Your guide to building a successful freelance career in media and creative industries. Go Freelance covers finding clients, setting rates, managing your business, and navigating the unique challenges of working for yourself.
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It’s Christmas in July for freelance writers angling to write end-of-the-year pieces
Editors, both print and online, are often on the hunt for holiday story ideas that haven’t been done a million times before. A creative pitch could help you get your foot in the door at your dream publication.
Amanda Layman Low
Monthly Unique Visitors: 220K+ Updated: Bi-weekly Background: Geared towards developing careers in media-focused roles, Mediabistro offers something for every stage of an individual’s professional journey. Whether just starting out or looking to find the next opportunity,…
Mediabistro
Launched in September 2012 by a group of writers, reporters and photographers in New York, Narratively came on the scene just as long-form journalism was entering its current renaissance. While not all stories on the site are long-form, every piece of writing, video and photo essay sticks to its mission of uncovering human-interest gems through good storytelling.
Dana Robinson
Circulation: Currently comes to subscribers of Automotive News, which has a circulation of 60,000 Frequency: 5x/year Background: Shift debuted this year as an offshoot of Automotive News, the B-to-B publication that covers the automotive…
Dana Robinson
Circulation: 4.3 million Frequency: Monthly Background: At over 130 years old, Good Housekeeping is an American institution. Readers are modern, vivacious and appreciate content that touches issues both big and seemingly small. Good Housekeeping’s footprint—including the monthly magazine, GoodHouskeeping.com and international editions—is…
Addie Morfoot
Circulation: 60,000 Frequency: 8x/year + 2 special issues Special issues: Yearbook (December); Craft-Based Workbook (July) Background: In an era where print publications have been folding left and right—crushed under the weight of too much competition or the…
Dana Robinson
The first quarter of 2012 marked a watershed moment in publishing history. For the first time, net sales revenue from eBooks surpassed hardcover books in the United States—a shift that industry analysts had been predicting,…
Mediabistro Education
When you’re freelancing, a lot goes into finding work, managing projects, invoicing clients and showcasing your future-gig-landing work samples. Here are websites that can help.
John Lombard
So, you want to be a freelance writer, huh? It looks really glamorous with little-known writers getting a bajillion views for their work on Huffington Post, or gaining overnight success with a single viral article…
Amanda Layman Low
In the world of freelancing, one price doesn't fit all jobs. That's the beauty—and curse—of being a contractor. Coming up with a fee can be challenging. Do you charge different amounts depending on the client or…
Kristen Fischer