Freelancing 101

Yale Alumni Journalism Association

Please join YAJA for an interactive workshop about the basics of freelance journalism.

Freelancing 101Please join YAJA for an interactive workshop about the basics of freelance journalism. Hear from both writers and editors about how to craft a pitch, come up with story ideas, and reach out to publications. There will be plenty of opportunity for you to engage with our seasoned panelists directly; asking questions is highly encouraged. Whether you are a recent graduate or a transitioning career changer, this event will give you an opportunity to learn about the skills and experiences needed to break into the media landscape.

About the Panelists:Nicole Clark (YC 2016) is an LA-based culture writer covering identity, entertainment, and mental health, and a contributing editor at Catapult. Her work can be found in The New York Times (in print in the Sunday Review), Vox, Salon, The San Francisco Chronicle, New York Magazine, and elsewhere; she has worked on projects for The Guardian and Polygon; and she has been on NPR’s KCRW and BBC Radio 5 Live. Nicole is also currently working with Tim Herrera, editor of The New York Times Smarter Living section, in executive producing Freelancing With Tim—a series of free, educational Zoom panels aimed at freelance writers.Aaron Reiss (YC 2010) is a freelance multimedia journalist and researcher based in Chinatown, NYC. His work focuses on the lives of immigrants in the United States, and the way they shape the places they live. His writing, photography, video, audio, cartography, illustration, and interactive work has been published in places like The New York Times, The New Yorker, This American Life, Gimlet, The Atlantic, and NPR. He is currently living in Mexico City with his wife — also a Yale grad — who is on a yearlong fellowship as an immigration lawyer specializing in asylum. You can find his work at www.aaronreiss.com. Sara Deeter (YC 2016) has pursued her love of English ever since graduating from Yale in 2016. She currently works in the B2B space as Managing Editor of Hispanic Executive, a quarterly publication dedicated to profiling Latino leaders such as Zoe Saldana, Rosario Dawson, and Sol Trujillo. She is also a board member of the Yale Alumni College, a board member and the communications director of YaleWomen Chicago, and the vice president of the Yale Club of Chicago. About the Moderator:Chloe Tsang (YC 2017) is the Co-Chair of the Yale Alumni Journalism Association and a recent graduate from Oxford University's Global Governance and Diplomacy program. Prior to pursuing her master’s degree, she worked at NBC News for two years, where she served as Executive Assistant to the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Newsgathering and later became an Assignment Editor on the national breaking news desk.

About YAJA:Since its founding, Yale University graduates have contributed their talents to the field of journalism. Some became proprietors of newspapers and magazines; others became correspondents and editors, producers, and commentators. They were, by and large, generalists who provided intelligence, intellectual curiosity and the ability to communicate. They have collectively created a body of work of the highest quality. The purpose of the Yale Alumni Journalism Association is to provide a forum for Yale men and women to participate in the national conversation on the role of a free press. There are more than 1000 Yale graduates currently working in news media organizations in print, television, or on-line.To learn more about YAJA or to get more involved, please email us at yalejournalists@gmail.com or visit our <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/4447694/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/225248328485284" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a> pages.

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