The New Journalist's Guide to Freelancing

Building Your Career in the New Media Landscape
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-55481-513-5
Verlag: Broadview Press Inc

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 214 mm, Gewicht: 227 g

In a fast-moving media world where most workers begin as freelancers (and many may spend their whole careers doing so), this book is a guide for journalism students, recent graduates, and new journalists to orient themselves in the world of freelance work in Canada and the US. The book looks at developing your own personal brand, how to pitch to different types of publications and media outlets, and how to start to plan for your financial future as a freelancer (yes, it's possible!). Short, practical, and easy to read, The New Journalist's Guide is written by an experienced freelance journalist and journalism professor, and incorporates profiles of real freelancers from varied backgrounds and in a range of professional fields.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilcox, Meg

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaft: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Informationstechnik, IT-Industrie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Presse & Journalismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction
- Chapter 1: What is freelance work? MEET A FREELANCER: Anupa Mistry, writer and producer
- Chapter 2: Building your brand … and your network. MEET A FREELANCER: Gabe Bergado, editor and writer
- Chapter 3: Ready, set, pitch! MEET A FREELANCER: Jeremy Klaszus, writer and founder of The Sprawl
- Chapter 4: It's Business Time. MEET A FREELANCER: Erin Lowry, financial writer and author of the Broke Millennial series
- Chapter 5: Freelance Business Basics. MEET A FREELANCER: Trevor Solway, filmmaker
- Chapter 6: Tax Time. MEET A FREELANCER: Kat Eschner, freelance science and business journalist
- Chapter 7: Navigating the law as a freelancer. MEET A FREELANCER: Rebecca Collard, broadcast journalist and writer
- Chapter 8: Contracts and negotiations. MEET A FREELANCER: Omar Mouallem, nonfiction writer and filmmaker
- Chapter 9: Freelance work in the bigger picture. MEET A FREELANCER: Desmond Cole, independent journalist, activist, and author
- Last Thoughts

Über Autor(innen)

Meg Wilcox is Assistant Professor of Journalism at Mount Royal University.