Additional tips on better self-editing
Ignorance is one of those things that doesn’t improve with practice. Yet a lot of writers in all corners of the craft insist their prime obligation is committing ideas to words, and whether it’s the...
View ArticleAssignmint promises to change freelancing
There’s a new player in the marketplace promising to change the way freelance journalists do their jobs, and the results are supposed to be spectacular. But so far, it’s only a promise. Assignmint.com...
View Article7 Ways to Deal with the Isolation of Freelancing
One of the toughest things I had to deal with when I made the jump to freelancing three plus years ago was the abrupt difference between a fast-paced, adrenaline-charged atmosphere of a newsroom, and...
View ArticleLessons from Jonah Lehrer
As a freelance journalist, I’ve occasionally reworked material on the same topic for multiple stories. I haven’t done much of this, but I’ve often brainstormed how to get more mileage out of my work....
View ArticleFreelance frustration: same as it ever was
Freelancer Ben Adler has penned a lament on the field in the Columbia Journalism Review, “Piecemeal Existence.” The article spells out how bleak it is for many freelancers. Sites offer pittances for...
View ArticlePlagiarism is a choice, not a mistake
(Reprinted with permission from dksheets’s posterous blog.) Sorry, Steve, but I disagree. Most journalists don’t lie on purpose. But I can see why the former Kansas City Star newspaper columnist would...
View ArticleGuide for freelance journalists debuts at EIJ12
Updated, 9/28: A year’s worth of work by SPJ’s Freelance Committee debuted at Excellence In Journalism 2012 with the introduction of On Your Own: A Guide to Freelance Journalism, the committee’s first...
View ArticleTwo way-out ideas for freelance travel costs
We freelancers are always bumping into obstacles. Like, how to pay for our reporting trips. Here are two ongoing, creative approaches to freelance travel. Freelancer Amber Nolan has come up with...
View ArticleSPJ Solutions Offers Insurance Benefits to Members
As a long-time freelancer, one of the biggest challenges I’ve faced is acquiring the kind of benefits that come along with a day job — life insurance, health insurance, sick time, vacation time, etc....
View ArticleIt’s National Grammar Day (insert exclamation point here)
This is it, the day all word mavens and grammarphiles relish with a fervency everyone else reserves for major national holidays, weekends, and end dates on the Mayan calendar. Yes, it’s National...
View ArticleExpand your freelance network – join SPJ’s freelance community!
Hello, freelance colleagues! Have you heard about SPJ’s new Freelance Community? Launched this summer, the community is a new way for SPJ members interested in freelancing to connect with each other....
View ArticleWill Ebony settlement be ‘start of something big’ for freelancers?
Hazel Becker is resources coordinator for the SPJ Freelance Community. The news that 45 freelance journalists will receive their fees for unpaid work published by Ebony magazine is more than welcome –...
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