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The NYWF-ty List
NYWF is National Young Writers Festival and this is the "NYWFty" ("nifty") list because it is truly nifty and is full of the resources the young writers were asking me and other people about at all the #NYWF2018 sessions over the past weekend.
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Freelancing for Editors – Writers’ Bloc Online Course
So some of you have been waiting for this for awhile. Writers’ Bloc polled a few of you and you wanted a Freelancing for Editors course. So on June 21, I will be teaching you how to get set up and started as a freelancing editor, what you need to remember and know and how to find work and set your rates and a few tips and tricks to start. But you need to go book now and spread the word. It’s $25 per course and $17 for concession/low income earners and you can get three courses for $59! The other two courses will be run by Benjamin Law which…
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The Unconvential Guide to Freelance Journalism: Part 2 – setting up the business
So in Part 1 I explained why I wanted to answer the question of becoming a freelance journalist but also clarify exactly how difficult it can be to work as a freelance journalist. In this part I am going to tell you what, in Australia at least, you need in order to become a freelance journalist and to set up a business. Business type And the first thing you need to know is that yes, you are starting a business. And that you can be all by yourself as a sole trader, work with a couple of others in a partnership arrangement or set up a company with yourself working…
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Freelance rates and experience survey
If you came here via the MEAA e-bulletin link, you have come to the right place. If you are a freelance journalist working for Australian publications, we would like to hear from you. We want to know how much you are being paid at each publication as a freelancer, how often and everything else related to it. And we don’t know want any identifying information about yourself – it is totally anonymous. You can submit data as often as you like about as many publications as you wish to so we can track if there is bias present in how freelancers are paid and if indeed they are paid well.…
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MEAA now able to negotiate on behalf of freelancers
Here’s yet another reason to join the union (Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance). Christopher Warren’s newsletter to all MEAA members this morning stated that: Freelance journalists will be able to turn to their union for representation after the ACCC issued a draft determination proposing to grant authorisation to the Media Alliance to negotiate on their behalf. This is a significant change for freelancers, who have been under pressure from by some publishers to sign unfavourable contracts. The Alliance will seek to negotiate on behalf of our freelance members with News Ltd, Fairfax, ACP Magazines and Pacific Magazines. What this means is that the union can now negotiate with these companies…
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Freelancing Friday: How to set your freelancing rates (Australia)
Marisa Wikramanayake is a freelance writer and editor based in Perth, Western Australia. In this post, she provides a detailed worksheet on how to set an hourly rate while taking into account living and business expenses, tax rates, superannuation, savings, profits, and annual and weekly income. Other freelancers need only put in the figures where required.
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An Alteration To My Current Rates
Hi, This is to inform you that after discussion with the Society of Editors and a rethink of my accounts, I have decided to raise my hourly rates slightly. All rates are in AUD (Australian dollars) so please convert for your currency of choice. Average rate across the country: $61 per hour MEAA recommended rate (2006): $196 per hour IPEd recommended rate: $55 per hour My editing rates: Students (undergrads/postgrads) & Individuals: $20 per hour Companies/Businesses : $55 per hour Government : $40 – $55 per hour. NOTE: If you have already made an appointment with me or have started a job and signed a contract for it, then I…
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Things You Need To Know About Being A Writer, Part 3:
Marisa Wikramanayake is a Sri Lankan born, Australian based freelance writer and editor. She discusses rates, societies, unions, job boards, job sites, trade journals and having your website in the third part of her list of necessary information for writers. This and other information, published work, and her rates and services are available on her website.
