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Freelance Folder: New Year’s Resolutions for freelancers

January 4th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Freelance

Really useful advice for freelance journalists here – from streamlining your business to setting achievable targets.

Full list at this link…

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#Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – tax advice for freelancers

December 18th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted by Laura Oliver in Freelance, Top tips for journalists
Freelance: Take a look at our special forum section on freelancers and tax for advice and answers to your questions from experts in the field. Tipster: Laura Oliver. To submit a tip to Journalism.co.uk, use this link - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published. Full story...

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Put your questions to Skillset about training bursaries for freelancers

December 17th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted by Laura Oliver in Freelance, Training

Skillset, the media industry skills council, is answering questions about its new multi-platform training bursary for broadcast journalists today, as part of an online Q&A session.

You can put your questions to Alice Dudley, TV fund manager at Skillset, via the Guardian’s career section forum.

The multi-platform bursaries offer a grant of up to £800 for freelancers with an interest in working in broadcasting to spend on a range of 38 pre-selected, foundation-level courses, including an introductory course on social media and shooting video for the web.

To be eligible for a bursary, candidates must demonstrate either professional experience in the UK TV industry or the wider creative media industries with a view to working solely in TV or in broadcasting as part of a multimedia role.

There are 500 places available as part of the scheme.

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Networking group for writers spreads to London

November 27th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted by Laura Oliver in Events, Freelance

WriteClub, a friendly networking group for all kinds of writers, is planning its first London meet-up after some successful get-togethers in Brighton.

“So far (in our Brighton meetings) we’ve had journalists, copywriters, editors, authors, fiction writers and poets get together for gentle networking,” says Leif Kendall, one of the founders.

“The main purpose is to help working writers meet other working writers, and so learn from each other and expand our networks.”

The group’s London meeting will take place on Tuesday 1 December at 19:30 in the Yorkshire Grey pub: Yorkshire Grey pub, 46 Langham Street, London, W1W 7AX

There’s no formal agenda – just a place to swap tips and advice.

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#Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – freelance fees guide

November 25th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted by Laura Oliver in Freelance, Top tips for journalists
Freelancers: for fees guidance and advice try the NUJ Fees Guide with useful tips and contacts at this link. Tipster: Judith Townend. To submit a tip to Journalism.co.uk, use this link - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published. Full story...

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#Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – freelancing for a book publisher

November 18th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted by Laura Oliver in Freelance, Top tips for journalists
Freelance: Looking for advice on getting freelance work in book publishing? Read Mary James' 'how to' for a publisher's perspective. Tipster: Laura Oliver. To submit a tip to Journalism.co.uk, use this link - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published. Full story...

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Write Thinking: How a tech freelancer became his own publisher

October 28th, 2009 | 3 Comments | Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Freelance

A guest post on Write Thinking, from (former) freelance journalist Roy H. Rubenstein on the launch of his new online magazine and how he’s set up sponsorship for the venture.

A specialist journalist (his new site Gazettabyte covers opticom developments in the datacom and telecom industries), Rubenstein had been freelancing for six years for a magazine, which was closed in July.

“I now have my own title. No more surprise phone calls telling me to stop writing as the magazine is about to fold,” he writes.

Full post at this link…

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#Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – guide to freelance survival

October 19th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted by Laura Oliver in Freelance, Top tips for journalists
Freelancers: Website Freelancers Anonymous has created a 12-step guide for surviving as a freelance journalist. You can download the handbook and manifesto for free. Tipster: Laura Oliver. To submit a tip to Journalism.co.uk, use this link - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published. Full story...

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Freelancers – how well are you marketing yourself online?

October 8th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted by Ed Martin in Events, Freelance, Training

It’s your last chance to book on Journalism.co.uk and Guy Clapperton’s ‘Introduction to online marketing for freelance journalists’ course, to be held at Journalism.co.uk’s central Brighton offices on Monday 12 October 2009.

For the low price of £85 + VAT, we’re offering attendees a place on this course as well as a year’s subscription to our online database of freelance journalists. This is normally £50 per year, so depending how you look at it you’re either getting yourself exposure to our 120,000 plus monthly unique users for free, as well as learning how to get the best possible exposure for yourself, or you’re making a great saving on a course that’s been described as ‘really useful’ and an ‘enjoyable evening’ by previous delegates with an ‘excellent’ tutor.

Guy Clapperton, who will be teaching the course, is a veteran freelance journalist, media trainer, and social media expert, and the author of ‘This is Social Media: Tweet, Blog, Link and Post Your Way to Business Success’. Guy will be taking you through all the steps you need to take in order to ensure you’re getting your name out there online, in the right avenues and in the best way. With the current economic climate, increasing numbers of journalists are looking at turning freelance, so it’s advisable to take advantage of any opportunity to make yourself stand out from the crowd that you can.

Your listing will include the following:
* a profile page in Journalism.co.uk’s database of freelance journalists
* a subscription to our freelance newsletter
* access to our members-only freelance forums, where you can find exclusive job leads sourced by us for you
* get your name out there to our unique community of visitors from all sectors of journalism and publishing.

For more information on the course and to book, please visit the course page.

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Freelance Advisor: Four ways to fail as a freelancer

September 24th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Freelance

Leif Kendall shares four reasons why freelancers fail. Don’t be the Mr Poundland or TK Maxx of the industry, he advises.

Full post at this link…

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