Trainer – SA Mathieson
Freelance writing and journalism can be a financial rollercoaster. This one-hour course aims to help you find regular writing contracts that can provide financial stability and rewarding work, while giving you the freedom to say yes to less predictable projects.
Experienced journalist, corporate copywriter and trainer SA Mathieson will take you through the options, from producing editorial material for small businesses, large corporations, government bodies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), all of which can offer rewarding, interesting and well-paid work. Creating material such as opinion articles, website copy, reports and internal or B2C publications for corporates requires strong journalistic skills as well as high levels of organisation and professionalism.
This one-hour course will provide an introduction to the following:
· How and where to find corporate, public sector or commercial work
· The skillset you’ll need to write on behalf of someone else and manage repeated rounds of editing, while keeping within your allotted time
· Project management and how to support longer-term projects effectively
· Pricing yourself for success
The course is aimed at freelancers, journalists and comms professionals looking to diversify their work and understand the demands of writing for sectors beyond the traditional media.
About the trainer – SA Mathieson
SA Mathieson has worked as a freelance writer and editor for more than 15 years, including for The Guardian newspaper. Alongside his journalism, he works for companies and NGOs, and often writes about the fascinating world of government procurement. He runs training courses for the NUJ and teaches data journalism to students at Oxford Brookes University and apprentice journalists at Bauer Academy. He lives in north-west Oxfordshire, just 80 miles from the Welsh border.
Format
This is an Online course, run on the Zoom platform. Please note our courses are not recorded. See our full terms and conditions at www.nujtrainingwales.org for more information about our booking procedures, cancellation policy and more.