How to Contact CoinDesk’s Editors and Reporters (the Right Way)

I’ve bought some information that will sound prosaic however it’s lengthy overdue. CoinDesk now has a masthead.

After I joined CoinDesk in 2017, one of many first issues I observed was there was no single web page itemizing all our editorial workers members and detailing their roles and make contact with info. I would be the first to say it was a evident omission. 

For one factor, individuals pitching tales or lodging complaints (typically legit) had no easy method to discover out which reporters on our workers coated what, which editors managed them or whom to contact about particular subjects. Oftentimes pitches would go to the unsuitable reporter or editor and get misplaced within the shuffle as messages have been routed and rerouted throughout the crew. 

“CoinDesk is a black field,” one trade government complained to us final summer season, and never with out some justification. That’s definitely not what we need to be. We’re aiming to be extra accessible and clear, and within the coming weeks we’ll be taking extra steps to comprehend these objectives. All CoinDesk, reporters and editors will clearly record the simplest strategies of communication of their bios. 

Most urgently, we’re additionally hoping to take the knees out from the scammers impersonating us on Telegram, LinkedIn and probably different social media platforms. As we beforehand reported, unhealthy actors have been approaching tasks providing the possibility to be featured on CoinDesk in the event that they pay a number of hundred {dollars} in crypto.

We’ve mentioned it earlier than however it bears repeating: CoinDesk journalists will NEVER settle for cost for an article. Anybody who makes such a suggestion is masquerading as one in all us, hoping to benefit from you.  

However now we’ve made it loads simpler to contact us. On this web page you’ll discover our reporters and editors, the areas they particularly cowl and their electronic mail, Twitter and Telegram handles. You possibly can click on by to their bios for added info.

That is simply the beginning. In 2020, as we proceed our reporting in an area riddled with hype and histrionics, we are going to make it a precedence to be as clear as attainable ourselves. You will see better efforts to interact with our audiences, each on-line and offline, and invite you to attach with us and air your issues or questions.

Within the meantime, you’ll be able to proceed pitching CoinDesk reporters tales by emailing them immediately or contacting information@coindesk.com. Often, it’s greatest to contact a reporter a couple of story inside his or her beat immediately, and a concise electronic mail explaining the venture’s background and detailing the information might be extra more likely to obtain a direct response. 

This official masthead for CoinDesk is probably not as immutable as a blockchain, however not less than now there’s one thing official for steerage on who we’re. Trying ahead to connecting!