How do you manage your time and priorities as work ebbs and flows during your life as a freelancer? What do you do with your days between big jobs? What portion of your time is spent on paying work, managing your business (taxes, bills, sending invoices, etc.), personal/professional development, trying to find more work, networking, etc.? Do you deal with deluges and droughts, or is your work more steady and consistent, and how much control do you have about this situation? What do you do during lulls? How long did it take you to become comfortable with your workload after you became a freelancer?
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posted by croutonsupafreak
on Sep 10, 2012 -
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What is the average salary of a journalist in Italy?
If it matters, specifically in technology or IT.
posted by junger
on Dec 6, 2010 -
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Looking for new magazines to read or subscribe to that publish enthralling nonfiction.
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posted by reenum
on Nov 9, 2010 -
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I want to be a corporate litigator. Or a government economist. Or a geophysicist. Or corporate finance guru. Or something. Please held this 32-year-old journalist explore possible second career options.
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posted by croutonsupafreak
on Apr 12, 2010 -
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What's the best time for a travel writer to pitch a story to an editor? Before the trip, when you still have some flexibility? Or after, so you don't have to retract your well-worded promises when the place/angle turns out to be a dud?
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posted by nicoleincanada
on Jan 26, 2010 -
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Competent journalist with not-so-competent (yet) French skills, hoping to freelance in France. What non-traditional venues can I pursue?
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posted by nicoleincanada
on Jan 8, 2010 -
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Are my skills employable in Canada? My wife is considering a Ph.D. program in Toronto, and I don't know if my experience as a paralegal and journalist would allow me to find employment. Help!
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posted by salsamander
on Dec 1, 2009 -
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Anyone recognize this short story about a journalist who wants to learn what it's like to be on Death Row? It's NOT by Roald Dahl.
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posted by web-goddess
on Jul 19, 2009 -
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The two journalists that were convicted in North Korea were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor. What does "hard labor" mean in this situation?
posted by josher71
on Jun 8, 2009 -
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How do I extract information from people? I'm a self-taught journalist who profiles people in my community. Interviews always go well when we discuss the interviewee's special area of knowledge, but I stall when trying to move beyond that.
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posted by Jason and Laszlo
on Apr 25, 2009 -
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Did a journalist investigating the 2000 election in Florida die under suspicious circumstances? If you remember this story even slightly, help me find it.
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posted by damehex
on Aug 23, 2008 -
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I need resources to improve my news writing. I'm already working in a newsroom, so this isn't a"halp mee, I wants to be a writter" post. Rather, I want to increase my fluency in the basics so that tight, accurate prose always flows naturally, even under deadline. I'd also like to increase my vocabulary and craft skills as a writer so that when I'm less pressed for time, I can really make the language dance.
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posted by [ixia]
on Jul 30, 2008 -
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Every time I hear a journalist say "Tell me about ..." when interviewing someone on television, I get really annoyed. It seems so incredibly presumptuous, pompous and impolite to demand an answer of a guest like that. Yet it happens all over the world. Is this standard journalistic practice? What's the reasoning behind it? Anyone else feel the same way or am I being a relic?
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posted by zaebiz
on May 9, 2008 -
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Canadian journalist wants to work in the U.K. - does this sound remotely feasible?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 21, 2008 -
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How do journalists find 'regular people' when they profile them for public interest articles?
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posted by teem
on Oct 18, 2006 -
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Military Intelligence: I've thought about joining the military for about six years. Now it seems that it might become reality. I'd like to become an intelligence officer because it seems like I'd use a similar skill set to what I do now (I'm a journalist.) But what branch of the service should I check out? Army/Navy/Marines/Air Force/Coast Guard? What about the CIA or NSA? Anybody know people in any of these branches? [more inside]
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posted by Happydaz
on Jul 29, 2004 -
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On the recent video beheading of Berg, does anyone know the significance of that orange gown he is/was wearing?
posted by blogRot
on May 12, 2004 -
9 answers
Any journalists in the audience? I have managed to land myself a position where a journalism degree would be helpful...and yet, I don't have one! (more inside)
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posted by macadamiaranch
on Dec 23, 2003 -
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