Freelancing is a good work schedule for journalists who work on their materials, regardless of whether it is a weekday or a day off, what time of day has come. Become a freelance journalist can be both a beginner in the profession and a venerable author.
Necessary
- - sites for finding work on the Internet;
- - textbooks on journalism;
- - own journalistic works.
Instructions
Step 1
If you are an accomplished journalist, talk to your boss about wanting to go freelance. Describe all the benefits of such a change in labor relations for the media. The reaction of the management will depend on many factors: how much the editorial board listens to your wishes; whether your work is expected to become more efficient after the change in regime; what schedule did you initially work on. It's one thing if you spent strictly 8 hours in the office on weekdays and reported, being sent on assignments, it is another thing when an irregular working day is spelled out in your employment contract.
Step 2
Offer yourself as a freelancer to a publication where you do not work officially. Many authors earn money in this way, sometimes in several places at once, literally - as long as they have enough strength. In one - to have a fallback if you suddenly have to change jobs, in the other - solely for the sake of money, in the third - for creative implementation, etc. Somewhere with them they conclude formal employment contracts, somewhere relations are built on trust … In fact, all this is freelancing.
Step 3
Start freelancing if you're new to the profession. You are unlikely to be recruited right away, even if you graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University brilliantly, but have not shown your abilities in any way, have not offered your high-quality materials to a particular publication. Choose several editions, go there or call, find out what topics they accept articles on, talk about the possibility of doing an internship, offer yourself as a trainee journalist and, of course, bring or send your works. If the management thinks you have the potential, then you will start working on a freelance basis.
Step 4
Look for freelance journalist jobs on job search sites. The desired schedule is set in the search parameters along with the choice of the city and the salary level.
