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It’s a new year and, if you’re like most freelancers, you haven’t had a proper break yet. Sure you may have caught up with family, eaten yourself into a food-coma and drank a bit too much under some fireworks but, unlike your “real job” friends, you haven’t really had a week off (let alone the …
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We live in a culture where millennial ideals are often in opposition to an unstable economy. Most journalism grads understand that the months following graduation will no doubt seem like a never-ending parade of tedious positions and unethical contracts. We may reel and we may rally but the low-paying, menial tasks eventually take their toll …
When you start out as as freelance writer, there’s one area that is especially notorious in terms of understanding the landscape: how to price yourself. Let’s take a look at researching publications’ budgets and the factors to consider in setting your own freelance rates. There are a number of ways to find out whether a …
Starting to build a personal brand requires some reflection on the self – thinking about and researching how people perceive you right now. Here’s a quick list of things to try: Google yourself. If you don’t appear on the front page (we’ll have to fix that), add another identifying term such as your school or …
