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Freelance Writing Overseas

Travel the world and get paid to write about it!

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Freelance Writing Overseas

WHEN Monday, May 21, 6:30-9:30 pm
Tonight's class is sold out, but seats are available for the August 7 session of this class. Just click here to enroll.

WHERE mediabistro.com 494 Broadway (Spring & Broome) New York, NY 10012

DIRECTIONS subway directions, map

PRICE
$65 ($50 for )
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Course Details

Henry Miller and Gertrude Stein did it. David Sedaris and Adam Gopnik do it. Have you ever dreamed of living abroad as a writer? This seminar will tell you how to carve out a niche as a freelancer writer for Western media while you live or travel overseas. You'll find out how to sell writing from afar, how to budget your money to sustain the journey, and how to thrive even if you don't speak the language.

Through first-hand examples and practical advice, you'll see how to make the courageous move and how to ensure sustainability once you land. You'll leave this seminar with an honest understanding of the pros and cons of freelancing overseas.

In this seminar, you will learn:

  • How newspapers and magazines obtain international news
  • How to get overseas for free and get your expenses covered
  • How to conceive marketable story ideas from a foreign country
  • Which foreign stories sell, and which don't
  • How to craft a convincing query to an American editor
  • How to capitalize on continental rights
  • How to find local fixers and translators (and how to hire them)
  • How to write about international topics for an American audience

Instructor Bio

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Adam B. Ellick
Adam B. Ellick spent most of the past six years overseas running EllickNewsLink, an international freelance news service that sent him reporting through dozens of countries in Eastern Europe and Asia. Adam's writing has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, ARTnews, Rollingstone.com, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Jerusalem Post. He covered the Tsunami in Indonesia, NATO expansion in Romania, ice hockey adoration in the Czech Republic, Frank Zappa in the Baltics, and gulag remnants in Siberia.

He was a Fulbright Scholar in Jakarta in 2003, a Pulliam Journalism Fellow in 1999 at the Indianapolis Star, and a staff writer at the Prague Post in 2000. He also worked as a Visiting Professor at New York University's Russian American Journalism Institute in Russia in 2003. He currently works as a video journalist at The New York Times.

Testimonials


Adam's seminar was wonderful. He has a great sense of humor and a great amount of honesty, which is what you need to succeed in a field like freelance journalism. As a freelancer and student on her way to Europe for the semester, I now feel far more confident and prepared to find stories and start the process of getting them published. -- Adara Meyers

"I went into this seminar feeling intimidated and discouraged that I was not working in the field of my choice, only to discover that everyone in the class was feeling the same way! It really was an eye-opening experience. Adam's honesty was refreshing. All in all, a fantastic night." -- Hillary Canada

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