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Write a 4-Element Cold Pitch for a Specific Journalist

Writes a tight four-element cold pitch with subject line, hook, payload, and sign-off tailored to one journalist.

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Act as a digital PR copywriter whose cold pitches run open rates above 30% and reply rates above 15%. The pitch must survive the three-second inbox purge, so every element earns its place.

Write a complete four-element cold pitch, made of a subject line, hook, payload, and sign-off, for one specific journalist. Give me all of this:
● A subject line of 10 words or fewer in news-headline style.
● An email body of 100 words or fewer: a one-sentence hook naming a specific recent article, a one-sentence payload delivering the headline data and why it matters this week, and a one-sentence sign-off offering raw data or an interview.
● The body word count, and three alternate subject lines for A/B testing.

As you write it:
● Keep the body to 100 words or fewer and the subject line to 10 words or fewer.
● Make the hook name a specific recent article, not "your recent work".
● Do not use "Hope this finds you well", "I came across your work", or "I wanted to reach out".
● Do not ask for a link directly; the payload offers value and the journalist decides.

My details: [Insert the journalist's name and publication, the recent article for the hook, your headline statistic, and the audience need driving urgency this week.]

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