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Your working rights as an editor
Marisa Wikramanayake <h1>Your working rights as an editor</h1> <h2>A summary of my presentation at the 2019 IpEd Conference in Melbourne</h2> At the Institute of Professional Editors' Conferences there are often multiple streams of sessions and you always miss out on something. Samya Ibrahim of DjedPress was quite kind to film my ten minute top speed spin through working rights for editors but it will be some time before we have the video. In the meantime, here is a quick summary of what I spoke about for your information. In Australia, the rights you have as an editor, vary depending on whether you are a freelancer or an employee working in-house.…
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How I use bullet journaling as a freelance journalist
Marisa Wikramanayake posts about how to use bullet journaling as a freelance journalist to organise your work flow and processes.
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Why I write at 4 am
Marisa Wikramanayake writes about why she chooses to work on her creative writing at four am.
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MEAA news for February 2019
Marisa Wikramanayake updates you on what MEAA has been doing for the month of February 2019 and future plans.
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Events coming up in March 2019
Marisa Wikramanayake lists the journalism events coming up in Australia in March 2019.
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Gin & Tonic Update #3
The third update on the writing of crime fiction novel Gin & Tonic
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How do freelance journalists get paid?
Marisa Wikramanayake discusses how freelance journalists get paid for their work
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11 things I am tracking in 2019 for my freelancing and why
Marisa Wikramanayake discusses what she tracks as a freelancer so that she can be a better journalist and editor.
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How do you tell a story?
Where does one begin? If you didn’t know by now, I am speaking at an event on Monday night in Melbourne. I and four other journalists have five minutes each to tell a story about our journalism careers. And I am a bit stuck. I am assuming that I am stuck because of a few things: When I do think of funny anecdotes, they are not long enough to drag out for five minutes. At least I don’t think so at this point.. Second, they seem commonplace enough things to happen to most journalists and since the audience will be made of people in the industry that seems an odd…
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Gin & Tonic update #2: I was so wrong! AKA #maricantmath
We interrupt this regular broadcast to tell you two things: 1. We are late. Apologies. I am still trying to get myself back into a routine and things keep happening to send me right out of it. More on that in a couple of weeks. 2. OMG I WAS SO WRONG! Let me explain. I intend to update you on what is happening with G & T and if you go to my Patreon and subscribe for $1 per month you can read G & T from start to wherever I am at by the time you catch up to it/the finish. So I have these posts on the blog…
