Jane has been freelancing since before the internet was invented

September 19, 2017 in Freelancers

Jane has been been freelancing since before the internet was invented. You name it, she’s done it. TV production, video direction and marketing management. For the past 12 years, she’s provided strategic copywriting and editing services to companies, governments and agencies. Jane has a postgraduate degree in palaeography, is proud of her Icelandic heritage and…

Meet the nutritionist who is now a freelance writer

September 7, 2017 in Freelancers, The Freelance Collective

Health writers with nutritionist qualifications are far and few between. But Samantha Gemmell’s professional training stands her apart from many other health writers. “My passion for food as medicine translates into my writing, so that readers and clients actually enjoy learning about health,” she says. She specialises in sharing evidence-based health tips in an engaging…

Adelaide’s Libby Parker trades teaching for a freelance writing career

September 3, 2017 in Freelancers, Growing your freelance business, The Freelance Collective, Tips and tools

Adelaide freelancer Libby Parker spent many years teaching writing and creative skills to secondary school students before deciding to put her money where her mouth is and launch a freelance writing business. Now, rather than impart those skills to students who may or may not care about them, she writes content, press releases, speeches, articles,…

Meet the freelancer: Rhys Atkinson-Whipps

July 24, 2017 in Freelancers, The Freelance Collective

Rhys started Journal Communications to offer a point of difference for SMEs and startups from traditional agencies. He’s also a dedicated and versatile self-starter with the ability to work in a variety of functions; from copywriting, events, PR strategy & execution to social media strategy & management, and more. We asked him a few questions…

Storyology: A festival of journalism and storytelling that freelancers need to know about

July 5, 2017 in Freelance journalists, Freelancers

Are you freelancing as a journalist or storyteller? Content guru, perhaps? Whatever you call yourself, then this is the conference for you. Why? Because as a freelancer, you’re not always across the big picture stuff that impacts on the decisions being made by the country’s publishers. Working in isolation is great, but at least once…

Here’s why co-living is the future for freelancers

June 15, 2017 in Uncategorized

Freelancing may very well be the future of work. One of the most interesting statistics I’ve come across lately is that by 2020 nearly 40% of workers are expected to work in a freelance or remote capacity. That is three, short, years away. The reason for such a massive shift in the working world is…

How this freelancer broke into book publishing

June 13, 2017 in book publishing, Freelance journalists

Nicole Madigan is a widely published journalist, editor, copywriter, content producer and communications specialist, with 15 years experience in the media and communications industry. She successfully transitioned to freelance work when she was pregnant with her first child. She recently broke into the publishing industry, with her first children’s book now for sale. This…

How PRs can get the most out of freelance journalists

June 7, 2017 in Freelance journalists, Freelancers

There’s a growing number of freelance journalists in Australia. I’m one of them. I’ve been bashing the keyboard as an independent freelancer since the GFC. I’m up against a lot of talented journalists, and I’m busy juggling several deadlines every week. I’m jostling with a number of other freelancers for the same pool of freelance…

Why we made The Walkley Media Incubator and Innovation longlist

May 31, 2017 in The Freelance Collective

The freelancers over at The Freelance Collective was utterly thrilled to be longlisted for funding by The Walkley Media Incubator and Innovation Fund. The judges culled the list down from 160 entrants, and there were only two freelance projects in the list. The other project was just at idea stage. It was a thrilling ride.…

I’m a successful Melbourne freelancer. And I’m relying on food parcels from friends.

May 25, 2017 in Finances, Tips and tools

This is a true account of the current situation of a freelance colleague known to us at The Freelance Collective. This successful website developer offers a range of creative services, but due to a range of late paying clients, her bank account currently contains just $0.56c., and she’s owned more than $20,000 by a range of clients. She…

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