Freelance News

Freelancer of the fortnight: Claire Spencer, Birmingham

Journalism.co.uk catches up with Claire Spencer who specialises in corporate finance, music and creative arts
Posted by Clare Fisher on 07/05/08

London School of Journalism to offer lectures in Second Life

Students in the virtual world can attend a series of sessions over the next six months
Posted by Ruth Morgan on 23/04/08

Freelancer of the fortnight: Caspar van Vark, London

Journalism.co.uk catches up with Caspar van Vark - who specialises in social and ethical issues.
Posted by Clare Fisher on 21/04/08

Freelancer of the fortnight: Andrew Charman, Powys

Journalism.co.uk catches up with a member of its freelance community. Andrew Charman specialises in writing about motoring and motorsport.
Posted by Clare Fisher on 09/04/08

Freelancer of the fortnight: Meryl Cubley, Ceredigion

Journalism.co.uk catches up with Meryl Cubley, who specialises in women's issues and health
Posted by Clare Fisher on 25/03/08

Former IPC deputy editor Jessica Fellowes to go freelance

Former deputy editor of Country Life magazine makes the leap to freelancing freelance
Posted by Clare Fisher on 14/03/08

Freelancer of the fortnight: Gavin Atkin, Kent

Journalism.co.uk catches up with a member of its freelance community. Gavin Atkin specialises in medicine and pharmaceutical marketing
Posted by Clare Fisher on 11/03/08

Freelancer of the fortnight: Deborah Bonello, Mexico

Journalism.co.uk catches up with a member of its freelance community. Deborah Bonello specialises in Mexico and multi-media journalism
Posted by Clare Fisher on 26/02/08

Online copyright: How journalism on the web is affected

Journalism.co.uk will run a series of articles over the next week looking at online copyright issues for news publishers and content creators
Posted by Oliver Luft on 14/02/08

NUJ to offer free legal support for members' copyright actions

Deal with Thompsons Solicitors will allow members to pursue copyright infringements at no personal cost
Posted by Laura Oliver on 13/02/08

Freelancer of the fortnight: Natasha Reed, Ipswich

Journalism.co.uk catches up with a member of its freelance community. Natasha Reed specialises in travel and crafts
Posted by Clare Fisher on 11/02/08

NUJ plans to expand legal services for members

Plans for extended legal provision in copyright cases to be announced
Posted by Laura Oliver on 08/02/08

Freelancer of the fortnight: Geoff Simpson, Stockport

Journalism.co.uk catches up with a member of its freelance community. Geoff Simpson specialises in military history and the Channel Islands.
Posted by Clare Fisher on 30/01/08

Elle appoints Anna Smith as contributing film editor

Freelance film critic to work on the Preview section of the magazine
Posted by Clare Fisher on 17/01/08

Freelancer of the fortnight: Howell Llewellyn, Madrid

Journalism.co.uk catches up with a member of its freelance community. Howell Llewellyn specialises in the Spanish energy sector and the global music industry
Posted by Clare Fisher on 16/01/08

Former Daltons Business mag deputy editor Georgina Fuller goes freelance

Former business magazine editor makes the leap to freelancing
Posted by Clare Fisher on 16/01/08

US local newspaper shuts after 126 years and re-emerges web only

Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Post newspapers to be replaced by Kypost.com
Posted by Oliver Luft on 03/01/08

Freelancer of the fortnight: Nicci Talbot, St Leonards

Journalism.co.uk catches up with a member of its freelance community. Nicci specialises in sex and relationships, health and wellbeing and is currently based in St Leonards
Posted by Clare Fisher on 02/01/08

Freelancer of the fortnight: Ed Yong, Surrey

Journalism.co.uk catches up with a member of its freelance community. Ed Yong specialises in science and in particular biology.
Posted by Clare Fisher on 12/12/07

NUJ report into multimedia highlights 'great concerns' amongst journalists

Three quarters of respondents reported that integration has brought increased workloads
Posted by Oliver Luft on 06/12/07

Freelancer of the fortnight: Eve Menezes Cunningham, Essex

Eve specialises in emotional health and wellbeing and is currently based in Essex
Posted by Clare Fisher on 29/11/07

Freelancer of the fortnight: Mel Poluck, Brighton

Journalism.co.uk catches up with Mel Poluck who specialises in technology and climate change
Posted by Clare Fisher on 12/11/07

Freelancer of the fortnight: Steve Bustin, Brighton

From the BBC to sex toys, Steve talks to Journalism.co.uk about the joys of being a freelance journalist
Posted by Antonia Stemp on 31/10/07

Good Housekeeping appoints acting features editor

Elisabeth Knowles will fill in for Lucy Moore, who is on maternity leave
Posted by Laura Oliver on 22/10/07

Current TV relaunches website to let users define news

Al Gore-founded Current says site is first fully integrated online and television network allowing users editorial control
Posted by Laura Oliver on 17/10/07

Freelancer of the fortnight: Meera Dattani, London

Meera talks to Journalism.co.uk about the flexibility of freelance travel journalism
Posted by Antonia Stemp on 09/10/07

London Lite's arts editor leaves

Nina Caplan is going freelance
Posted by Antonia Stemp on 04/10/07

Freelancer of the fortnight: David Nicholson, London

Journalism.co.uk speaks to David about the highs and lows of being a freelancer
Posted by Antonia Stemp on 01/10/07

Freelancer of the fortnight: Marilyn Devonish, Watford

Journalism.co.uk caught up with Marilyn, who specialises in lifestyle coaching and writing
Posted by Antonia Stemp on 17/09/07

Junior magazine appoints deputy fashion editor

Matthew Holroyd joins the Future Publishing parenting title
Posted by Antonia Stemp on 17/09/07

New editor for Maxim

Dennis Publishing makes editorial change on men's lifestyle magazine
Posted by Antonia Stemp on 17/09/07

City AM editor goes freelance

Davis Parsley has started a career as freelancer and media trainer
Posted by Antonia Stemp on 07/09/07

Journalism.co.uk has made a few changes

The site has relaunched with changes both cosmetic and under-the-bonnet, let us know what you think…
Posted by Oliver Luft on 05/09/07

Freelancer of the fortnight: Dan Roberts, London

Journalism.co.uk catches up with another member of its freelance community. Dan is an experienced lifestyle writer
Posted by Antonia Stemp on 03/09/07

Reporters Twitter site to launch

Reportwitter.com aims to put related tweets alongside stories to give 'nitty-gritty detail'
Posted by James Knight on 29/08/07

NCTJ introduces online element into journalism exams

NCE test will now require reporters to produce and file a story for same day online publication
Posted by Oliver Luft on 23/08/07

Freelancer of the fortnight: Alison Withers, Ipswich

Journalism.co.uk talked to gap-year market expert Alison, who has over 17 years of journalism experience
Posted by Antonia Stemp on 20/08/07

Beijing Olympics could be the making of citizen journalism

Will the great number of potential citizen reporters circumvent Chinese controls for information flow next year?
Posted by James Knight on 19/08/07

Sports journalism online training guide launched

SJA site to carry advice for budding sports hacks
Posted by Oliver Luft on 14/08/07

How to: handle your tax and legal affairs so they don't come back and bite you

Charlie Bradburn takes a look at the employment issues freelance journalists have to consider
Posted by Charlie Bradburn on 07/08/07

Freelancer of the fortnight: Alexa van Sickle, Hong Kong

Journalism.co.uk catches up with a member of its freelance community. This week we talk to Alexa - who specialises in travel and politics
Posted by Antonia Stemp on 24/07/07

Freelancer of the fortnight: Paul Allen, London

In the first of a new series, Journalism.co.uk catches up with a member of its freelance community. Paul specialises in ethical, social and environmental issues and has worked for a variety of national and international publications.
Posted by Oliver Luft on 16/07/07

How to: protect your privacy online and why

Colin Meek looks at how reporters can protect themsleves from unwanted attention while working on the web
Posted by Colin Meek on 08/07/07

Review: Advanced online research training masterclass

Journalism.co.uk held its first course in advanced online research. We asked a freelance attendee for a review of the content
Posted by Liisa Rohumaa on 23/05/07

BBC commissioning moves online

From April, submissions for all BBC programme-making will be made on the internet
Posted by Oliver Luft on 29/01/07

How to: publicise yourself as a freelancer

Guy Clapperton on what freelancers need to do to get noticed by the right people
Posted by Guy Clapperton on 29/01/07

Trinity Mirror launches ultra-local citizen journalism sites

Teesside Gazette plays host to five postcode based sites with 18 more to follow
Posted by Oliver Luft on 26/01/07

How to: find contacts and information about people online

If your search strategy starts and ends with Google you are missing out. Colin Meek looks at some of the smart ways journalists can search the internet
Posted by Colin Meek on 15/12/06

How to: impress commissioning editors

Anastasia Moloney on what freelancers need to do to win those all-important commissions
Posted by Anastasia Moloney on 01/11/06

How to: get travel-writing commissions

Verité Reily Collins on the where, who and how of getting paid for your travel article ideas
Posted by Verité Reily Collins on 18/10/06