Category: Freelance Forum

Freelance Forum Podcast Series 2020

Freelance Forum

Because of Covid restrictions, we had to cancel a planned Freelance Forum event in March. And it’s still not clear if the next Forum in October will go ahead. But in the meantime, we decided that the Covid crisis warranted…

Breaking into Arts journalism

Notes from a presentation given by Irish Times Books Editor Martin Doyle at Freelance Forum Spring 2019. There has been a lot of articles published about the precarious and impecunious life of the Irish author or artist, far fewer of…

Freelance Forum Spring 2019

Freelance Forum is coming. The next Freelance Forum will take place on Monday 15 April 2019. Reserve your place today. Freelance Forum is a regular one day event designed to keep freelance journalists up to date with the latest developments…

Freelance Forum Autumn 2018

Freelance Forum is coming. The next Freelance Forum will take place on Monday 15 October 2018. Reserve your place today. Freelance Forum is a regular one day event designed to keep freelance journalists up to date with the latest developments…

Freelance Forum Spring 2018

Freelance Forum is coming. Due to Storm Ophelia, we were forced to cancel the Autumn 2017 Freelance forum at the last moment. However we can now confirm that the Forum has been rescheduled and will take place on Monday 5…

Freelance Forum Autumn 2017

Freelance Forum is coming. Freelance Forum is a regular one day event designed to keep freelance journalists up to date with the latest developments in their industry. Aimed at writers, photographers and PR practitioners, and hoping to cover print, broadcast…

Freelance Forum Autumn 2016 is coming

Freelance Forum is coming. Freelance Forum is a regular one day event designed to keep freelance journalists up to date with the latest developments in their industry. Aimed at writers and photographers, and hoping to cover print, broadcast and online,…

Freelance Forum is coming

Freelance Forum is coming. Freelance Forum is a regular one day event designed to keep freelance journalists up to date with the latest developments in their industry. Aimed at writers and photographers, and hoping to cover print, broadcast and online,…

Freelance Forum Autumn 2015

Freelance Forum is coming. Keynote speaker Jody Clarke from the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) will open the Freelance Forum by speaking on Reporting the Refugee Crisis. Other topics and speakers include Pitching for broadcast and print; Negotiating…

Staying ahead of the game

Following his presentation at Freelance Forum, Philip O’Connor writes about how freelances can exploit the expertise gaps in major news organisations. The ten days following the Dublin Freelance Forum have been very much “I-told-you-so” days, and the last 48 hours…