[Journalists] New Member: Jewel

[Elizabeth Campbell]

Hello Jewel,
Welcome to our list.

Congratulations on your freelance work.

I will suggest the following resources: The Society of Professional
Journalists, the Poynter Institute and a Facebook group called What is
your Plan B
All three resources have good information for people who work at
newspapers and in broadcasting as well as links to helpful web sites.
The plan B group is mainly for journalists who have been layed off, or
those comtemplating a career change.
WE also have a Blind Professional Journalists group on Facebook.

I would strongly suggest joining SPJ as there are different membership
levels whether you are a professional or a student.
Hope this helps.


Elizabeth Campbell
general assignments reporter
(O 817-390-7696
(c) 817-247-6862
liz at star-telegram.com
Twitter @fwstliz

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Good evening to all,
My name is Jewel Shuping, and I am a 30-year-old woman living in
Raleigh, North Carolina. I started doing freelance writing in
September of last year, and am very enthusiastic about writing. Right
now, I work from a site called Text Broker, ghostwriting articles and
blog posts. For example, my current assignment is for an article
comparing the 2016 Volkswagen Beetle convertible to the 2016 Mini
Cooper convertible. I have written 52 articles for pay so far, and a
few samples for my profile. My favourite category of assignments is
technology, and I especially love writing articles about how
technology has affected our society.

What I want to know is how to find clients outside of Text Broker. I
have one person who said he wants me to write blog posts for his
wedding-themed blog, but hasn't sent me any assignments yet. How do I
find other outside clients? I know I need to have samples of my
published work, but how do I do that when I'm a ghostwriter? After I
write an article as a ghostwriter, it becomes the property of the
client and I have no claim over it after that.

I'm really looking forward to learning the "trade secrets," so to
speak. Any advice is very welcome!
Sincerely yours,
Jewel Shuping

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