The Born Freelancer on the Power of Lists
This series of posts by the Born Freelancer shares personal experiences and thoughts on issues relevant to freelancers. Have something to add to the conversation? Your input is welcome in the comments. In reply to the often asked question, “What is the secret of successful freelancing?” I sometimes give a sardonic answer. How else can you give a […]
The 5-Minute Freelancer Q&A #12 – Jay Somerset
In this regular feature, Story Board asks Canadian writers to share a few details about their work habits and their strategies for navigating the ups and downs of freelance life. 1. Where are you when most of your story ideas come to you? Where do you go to brainstorm pitch ideas? A lot of it happens in […]
The Born Freelancer on Playing the Long Game
This series of posts by the Born Freelancer shares personal experiences and thoughts on issues relevant to freelancers. Have something to add to the conversation? Your input is welcome in the comments. A freelance colleague of mine recently told me that he was sitting on what might be the biggest story of his career. So, I asked, […]
The Born Freelancer on Remaking Radio Drama in Canada, Part 1
This series of posts by the Born Freelancer shares personal experiences and thoughts on issues relevant to freelancers. Have something to add to the conversation? Your input is welcome in the comments. As a followup to my previous post about “The Rebirth of Radio Drama in Canada”, freelance writer and former CBC Radio drama and documentaries producer Kathleen […]
The 5-Minute Freelancer Q&A #11 – Erin Millar
In this regular feature, Story Board asks Canadian writers to share a few details about their work habits and their strategies for navigating the ups and downs of freelance life. 1. What’s the most important thing you’ve done over the years to develop your skills as a writer? I don’t have any particular moment… but […]
Pressfolios: a new option for freelance portfolios
A potential client recently asked me for some writing samples. “No problem,” I thought, and went to my website to gather some links. But when I clicked — horrors — several of my choicest samples opened to a “404-page not found” message. Fortunately, in an uncharacteristic fit of foresight and organization, I’d saved most of the […]
Tips on writing long-form journalism from AAN
by H.G. Watson It’s not often you get to sit in a room with three people who have, respectively, lived with and written about crack gangs in Los Angeles, exposed the financial crimes of some of the most high profile people in America and played a round of golf with former President Bill Clinton. But […]
Airchecker: an online resource for radio freelancers
Are you a radio freelancer? Then there’s a new online home for you to explore: Airchecker – originally a news blog for Canadian radio professionals – has launched a social network. Airchecker was created in 2007 by a Canadian radio personality who prefers to remain anonymous. Seeing a need for a one-stop source of radio-related news, […]
The Born Freelancer on the Rebirth of Radio Drama in Canada
This series of posts by the Born Freelancer shares personal experiences and thoughts on issues relevant to freelancers. Have something to add to the conversation? Your input is welcome in the comments. Just over a year ago I wrote about the death of drama at CBC Radio, that is, the format – not any behind the scenes […]
“A topic is not a story.” A post mortem of a postmortem on Columbia.
by Lesley Evans Ogden One of the most difficult but also most valuable lessons I’ve learned in making the transition from scientist to science journalist is that a topic is not a story. Scientists are often driven by passion for topics – bat behavior, particle acceleration, human genome sequencing… Journalists, in contrast, need a […]
