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Freelance Unbound
http://freelanceunbound.wordpress.com
Freelance Unbound aims to dissect the world of the freelance in media with forensic precision. To get under the skin of the business and look at how it works, why it works and how we, humble freelancers can exploit it for all its worth.
- Added on: Feb 26th, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Simon Clarke
- Listed in: News & Media Movie Animation
- Tags: education money publishing journalism animation economics
Recent Posts
So this is Christmas…
Posting will be light, as they say, on Freelance Unbound over the next week or so, as my media attention is distracted by the triple-pronged attack of tea, chocolate and wall-to-wall festive TV. There will be some activity, but it’ll probably b...
Journalism job ads: not for actual jobs any more #3
Here’s a fine example of a cool-sounding TV presenter “job” that many young journalists would scramble for. The catch? It’s that attractive “Voluntary” salary. Which is code for “no money” – though th...
Editorial cartoon of the day
Here’s a fine example of journalistic excellence from that paragon of local journalism the Bloom Beacon. Makes you proud…...
Student assessment hand-in. No last-minute panic, then…
It’s student hand-in today for one of the online journalism modules I teach. And students who have not made an appearance for weeks – sometimes months – are suddenly sloshing content into their site as if there were no tomorrow. Which, tech...
New models for online publishing
Here’s a sign of the times from Jason Preston’s Eat, Sleep, Publish blog. He writes: It’s increasingly difficult, and maybe impossible, to run a profitable content company on the internet if you’re paying for your content to be produc...
Who’s going to news:rewired?
I am, for one, as I’ve finally got my act together to sign up. There’s a list of registered delegates (so far) here. I’m looking forward to it. There are some interesting names, both speaking and attending, plus I get the chance to...
