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Tuesday, March 27, 2007 11:17 AM

Freelance Job Opportunities This Week

Freelance Sr. Web Designer, media company, Washington DC.  Mid-to-senior-level Web designer for editorial and advertising work. Full-time contract position, 40 hours a week. Qualified candidates asked to contact talent@careerprofiles.com or call
posted by KerriFivecoatCampbell | 5 Comments
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 11:05 AM

I Spy....More Benefits for SPJ's Independent Members

Freelance Member Database: The database will go live on April 9! We know we told you March 1 initially, but SPJ just wanted to make sure that the database is working properly and that they had sufficiently promoted the database to editors and publications
posted by KerriFivecoatCampbell | 1 Comments
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 11:02 AM

Blog Rates?

This item was posted to SPJ's discussion board and since the writer never got an answer, I thought I would post it here and see if we have better luck: Anyone out there know what a fair rate is for blogging – ie when a company's Web site officially publishes
posted by KerriFivecoatCampbell | 2 Comments
Monday, March 19, 2007 2:10 PM

Two New Job Opportunities for Independents

Doctors of the World-USA seeks a freelance writer/journalist to draft project descriptions, feature articles as well as other assignments for online and printed publications. ... See the full job description: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-6YWUNJ
posted by KerriFivecoatCampbell | 2 Comments
Monday, March 19, 2007 12:00 PM

What is Timely Payment for Contract Work?

One of our indepdents asked this question: "One of my clientsseem slow, but since my background is in television I'm not sure what isconsidered normal in print. The client is a monthly regional business magazine and their payment policy is 60-90
posted by KerriFivecoatCampbell | 11 Comments
Monday, March 12, 2007 1:49 PM

Making the Transition from Reporting to Writing Books

One of our indepdent journalists has a question about conducting interviews for a non-fiction book. I had no problems with my book, so I told her I would post this here: I’m looking for a resource within our group who can give me some advice on interview
posted by KerriFivecoatCampbell | 6 Comments