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Blogging – Freelancing for Journalists

In this episode, we talk to two freelance journalists who also blog. We ask how blogging can service freelance journalists and how you can make it work for you.  Andy Webb is a freelance journalist who runs the award winning blog ‘Be Clever with your Cash’ and Marisa Bate, who was shortlisted for the inaugural Freelance Writing Awards for her newsletter and blog ‘Writing about Women’ is a freelance journalist specialising in stories told through the female lens. The Guests Andy Webb Blog: https://becleverwithyourcash.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/andyclevercash?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andyclevercash/ Marisa Bate Blog and newsletter: https://www.writingaboutwomen.com/ (https://www.writingaboutwomen.com/) Twitter: https://twitter.com/marisajbate Resources and recommendations Playing Big by Tara Mohr https://www.taramohr.com/the-playing-big-book/  Freelance Writing Awards  https://www.freelancewritingawards.com/ (https://www.freelancewritingawards.com/) Andy’s column in Metro https://metro.co.uk/author/andy-webb/ (https://metro.co.uk/author/andy-webb/) Andy’s column in Reader’s Digest  https://www.readersdigest.co.uk/author/andy-webb (https://www.readersdigest.co.uk/author/andy-webb) ‘Cash Chats’ podcast https://becleverwithyourcash.com/podcast/ (https://becleverwithyourcash.com/podcast/) Andy’s Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/2661970707423383/ Andy’s YouTube channel  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_T7G3RjQe7ghD0ikr4reuw (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_T7G3RjQe7ghD0ikr4reuw) Louise Tickle, freelance journalist specialising in the family courts.  https://louisetickle.co.uk/ (https://louisetickle.co.uk/) Hidden Homicides https://www.tortoisemedia.com/file/hidden-homicides/ Jenni Hill, Can’t Swing a Cat blog  https://cantswingacat.co.uk/ (https://cantswingacat.co.uk/) Freelancing for Journalists is sponsored by https://www.cision.co.uk/ (Cision).
  1. Blogging
  2. Ghosting
  3. How to appraise yourself
  4. Crowdsourcing
  5. Safety and security
  6. Collaborative journalism
  7. Gender and identity
  8. Reporting Migration
  9. Solutions Journalism
  10. A dualcast special with Northern Natter

 

 
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