Freelancers: How to make sure you’re paid on time
Editor’s note: This article is an updated version of the original written by Carolyn Crist in 2020. We’ve all been there. Fighting for payment is never fun, especially after spending weeks or months...
View ArticleTips for diversifying your sources
Freelancers may want to think more critically about the sources they interview for their stories. Several groups have created databases to encourage reporters to extend their limited perspectives and...
View ArticleHow to meet your freelance business goals
Editor’s Note: This is an update of a 2020 article written by Carolyn Crist. Setting goals, creating a freelance business plan, outlining quarterly objectives — no matter what you call the process —...
View ArticleFrom staff reporter to independent journalist: How to make the switch
We all probably know colleagues who have lost their jobs in the past year. In January alone, NBC News, Time magazine, Business Insider and The Los Angeles Times announced major layoffs. Many...
View ArticleA typical workday for freelancer Meryl Davids Landau
For this installment of A Typical Workday, I spoke with Meryl Davids Landau, an award-winning independent journalist and novelist based in South Florida. Landau has been freelancing for 30 years,...
View ArticleFebruary Lunch and Learn: Overcoming writer’s block
At the February Lunch and Learn, participants discussed overcoming writer’s block, the bane of every journalist at one point or another. As we discussed, it happens to people who are new to the field...
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Breaking into ghostwriting and collaborating on books
Ghostwriting and collaborating on books are a lucrative income stream — and you don’t have to sacrifice your journalistic principles to do it. The market for these books has mushroomed because...
View ArticleFreelancers: Finding health insurance doesn’t have to be so difficult
As the number of staff jobs in journalism shrinks, many reporters are turning to freelancing and either need a new health insurance plan immediately or after stopgap coverage such as COBRA runs out....
View ArticleMarch Lunch and Learn: Freelancer free-for-all
At the March Lunch and Learn, we did something different. There was no set topic, and attendees were able to trade tips and ask for advice about any aspect of freelancing. Some of the topics...
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20 editors from 18 publications on board for PitchFest ’24
Freelancers, if you are planning on attending Health Journalism 2024 in New York City this June, we strongly recommend that you carve out the morning of Friday, June 7 for PitchFest. We have lined up...
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