Hello! We are Emma and Lily co-founders of Freelancing for Journalists. We are freelancers, friends and running buddies. We co-founded FFJ because as part-time university lecturers we would often get asked by students how freelancing works. More established journalists wanting greater flexibility and freedom would also pick our brains about taking the plunge into self-employment. We wanted to create a way to make those answers easier to find and so we set up FFJ.

Since March 2020, our goal has been to provide the resources to support freelance journalists to make a success of working for themselves. It started with our book, with the podcast following soon after. We have now expanded in scope and in staff. Working for yourself should not be about who you know or having financial support behind you. For both of us freelancing remains a major portion of our work and enables us to have enormous flexibility and follow our passions. We believe that armed with the right information and a bit of self-motivation and resilience, it is possible for freelance journalism to be a fulfilling and rewarding career choice.

We are now a four-strong team and also work with work experience students and paid interns throughout the year on various projects.