Media Musings with Cassandra Brooklyn

CNN Update - Travel + Outdoors + Sustainability

Hi everyone, Greetings from somewhere in the sky. I flew back to NYC last week to catch up on some work, go to loads of appointments I’d pushed back over the past month, and to get ready for my trip to Slovenia. After my little brother’s death, I’m grateful to have spent the past month with family. I considered cancelling this trip but I’ve been looking forward to it for months and thought it would be good for me. I’ve never been to Slovenia and I’m heading on a 12-day hiking trip through the mountains, plus a few extra days for walking and biking around the capital, Ljubljana (which I’m looking forward to learning how to pronounce correctly). I’ll also be testing out some products for CNN and Forbes during the trip. Expect my OOO to be on.

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Three Quick Pro Pitching Tips

Hi everyone, AARP Travel just approved a pitch I sent them in February and I sent out a pitch call for inclusions. I got dozens of responses yesterday and I noticed the same mistake over and over in some pitches, and also some great examples of perfect pitches. Dear paid subscribers (and thanks to all of you that signed up during the

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Last Day to get Free Access to My Paid Newsletter

Hello from Milwaukee, Today is the last day of Parkinson’s Awareness Month so I’m giving a free one-year subscription to my paid newsletter to anyone that donates at least $50 to Parkinson’s-related organizations today. What can you expect from the paid membership? Loads of member-only newsletters offering insights that you won’t hear elsewhere, step-by-…

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Support Parkinson's & Get FREE Access to My Paid Newsletter

Hello from Milwaukee, As many of you saw in my last post, I’m here for my little brother’s funeral. I intended to send this newsletter at the beginning of April, which is Parkinson’s Awareness Month, but his death completely devastated me and I am just now finding the energy to send it.

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Personal Tragedy and Taking Time Off

Three weeks ago, I sent out an email announcing a gang of new CNN assignments I was excited about. I hit send, and headed out for a beautiful hike with my friend and fellow writer, Jacqueline Kehoe. Later that day, my little brother’s body was found in his apartment. He was 36.

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CNN has me BUSY! So many new assignments!

Hello from Milwaukee! First off - that picture!!! I flew out of JFK on Friday and the Delta rep asked if I have Delta ID. I said “what?” and they snapped this picture. Apparently, now I have Delta ID and that is my picture. Hilarious! I flew in so I could take my mom to Easter Sunday services yesterday. She hasn’t been able to go in years and I knew it wo…

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Shameless donation request for a charity ride I organize

Hi everyone, As some of you know, I’ve been organizing an annual charity bike ride every November for the past 8 years to benefit food justice organizations around Thanksgiving. It’s called Brooklyn Cranksgiving, and next month, I’m organizing a similar ride called

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New Week, New Assignments, & Plenty of Publications

Happy Monday, What a whirlwind of a weekend it was. Over the past few days, I had four articles publish: one with the Wall Street Journal, one with CNN Travel Gear, and two with Forbes gear (links below - thanks to all of you who sent products for inclusion).

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Here's How to Guarantee I See Your Pitch

Happy Spring! It’s cold, windy, and very un-springlike in New York City, but at least the sun is shining! I have two important announcements today: I got a great response to Tuesday’s newsletter about booking a one-on-one call with me so I scheduled those for tomorrow to open up more slots for next week.

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Wow - I Have 1,000 Subscribers!

Hello from New York City! I just realized I hit 1,000 subscribers a few days ago! Woohoo! Considering that I only started sending out regular newsletters a little over a year ago, I’m very happy that it’s grown so much and I sincerely thank every single one of you for supporting me and for sharing the newsletters with your friends and colleagues.

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