I usually only pitch to general mailboxes after I've spent hours searching unsuccessfully for a direct email, so I liked hearing your approach. I have also had success with general mailboxes and sometimes they have felt like a black hole. A woman who used to cut my hair once helped me find the NPR email address I needed for a pitch, after I had conducted a wide unsuccessful search among writing colleagues. True story.
That is a helpful stylist! I feel like I have spent tons of runs searching and found an email only to have it bounce, so now I often just try the general email first if I can’t quickly find another good option.
I usually only pitch to general mailboxes after I've spent hours searching unsuccessfully for a direct email, so I liked hearing your approach. I have also had success with general mailboxes and sometimes they have felt like a black hole. A woman who used to cut my hair once helped me find the NPR email address I needed for a pitch, after I had conducted a wide unsuccessful search among writing colleagues. True story.
That is a helpful stylist! I feel like I have spent tons of runs searching and found an email only to have it bounce, so now I often just try the general email first if I can’t quickly find another good option.