Freelance journalism for a living
15/11/07 19:29 Media
issues
I've been having conversations online recently with
new journalists. They ask me for advice occasionally,
it happens - and I've had some positive feedback from
the steers I've given them. I suppose I shouldn't be
surprised after almost 20 years (next June) in the
business, 19 years as a full-timer and almost 15
years (next May) as a freelancer.
So I've had this thought. I'm going to run an online course if the numbers are right.
At this stage I'm just trying to get an idea of the general interest. If I were to run a course in January, to last six weeks, after which you'd know some of the basics of freelance journalism, how to pitch, how not to annoy editors, how to manage your accounts, stuff like that, would you be interested? I'd be charging £75 per lesson or £400 if you ordered all six in advance. There will be assignments, there will be feedback and of course there'll be more detailed information on the course before I ask anyone to hand the cash over.
At the moment I'd like to see how many people would be interested - so if you'd want to give this a go, how about mailing me with 'freelance course' in the subject header and 'yes' in the body text? There is no question of any commitment on either side at the moment I promise - I'm at the feasibility study stage.
Thanks.
So I've had this thought. I'm going to run an online course if the numbers are right.
At this stage I'm just trying to get an idea of the general interest. If I were to run a course in January, to last six weeks, after which you'd know some of the basics of freelance journalism, how to pitch, how not to annoy editors, how to manage your accounts, stuff like that, would you be interested? I'd be charging £75 per lesson or £400 if you ordered all six in advance. There will be assignments, there will be feedback and of course there'll be more detailed information on the course before I ask anyone to hand the cash over.
At the moment I'd like to see how many people would be interested - so if you'd want to give this a go, how about mailing me with 'freelance course' in the subject header and 'yes' in the body text? There is no question of any commitment on either side at the moment I promise - I'm at the feasibility study stage.
Thanks.
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