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March 2007 - Posts

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

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

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

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

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

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