Category: Freelance FAQs

Credit Control for Freelances

Credit control is something every small business has to deal with, and freelance journalists are no exception. [See also Setting a Rate] At some point in your career, you will find yourself dealing with late paying clients, clients who are…

Freelance Forum 2024 Podcast Series

Welcome Freelance Forum is organised every year by the Dublin Freelance branch of the National Union of Journalists, with support from Coimisiún na Meán. The Forum is made up of two live day-long events in the Spring and Autumn, and…

Freelance Forum 2023 Podcast Series

Welcome to the Freelance Forum 2023 Podcast Series For 2023 we are trying something different. Instead of a Spring and Autumn series of podcasts, clustered around live events, we will upload a new podcast monthly. It took a little time…

Freelance Forum Autumn 2022 Podcast Series

Aimed at writers, photographers and PR practitioners, and hoping to cover print, broadcast and online media, Freelance Forum is organised by Dublin Freelance NUJ branch with support from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. After an extended Covid break during which…

Freelance Forum Spring 2022 Podcast Series

Aimed at writers, photographers and PR practitioners, and hoping to cover print, broadcast and online media, Freelance Forum is organised by Dublin Freelance NUJ branch with support from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. Originally conceived as a series of one-day…

Freelance Forum Autumn 2021 Webinars & Podcasts

Freelance Forum

Freelance Forum Autumn 2021 is here! Aimed at writers, photographers and PR practitioners, and hoping to cover print, broadcast and online media, Freelance Forum is organised by Dublin Freelance NUJ branch with support from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. In…

Freelance Forum Spring 2021 Webinars & Podcasts

Freelance Forum Spring 2021 podcasts and webinars are archived here to listen back! Aimed at writers, photographers and PR practitioners, and hoping to cover print, broadcast and online media, Freelance Forum is organised by Dublin Freelance NUJ branch with support…

Freelance Forum 23: GORM TV

Freelance Forum 23: Four young journalists from Gorm TV talk about diversity and inclusion in Irish media. Panelists are Funmi Jinadu, Ala Buisir, Sandrine Endahiro and Mamobo Ogoro. Aimed at writers, photographers and PR practitioners, and hoping to cover print,…

Freelance Forum 22: Eliot Higgins

Eliot Higgins is the founder and chief executive of Bellingcat, the investigative journalism collective responsible for uncovering wrongdoing all around the world. Founded in 2014 with HQ in the Netherlands, they have 20 employees and more than 30 contributors around…

Freelance Forum 21: David Branigan on licensing and copyright

Freelance Forum 21: David Branigan talks about licensing and copyright issues David Branigan is a photographer journalist who specialises in marine and sailing subjects both in Ireland and overseas. His work appears regularly in Irish publications and news outlets in…