experienced by long COVID patients with brain fog.
Monday ,May 12-Thursday , May 12-
12:00pm-12:45pm EST
Vibrating Capsule for Constipation - Virtual Press Briefing
Media are invited to this virtual press briefing to ask questions directly with the researcher from Mercy Medical Center
- Wednesday ,May 21-Saturday , May 21
- 12:30pm-1:00pm EST
Scientists, Advocacy, and Public Trust - Research to Practice Webinar
- Tuesday, June 17
- 2:00pm - 2:45pm EST
All About Experts - Best Practices Webinar
Learn all about crafting pitches and profiles for your experts
- Tuesday ,July 15-Friday , July 15
- 2:00pm-2:45pm EST
Understanding Brain Fog and Long COVID - Virtual Press Briefing
Monday, May 12, 2025 - Thursday, May 12, 2050
Time: 12:00pm - 12:45pm
Speakers: Dr. Michael Lawrence, PhD, Corewell Health, and Bengt B. Arnetz, MD, PhD, Michigan State University
Location
https://newswiselive.zoom.us/j/7459578068,
Event Fees:
$ 0.00 Media Registration
Headline Writing Workshop - Best Practices Webinar
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 -
Time: 2:00pm - 2:45pm
Location
https://newswiselive.zoom.us/j/7459578068,
Event Fees:
$ 0.00 Webinar attendee
Vibrating Capsule for Constipation - Virtual Press Briefing
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - Saturday, May 21, 2050
Time: 12:30pm - 1:00pm
Speaker: Dr. Bryan Curtin - Director of Neurogastroenterology and Motility, The Institute for Digestive Health and Liver Disease, Mercy Medical Center
Location
https://newswiselive.zoom.us/j/7459578068,
Event Fees:
$ 0.00 Media Registration
Scientists, Advocacy, and Public Trust - Research to Practice Webinar
Tuesday, Jun 17, 2025 -
Time: 2:00pm - 2:45pm
Location
https://newswiselive.zoom.us/j/7459578068,
Event Fees:
$ 0.00 Webinar attendee
All About Experts - Best Practices Webinar
Tuesday, Jul 15, 2025 - Friday, Jul 15, 2050
Time: 2:00pm - 2:45pm
Location
https://newswiselive.zoom.us/j/7459578068,
Event Fees:
$ 0.00 Webinar attendee
PAST EVENTS
- Overflow Session for David Biello, TED Talks
- Laura Tangley, National Wildlife Magazine
- Virtual Press Briefing with Disruptive Technology Award Finalist at AACC 2020 Virtual Meeting
- Press Briefing: High-sensitivity COVID-19 Assay Development by AnteoTech at AACC Virtual Meeting
- Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed
- David Biello, TED Talks
- Jeff Hecht, New Scientist
- Miles O\'Brien, PBS Newshour
- Beyond Delta and Omicron: Plant-Based Nutrition for Whole-Body Health in the Age of COVID
- Meagan Drillinger, Travel Weekly, Healthline, Men\'s Health, Women\'s Health
- Autism and CPEB4: Virtual Press Briefing
- Janet Raloff, Science News for Students
- Live Event: Scientists create tiny biological robot \"healers\" assembled from human cells
- COVID-19 Update: Newswise Live Expert Panel
- Joe Palca, NPR
- Tom Ackerman, Al Jazeera English
- Assessing Brain Health and Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders
- Preventing the next pandemic: Leaders of Pacific Rim Universities meet in Bangkok, Thailand
- Copy of Katherine Kornei, Science, Scientific American, Eos
- Copy of Katherine Kornei, Science, Scientific American, Eos
- Katherine Kornei, Science, Scientific American, Eos
- Get Fast Pitch Certified
- EMERGENCY-Bringing Down Blood Sugar Now!
- Dan Vergano, Buzzfeed
- Jennifer Runyon, Renewable Energy World, POWERGRID and Electric Light and Power
- Katherine Kornei - Science, Eos, Scientific American, and The New York Times
- Closing the Rural Health Gap: Media Update from RWJF and Partners on Rural Health Disparities
- John Travis, Science Magazine
- Stephen Ritter, Chemical & Engineering News
- The Elections
- Lisa Grossman, Science News
- Sarah McCammon, NPR
- Editorial Tips and Best Practices for October
- COVID Vaccines and drug trials, plus the third spike in covid cases
- Katherine Kornei, Science, Scientific American, Eos
- Josh Fischman, Scientific American
- Helen Palmer, Producer, Living on Earth
- Improving Breast Cancer Outcomes in Black Women: Time for a Change - ACS Virtual Press Event
- Kidney Week 2024: Live Event
- Kidney Week 2024: Live Event
- Embargoed study involving dietary soy and dementia prevention
- Paul Heltzel, Discovery News
- Kristina Fiore, MedPage Today
- Breaking Barriers in Cancer Research: Advancing Hispanic Health
- David Biello, TED Talks
- Kathleen Doheny, Web MD, Endocrine Web, HealthDay
- YOUTH SPORTS SPECIALIZATION PRESS CONFERENCE
- Embargoed Hodgkin’s Lymphoma NEJM Study: Virtual Briefing
- Sarah Sparks, Education Week
- A Discussion on Compelling News Release Creation
- Dawn Fallik, freelancer for the Wall Street Journal and Philadelphia Inquirer
- Joni Sweet, Forbes & Healthline
- Ben Gruber, Reuters
- The Latest on COVID Drug and Vaccine Trials
- Rachel Feltman and Mary Beth Griggs, Popular Science
- A Machine-Learning Model to Forecast Glioma Treatment Effects
- Brittany Risher, Women\'s Health, Self, Yoga Journal
- Steve Sternberg, U.S. News and World Report
- Leverage Fact Check to Promote Experts: Newswise Live Webinar
- Science of Presidential Debates
- Shraddha Chakradhar, Nature Medicine
- Robin Meadows, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Estuary News, and Bay Area Monitor
- Emily Mullin, Technology Review
- Francie Diep, Pacific Standard magazine
- Kidney Health and Obesity Management: Live Expert Panel
- Select Webinar II
- Editorial/ Reporting Team at The Scientist
- Emily Mullin, Washington Post and Stat News
- September Is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
- Reopening Higher Education
- Jamie Talan, Neurology Today
- Lisa Grossman, Science News
- Jacob Blake, BLM, and Political Conventions
- Elizabeth Wade, Science magazine
- Editorial Tips and Best Practices
- China rising in global business, politics, and foreign policy
- Latest News from COVID Front Lines
- Classroom Controversies: Live Expert Panel Q&A
- Mount Sinai Hosting the Medical Team for the U.S. Tennis Open
- Optimizing your Newswise Strategy
- SEO Best Practices Webinar
- Schools Reopen Vs. Remote
- Breakthrough Cases: Harbinger of COVID Boosters?
- Every Child Needs - Virtual Press Briefing
- Experts to Demystify Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing at the 71st AACC Annual Scientific Meeting
- A Conversation with Qualcomm Tricorder XPrize Innovators
- Editorial Tips and Best Practices
- Lung Cancer Patients and COVID: Panel for July 30, 2020, 3PM EDT
- FDA Changes to Laboratory Developed Test Regulation: Livestreamed Expert Panel
- Alzheimer’s Research with WUSTL, Rockefeller Press, and the Alzheimer\'s Association
- Beth Mole, PhD, Ars Technica
- Michael Behar, Writer & Editor
- Optimizing your Newswise Strategy
- Theranos Whistleblowers to Speak at the 2022 AACC Annual Scientific Meeting
- Mary Hoff, Ensia
- COVID Variants and a Surge Among the Unvaccinated: COVID-19 Expert Panel, July 23, 2021
- COVID-19 Expert Panel for July 16, 2020
- John Travis, Science magazine
- Mixed Reality Tech in the Operating Room: Expert Panel
- Megan Scudellari, Boston Globe
- June Editorial Tips and Best Practices
- Mary Hickey, Freelance and Author
- National Athletic Trainers\' Association Virtual Press Briefing hosted by Newswise Live
- Summer of COVID: The 2nd Wave, BLM, the Economy, and 2020 Elections Expert Panel
- Cancer Docs Join Fight Against COVID: Newswise Live Expert Panel
- Select Webinar
- John Travis and Leslie Roberts, Science
- Katie Becker, Freelancer for Marie Claire, Allure, Women\'s Health, and others
- Re-Opening Pro Sports and the Economy
- Can COVID vaccines impact male fertility? COVID-19 Expert Panel for June 17, 2021
- Embargoed: Easter Island Agriculture Q&A
- Defund or Reform? BLM and Policing: Newswise Live Event for June 16, 2PM EDT
- Erika Hayden, Nature
- Cindy Kuzma, Runners World
- Tamlyn Oliver, BioCompare
- Webinar
- Mental Health After COVID: Expert Panel for June 11, 2020
- Humans Are Smarter Eaters Than Previously Thought Expert Panel, June 9, 2022
- Ellen Wulfhorst, Reuters
- Hyacinth Empinado, STAT News
- Gary Stix, Scientific American
- Education After COVID: Expert Panel for June 4, 2020
- Protests Against Police Killings: Newswise Live Expert Panel
- David Grimm, Science magazine
- Jean Carper, documentary filmmaker
- May Editorial Tips and Best Practices
- Testing, Testing, and More Testing: COVID Expert Panel
- Corey S. Powell, Science Editor, Aeon magazine
- Jenna Babin, WNYC, New York Public Radio
- Optimizing your Newswise Strategy May Webinar
- Health Disparities in Pulmonary Medicine
- How COVID Changed Healthcare: Expert Panel for May 21, 2020
- Winning Over Vaccine Skeptics: COVID-19 Expert Panel, May 20, 2021
- Addressing Systemic Racism in Academia: Expert Panel, May 19, 2021
- Matt Davenport, C&EN
- Embargoed Q&A: past event
- Public Schools, Low-Income Families, and Mental Health
- New Blood Sample Device Reduces Contamination: Live Briefing with Study Author
- Tracy Middleton, Women\'s Health magazine
- COVID-19 Expert Panel for May 14, 2020
- Alexandra Witze, Science News and Nature
- Laura Tangley, National Wildlife Magazine
- Katherine Kornei, Science, Scientific American, Eos
- COVID-19 Expert Panel for May 7, 2020
- Newswise Focus Group - Changes to Federal Funding Session #2
- Peggy Peck, MedPage Today,
- Pippa Wysong, Hakai
- Expert Panel: Study of fecal microbiota on patients with C. diff infection
- Melissa Dahl, New York Magazine
- Editorial Tips and Best Practices
- COVID-19 Expert Panel for April 30, 2020
- COVID v. RE-OPEN: Business Experts Debate Re-Opening
- Newswise Focus Group - Changes to Federal Funding
- Tuskegee, 50 Years Later: Q&A with Author of Upcoming Journal Paper
- Keeping Carbon in the Sea, Keeping Plastics Out, and Keeping Sea Level Down
- Eric Berger, ARS TECHNICA
- Bob Cronkleton, Kansas City Star data journalist
- Misinformation & Communications
- Optimizing your Newswise Strategy
- COVID-19 Expert Panel for April 23, 2020
- Alzheimer’s and Sleep Meds - Embargo Lift Live Event
- Bob Arnot, CBS News
- Mike Casey (Associated Press)
- COVID-19 Expert Panel for April 16, 2020
- Embargo Policies and Strategy - Best Practices Webinar
- The Power of Quality Panel Addressing Critical Issues Facing Patient Care
- Dan Ferber, Mechanical Engineering Magazine
- Dori Meinert, HR Magazine
- New Study Shows How the Florida Wildlife Corridor Can Mitigate the Worst Impacts of Climate Change
- COVID-19 Expert Panel for April 9, 2020
- Can pregnant women’s COVID infection cause brain injury in newborns?
- Sarah Sparks (Education Week)
- George Putic, Voice of America
- COVID-19 Expert Panel Thursday April 2
- The Psychological Science of Racism: Live Expert Panel for March 31, 2PM EDT
- Patrick Skerrett, Stat News
- The Future of Astronomy: ALMA and the Next Generation VLA: Newswise Live Expert Panel Discussion
- Corey S. Powell, Science Editor, Aeon magazine
- COVID-19 Expert Panel for March 26, 2020
- Economics & Finance Professors Speak Out on Impact of Congress\' Coronavirus Relief Bill
- Stanford Economists Comment on Stimulus Package
- COVID-19 Expert Panel March 23, 2020
- Jeanette Mulvey, Business News Daily
- Tina Saey, Science News
- Carol Pearson, Voice of America
- Christine Ro, Forbes
- Perils and Promise of Generative AI for Science Communications - Research to Practice Webinar
- COVID-19 Expert Panel
- Robin Lloyd, Freelance for Scientific American
- Insights on the current Ukrainian nuclear plants situation
- What can we expect from AI and Chatbots in the next few years?
- Claire Brown, New Food Economy
- Cordant Health Solutions Live Professional Briefing
- ASME Expert Panel for 3-11-2021
- Jonathan Amos, BBC
- Robert Hanson, Healthline Media
- Butterfly Population Decline - Virtual Press Briefing
- Rachel Courtland, IEEE Spectrum
- Alexandra Witze, Science News and Nature
- Register now for PAMN webinar and learn to improve your Pitch Craft
- Dan Vergano, BuzzFeed News
- Do No-Calorie Sweeteners Affect Health?
- Virtual Briefings - Best Practices Webinar
- Mary Ann Roser, Austin American-Statesman
- Colin Fernandez, Daily Mail
- Marion Renault, Columbus Dispatch
- John Gever, MedPage Today
- Expert Panel: Politics in South Carolina
- Michelle Cortez, Bloomberg News
- Alisa Bowman, Rodale
- COVID Vaccine Distribution Under New Management
- Cancer Research Briefing
- Doug Lederman, Inside Higher Ed
- Special Event: Science of the Super Bowl Expert Panel
- Melissa Gotthardt, First for Women
- Susan Milius, Science News
- Optimizing your Newswise Strategy
- Expert Panel: Nursing in 2024
- Get Fast Pitch Certified
- Anesthesia and Blood Thinners: New guidelines from ASRA Pain Medicine
- Pete Spotts, Christian Science Monitor
- Nala Rogers, Staff Writer, Inside Science
- Capitol Riot Aftermath
- testing word count
- Erin Ross, Axios Science Reporter
- Post Surgery Infection Prevention - ASRA Virtual Press Briefing
- Vaccine Distribution
- Tina Saey, Science News
- Willie Vogt, Editor, Penton Farm Publishing Group
- Sharon Oosthoek, Freelance
- Terry and Joe Graedon, People’s Pharmacy