Resources for freelance writers during the coronavirus pandemic

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The Writing Coach Podcast 79: Covering coronavirus
Adapt your pitches and articles to address how the coronavirus impacts the niches/communities you already cover:

WCP79 Covering coronavirus

Some freelancers are having stories postponed, killed, or ignored due to the spread of coronavirus. Let’s look at how to protect yourself from shifting editorial plans, as well as look at stories that can be assigned now. Feature opportunities abound in how COVID-19 is impacting different segments of the population in your geographic area as well as virtually any niche you normally cover.

The Writing Coach Podcast 80: Freelancing in the time of coronavirus
+ Freelance workflow with rapidly changing editorial needs
+ Feeling criticized or blamed for how “the media” is handling coverage
+ Self-isolation, medical concerns, and information overload

WCP80 Freelancing in the time of coronavirus

As freelance writers, coronavirus hits us both professionally and personally. We’re looking at these issues and how mindset management will help you handle: + Freelance workflow with rapidly changing editorial needs + Feeling criticized or blamed for how “the media” is handling coverage + Self-isolation, medical concerns, and information overload MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Let’s work together.

The Writing Coach Podcast 1: What’s your problem?

Learn and use this tool to get daily insight into how your thinking about the pandemic impacts your mood, behaviors, and freelance outcomes.

01: What’s your problem?

Welcome to the first episode of The Writing Coach Podcast! 😀 In the weeks ahead, I’ll be sharing my coach approach with you to help you get out of your own way and move toward your freelance writing goals.

The Writing Coach Podcast 81: Remote reporting
If you and/or your source is in self-isolation, how do you build rapport and get rich reporting for your article?

WCP81 Remote reporting

Reporting by video calls, like Skype and Zoom, often gets a bad rap. Freelancers don’t want to brush their hair and get on camera, sources don’t have the software installed on their device, and the whole experience can seem impersonal compared to meeting in real life.

The Writing Coach Podcast 82: Live coaching
Listen to three mini coaching sessions with freelancers striving to do their best work and get new clients during the pandemic.

WCP82 Live coaching

Hearing another writer being coached gives you the chance to recognize your own thought patterns and behaviors-and make changes accordingly.

The Writing Coach Podcast 83: Dateline Milan with Janna Brancolini
Interview with a freelancer who shifted her freelance strategy to break into new publications when work started drying up due to coronavirus.

WCP83 Dateline Milan with Janna Brancolini

Janna Brancolini is an American journalist based in Milan, Italy. She covers environmental and tax policy in Southern Europe for Bloomberg Law, and her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Columbia Journalism Review and Business Insider.  When coronavirus hit Northern Italy in February, Janna’s freelance work dried up.

More coming soon.

First Draft Coronavirus resources for reporters

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