[Hidden-tech] Financial Survival Tips for Freelance Journalists

[Kat Friedrich]

Have you ever wondered how freelancers break even financially? Many people
with journalism degrees are freelancing nowadays. It can be challenging for
them to make ends meet.

To talk about practical tips to help freelancers break even, ONA Western
New England is hosting a panel discussion. Two experienced self-employed
reporters will share ideas that other journalists can use. These will
include online tools that can help reporters ramp up their incomes.

IT professionals who are interested in media are welcome to attend. So are
journalism, IT and/or design students.

The two presenters will lead an interactive discussion.

Kim Lyons is a freelance writer and editor based in Pittsburgh whose work
appears on Triblive.com, Pittsburgh City Paper, and other local and
national publications. While on staff at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, she
was part of a team that won a 2012 Associated Press award for breaking news
and was a 2015 Kiplinger Fellow in Public Affairs Journalism at Ohio State
University. She's co-host of The Broadcast Podcast, which features
conversations with women changing their communities. Kim started ONA
Pittsburgh in 2012 because she’s a passionate advocate of social and online
media and believes strongly in the power of community journalism in all its
forms. You can find her on Twitter: @socialkimly.

Kat Friedrich is a news editor who is originally from Chicago, lives in
Vermont, and has worked as a mechanical engineer. She changed careers to
study journalism and environmental studies. Starting an entrepreneurial
news project about clean energy led to her being recruited by Yale
University as a self-employed journalist. The lively group of motivated
students on her team is now expanding the articles, infographics, podcasts
and videos published by Clean Energy Finance Forum and Conservation Finance
Network. They are experimenting with the latest innovations in online
media, solutions journalism, and environmental communication. Last summer,
she collaborated with other journalists to start Online News Association
Western New England.

This interactive panel discussion will take place in Amherst on Friday,
March 24 at 4 PM. For directions, join the meetup to RSVP
<https://www.meetup.com/ONA-Western-New-England/events/238086127/>.

ONA Western New England <http://www.meetup.com/ONA-Western-New-England/> is
a place where you can meet local writers, editors, innovators,
photographers, producers, academics, entrepreneurs and technologists who
produce news for and support digital news delivery systems.
Online News Association is the world’s largest association of digital
journalists. ONA’s mission is to inspire innovation and excellence among
journalists to better serve the public. For more information, check out
http://www.journalists.org.

Best,

Kat Friedrich

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Kat Friedrich <http://cbey.yale.edu/our-community/kat-friedrich>
News Editor <https://www.linkedin.com/in/katfriedrich>
Yale Center for Business and the Environment <http://cbey.yale.edu/>
Clean Energy Finance Forum <http://www.cleanenergyfinanceforum.com/> (
Twitter <https://twitter.com/cleanenergyfc>/LinkedIn
<https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8217191>)
Conservation Finance Network <http://www.conservationfinancenetwork.org/> (
Twitter <https://twitter.com/ConsFinance>/LinkedIn
<https://www.linkedin.com/groups/5064412>)
katherineafriedrich at gmail.com
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