Podcast: Freelance Forum Autumn 2014

The podcasts below cover some of the presentations at the Freelance Forum Autumn 2014. We hope these podcasts give an impression of the topics covered at the Forum.

Bookmark the Dublin Freelance website for announcements regarding the next Forum in Spring 2015.

Commissioning editors

Peter Murtagh (Irish Times) talks about what commissioning editors are looking for in a pitch

Emmet Ryan (Connected magazine, Sunday Business Post) talks about what commissioning editors are looking for in a pitch.

Broadcasting

Broadcaster Rebecca Lee talks about breaking into broadcasting at the Freelance Forum Autumn 2014 (incomplete due to recording errors)

Sheila Ahern discusses the Mary Raftery Journalism Fund at Freelance Forum Autumn 2014, followed by Q+A session with Rebecca Lee and Sheila Ahern

Crowdfunding

Gerard Cunningham at talks about the lessons learned from a failed crowdfuding attempt to launch Guth magazine.

Lyra McKee talks about crowdfunding using Beacon Reader.

Freedom of Information

RTE journalist Richard Dowling and former UK FOI officer Rodney of FOIreland  discuss using Freedom of Information legislation