The podcasts below cover the presentations at the Freelance Forum Spring 2013. Due to some tecnichal snafus, the recordings are incomplete. The first few minutes of the podcasts featuring press ombudsman John Horgan and journalists Philip O’Connor and Brian O’Connell…
Brian Pelan is the editor of VIEW magazine. This article is based on his presentation at Freelance Forum 2012 on 24 September 2012. My partner Una Murphy and I started up the online VIEW magazine in 2012. I have worked…
Catherine Ryan Howard is one of Ireland’s most successful self-published authors. This article is based on her presentation at Freelance Forum 2012 on 24 September 2012. Follow her blog for frequent insights into th world of e-publishing. For me, the…
Fergal Tobin is publishing editor with Gill and Macmillan. This article is based on his presentation at Freelance Forum 2012 on 24 September 2012. · Self-publishing is enabled by digital technology. It will represent a growing percentage of all published…
Dee O’Keeffe is features editor with the Evening Herald. This article is based on her presentation at Freelance Forum 2012 on 24 September 2012. Before I tell you about my perfect pitch can I just say that I have a…
This article by Elaine Larkin first appeared on Journalist.ie on 1 February, 2010. Reproduced with the author’s permission. Finding out that an article you’ve written as a freelance journalist has been reproduced without your knowledge can be an irritation to…
This article by Sile McArdle first appeared on Journalist.ie on 5 March, 2010. Reproduced with the author’s permission. If you call a conference ‘New Ways to Make Journalism Pay’, be afraid. Be very afraid. Hearts will thump like puppies’ tails…
This article by Larry Ryan first appeared on Journalist.ie on 5 February, 2010. Reproduced with the author’s permission. It’s been a careful week in the Irish blogosphere. News of a major libel settlement by an Irish blogger first began to…
This article by Gavin Sheridan first appeared on Journalist.ie on 4 May, 2010. Reproduced with the author’s permission. A powerful new weapon in the journalist’s armoury, the AIE, is similar to the Freedom of Information act but is largely unknown…
This article by Kathy Foley originally appeared in Journalist.ie on 3 February 2010. Reproduced by permission of the author. Copyright protects the works of artists, including journalists. Only the copyright owner can make copies of their work, distribute those copies…