-
10 Important Things You Need To Know About Finding A Mentor
Marisa Wikramanayake talks about the ten most important things you need to know before finding or getting a mentor and how not to mess it up.
-
How to easily track pitches in Google Sheets as a freelance journalist
Marisa Wikramanayake talks about how to set up a pitch tracker using Google Sheets to track pitches as a freelancer or freelance journalist.
-
What you need to know about freelancing in Australia and COVID-19
Marisa Wikramanayake discusses the state of freelancing in Australia in the light of COVID-19.
-
How my business will change for the better in 2021 and why
In a lot of ways this year I have been perfectly positioned to do well despite a global pandemic. So maybe this should be a post on how and why I have weathered…
-
December 2020: What’s new & what I have been upto
Well first of all I had had plans for November 2020. I had planned to sit and relax and write more of the book – about 30,000 words extra to be exact. That…
-
How I am planning for the next financial year as a freelancer – despite Covid-19
This may seem strange to you. In a world that increasingly seems to offer little prospects for freelancers, why would I plan for 2020-2021? Or at least plan to continue freelancing? Reasons it’s…
-
How you can help regional papers from closing even if you live in the city.
If you have been paying attention, you would have heard about the recent closing down of many regional newspapers and outlets across Australia. You might wonder what that has got to do with…
-
Despite COVID-19 I am still here
Back when I first started this blog, it was moved over from a personal one I had elsewhere pre the days of Google. The CMS that that blog was hosted on allowed for…
-
What is a typical day for a journalist?
The typical day for a journalist always varies depending on what your working circumstances are. But here are some ideas.
-
Why journalists risk their lives
Why do journalists risk their lives? What makes them do so?