Contributing to Fedora Magazine

[Mike Saunders]

Hello!

I do Marketing & PR at The Document Foundation, the non-profit entity
behind LibreOffice. And before this, I spent almost 20 years writing for
Linux magazines, such as Linux Format and Linux Voice:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Voice

I'm a huge supporter of FOSS, Linux and digital rights, and I'm lucky
that my day job involves helping to spread the word about LibreOffice
and grow our community :-)

I'd like to write an article for Fedora Magazine about how Fedora users
can get involved with LibreOffice, in a few areas -- development,
design, marketing and so forth.

What do you think? Thanks!

[Justin W. Flory]

On 05/29/2018 09:04 AM, Mike Saunders wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I do Marketing & PR at The Document Foundation, the non-profit entity
> behind LibreOffice. And before this, I spent almost 20 years writing for
> Linux magazines, such as Linux Format and Linux Voice:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Voice
>
> I'm a huge supporter of FOSS, Linux and digital rights, and I'm lucky
> that my day job involves helping to spread the word about LibreOffice
> and grow our community :-)
>
> I'd like to write an article for Fedora Magazine about how Fedora users
> can get involved with LibreOffice, in a few areas -- development,
> design, marketing and so forth.
>
> What do you think? Thanks!

Hi Mike, nice to see you here. :-)

The best place to start is the guidelines for writing and submitting a
new article for the Fedora Magazine. You can find that here:

https://fedoramagazine.org/writing-an-article-for-the-fedora-magazine/

Particularly, I would recommend writing a pitch and getting that
approved first before writing an article. I'm not sure if the Magazine
has published something like that before, but it will be easier for the
editors to review and give you feedback on a pitch. They can help guide
the direction of the article if needed.

More detailed info on pitches here:

https://fedoramagazine.org/writing-a-new-pitch/

Happy writing, looking forward to seeing you around here!

[Mike Saunders]

Hi Justin,

On 30/05/2018 21:40, Justin W. Flory wrote:
> The best place to start is the guidelines for writing and submitting a
> new article for the Fedora Magazine. You can find that here:
> https://fedoramagazine.org/writing-an-article-for-the-fedora-magazine/

Yes, I've been following that exact guide, and got to step 3 --
introducing myself here :-) But it looks like I have the ability to save
a pitch now, so here it is:

https://fedoramagazine.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=21561&action=edit

Thanks!
Mike

[Paul Frields]

The Magazine editors discussed this pitch at the last meeting. We
would like to see an article that is more focused on helping users
make sue of some cool new LibreOffice features, and then in conclusion
points out a few ways people can get involved. While the Magazine
supports free software contribution, it's not the focus of the site.
We've found that such articles don't tend to attract readers. An
article that shows off some an interesting feature or use case, and
then includes a shrot pitch for contribution, would be more effective.

On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 8:26 AM Mike Saunders
 wrote:
> Hi Justin,
>
> On 30/05/2018 21:40, Justin W. Flory wrote:
> > The best place to start is the guidelines for writing and submitting a
> > new article for the Fedora Magazine. You can find that here:
> > https://fedoramagazine.org/writing-an-article-for-the-fedora-magazine/
>
> Yes, I've been following that exact guide, and got to step 3 --
> introducing myself here :-) But it looks like I have the ability to save
> a pitch now, so here it is:
>
> https://fedoramagazine.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=21561&action=edit
>
> Thanks!
> Mike
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[Mike Saunders]

Hi Paul,

On 05/06/2018 15:25, Paul Frields wrote:
> The Magazine editors discussed this pitch at the last meeting. We
> would like to see an article that is more focused on helping users
> make sue of some cool new LibreOffice features, and then in conclusion
> points out a few ways people can get involved. While the Magazine
> supports free software contribution, it's not the focus of the site.
> We've found that such articles don't tend to attract readers. An
> article that shows off some an interesting feature or use case, and
> then includes a shrot pitch for contribution, would be more effective.

OK, thanks for your feedback, and that makes sense. I've updated the
pitch accordingly, to focus on new and lesser-known features in
LibreOffice that are becoming more prominent, such as the Notebookbar
and LibreOffice Online:

https://fedoramagazine.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=21561&action=edit

What do you think? If it sounds good, I'll go ahead with the content...

Cheers,
Mike