✦ SUBMISSIONS & DISPATCHES
Pitch a Story
We welcome pitches and submissions from university alumni worldwide.
Alumni Signal is actively seeking high-caliber pitches for articles, audio interviews, and video deep-dives. Before submitting, please review our standard pitching formula below.
The Pitch Formula
01. Email Subject
Pitch — [Your Proposed Title]
Example: Pitch — Scalable Interpretability in Frontier Mixture-of-Experts
02. The Core Claim
Two-Sentence Claim
What is the core argument or revelation, and why is it critical right now? Sentence 1 states the fact/finding; Sentence 2 states the broader consequence.
03. Contributor Background
Name / School / Year
Your full name, alma mater / university affiliation, and graduation year or cohort.
04. Proposed Medium
Article / Audio / Video
Indicate your target format: Written article (1,000–3,000 words), Audio dialogue / interview, or Video demonstration / explainer.
Send Your Pitch
Send your pitch directly to our pitch review desk:
Sample Email Template
To: [email protected] Subject: Pitch — [Insert Proposed Title] Dear Editorial Desk, I would like to propose a piece for Alumni Signal: 1. TWO-SENTENCE CLAIM: [Sentence 1: The core finding, technological pivot, or new evidence]. [Sentence 2: Why this matters to the community and what changes as a result]. 2. CONTRIBUTOR INFO: - Name: [Your Name] - School / Alma Mater: [Your University] - Graduation Year / Degree: [e.g. Class of 2018, B.S. CS] - Current Affiliation / Role: [e.g. Research Scientist @ ... / Founder @ ...] 3. FORMAT: - [Article (approx. 1,500 words) | Audio Interview | Video Explainer] 4. PROPOSED OUTLINE & KEY CITATIONS: - [Brief outline bullet 1] - [Brief outline bullet 2] - [Primary source links / arXiv papers / GitHub repositories] Looking forward to your feedback. Best regards, [Your Name] [LinkedIn / Website / X]
Pre-Submission Checklist
- ✓ Is this original work that has not been published elsewhere?
- ✓ Does it make a substantive claim rather than a generic overview?
- ✓ Is it supported by primary sources, empirical tests, or archival citations?
- ✓ Does it respect our independent mandate and intellectual rigor?