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# 📧 “Following up on pitch / request” from Sojo
- URL: https://gijustice.com/20241114-sojo/
- Published: 2024-11-14T22:18:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-06T20:36:01.000Z
- Author: Logan M. Isaac
- Tags: Sojourners, Josiah Daniels, Elizabeth Denlinger Reaves

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Hello Logan,

My name is Josiah and I am the sr. associate opinion editor for sojo\[dot\]net. Elizabeth Denlinger Reaves forwarded your pitch to me, and I have reviewed it. We are going to decline it, but thank you for sending it to us.

In the future, please send all pitches here to this address (opinion@sojo.net). Elizabeth has no influence on the pieces that *Sojourners* publishes, as we have full [editorial independence](https://sojo.net/editorial-policies-and-procedures?ref=gijustice.com).

It often takes us longer than we’d like to respond to pitches. This is due to a number of factors – the main one being our constant commitment to keep up with the news cycle. Nonetheless, feel free to pitch here.

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### **Reply to Daniels**

I am following up because the language of your email suggested you assumed I was taking advantage of an old friendship to improve my chances at getting published and I wanted to set the record straight. I'm CCing Liz so we can all be on the same page.

I wasn't trying to "influence" anyone. An editor's bread and butter is words, which is why I expect more careful language from someone working as one professionally. I went out on a limb trusting the culture at Sojo had changed, but it hasn't changed at all since the last time I wrote for Sojourners 13 years ago.

I won't be pitching you anymore because **I do not deserve to be humiliated for trying to work within a biased system.** You, or someone monitoring opinion@sojo ignored [my last email, in August](https://gijustice.com/20240808-sojo). When I asked for guidance from an employee about whether something fit more in News or Opinion, I get accused of trying to circumvent a system that already disadvantages minorities such as myself.

Christ only told us to "turn the other cheek" once, but he said "woe to you hypocrites" six times. That checks out.