Successful Freelancing talk Valerie Khoo and Bianca Nogrady

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Successful Freelance Writing by Valerie Khoo and Bianca Nogrady
This is a recording of the Australian Science Communicator's meeting of June 10th.

Successful Freelance Writing

What is freelancing?
How do you get started as a freelance writer?
How do you approach publishers?
What is a pitch letter?
Can you make a living as a freelance writer?
Is freelance science writing different to other writing?
How do you run your own business?
How do you negotiate rates of pay?
How do you get paid?
Should you ever write for free?
What is the market for freelance science journalism?
How does freelance broadcasting work?

Our panellists will explain how to be a successful freelance science
communicator:

Valerie Khoo is a journalist, author, entrepreneur, podcaster, and
founder of the Sydney Writers' Centre where people learn to start their
own business as freelance writers.
http://www.valeriekhoo.com

Bianca Nogrady

is a freelance science and medical writer, and broadcaster who has written
for New Scientist, Scientific American, The Australian,
G Magazine and many other publications.
http://www.biancanogrady.com
http://www.sixthwave.org

About the author: Ian Woolf lives in Sydney, has a degree in Applied Science, worked as a solar astronomer, software engineer, systems programmer, webmaster, research assistant, Cisco CCNA tutor, Physics laboratory demonstrator, Computational Theory lecturer, and subject coordinator; while changing his career to freelance writing and broadcasting. Listen to Ian on the Diffusion radio science show on radio 2SER 107.3FM Monday at 6:30pm in Sydney or streaming audio on www.2ser.com, or listen to the Diffusion podcasts. You should follow me on twitter, here

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