Lynn Freehill-Maye is an independent writer and co-chair of this year’s American Society of Journalists Conference (ASJA). She writes about “compelling people and places from her home in upstate New York and beyond.” Before becoming an independent writer, she worked as the tourism and environment reporter at the Pulitzer Prize-winning Virgin Islands Daily News and as editor of the University of Texas’ 200,000-reader alumni…
Welcome to Journalist Spotlight, where we go behind the scenes with a journalist and ProfNet user. This installment features business journalist Bob O’Brien of The Deal, who also spent many years at The Wall Street Journal. If you’re a journalist who uses ProfNet, email evelyn.tipacti@prnewswire.com and you could be featured next. Bob O’Brien is a senior writer at The Deal, covering private equity.…
Writing about your own life can be tricky. How much do you divulge? Do you tell the people you’re writing about that you’re writing about them? How do you find publications that take essays? Should you write a memoir? We asked Jen A. Miller, a prolific freelance writer and author of the new memoir “Running: A…
Welcome to Journalist Spotlight, where we go behind the scenes with a journalist and ProfNet user. This installment features Katie Bo Williams of The Hill, whose work has also been seen in The Atlantic and The Washington Post. If you’re a journalist who uses ProfNet, email evelyn.tipacti@prnewswire.com and you could be featured next. Katie Bo Williams is a…
Alex Kasprak is a science writer with experience as both a scientist and as a science communicator. Before turning to writing, he studied fossilized chemicals in ancient rocks in an effort to shed light on dramatic periods of environmental change during mass extinction events. As a writer, Kasprak has focused on science communication and outreach over…
Welcome to Journalist Spotlight, where we go behind the scenes with a journalist and ProfNet user. This installment features Dale Buss, a writer and regular contributor to major outlets like Forbes and the New York Times. If you’re a journalist who uses ProfNet, email evelyn.tipacti@prnewswire.com and you could be featured next. Dale Buss is an experienced author and journalist with…
When audiences find information helpful or inspiring, they share those messages through social media, emails, instant messages and more. There are many ways to be heard, yet it’s just as easy to be forgotten due to the volume information out there. But, above all, the common denominator among the content that gets heard is connecting…
Welcome to Journalist Spotlight, where we go behind the scenes with a journalist and ProfNet user. This installment features Sean Powers (@SeanPowersGPB), a producer and reporter. If you’re a journalist who uses ProfNet, email evelyn.tipacti@prnewswire.com and you could be featured next. Sean Powers is a producer for “On Second Thought” and Georgia Public Broadcasting‘s “All Things Considered.” A native of the…
“How to Become an Infopreneur” – that’s the topic we tackled during a recent #ConnectChat featuring Andreea Ayers, CEO and founder of Launch Grow Joy. Writers are constantly looking to earn extra money on the side, or even make a living working from home full-time. One way is through freelance writing for various publications. Another way to generate income…
The freelance life can be awfully funny. For more than a dozen years, I’ve traversed this land of pitching, writing, copyediting, blogging, and ghost writing. I’ve verbally agreed to take on freelance work, shaken hands, submitted invoices, and crossed my fingers. I’ve met my fair share of companies I like to work with and others…
We recently caught up with Terri Williams, a freelance writer with a long and versatile list of business, education, career, and lifestyle clients, including USA Today, Yahoo, U.S. News & World Report, and Robert Half. Her work has also been published in the online editions of The Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, Arizona Central, and…
One of the hardest parts of becoming a freelance writer is getting your first assignment. How do you find the right magazine for your story idea? And once you do, how to you get the magazine to give you an assignment? We recently hosted a Twitter Q&A with freelance writer Lisa Iannucci (@virgintraveler), who shared…
Welcome to Journalist Spotlight, where we go behind the scenes with a journalist and ProfNet user. This installment features Jen A. Miller (@byJenAMiller), a freelance journalist and author. If you’re a journalist who uses ProfNet, email evelyn.tipacti@prnewswire.com and you could be featured next. Jen A. Miller has been an independent journalist for over a decade. But, she didn’t start…
“Google it.” How many times have you heard that phrase? How many times have you said it? You rarely hear “search the Internet” anymore, since Google seemingly has become synonymous with the Internet. Google aims to make the user experience as positive as possible, with products for the Web, mobile, business, home and office. Now…
Most people think writing for beauty and fashion publications is all about glamorous events and free product samples. Well, that is part of it, but being a beauty and fashion writer is also a lot of work. Janene Mascarella (@MrsWrite), beauty director of BELLA New York, oversees the luxury magazine’s Beauty Scene section. She writes…
Christopher O’Donnell is the Tampa city hall reporter at the Tampa Tribune, the second largest daily newspaper in Florida. He also covers the Tampa Bay Rays’ battle to get out of their stadium contract at Tropicana Field. Before moving to the Tribune, he was the education reporter for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, where his reporting on…
Welcome to Journalist Spotlight, where we go behind the scenes with a journalist and ProfNet user. This installment features Kristi Gustafson Barlette (@JustKristi), an editor at the Times Union, a Hearst publication in upstate New York. If you’re a journalist who uses ProfNet, email evelyn.tipacti@prnewswire.com and you could be featured next. When she was in eighth grade, Kristi Gustafson Barlette attended…
Welcome to Journalist Spotlight, a Q&A series with a journalist and ProfNet user. In this installment, we’re featuring George Putic, a science and technology reporter with Voice of America. After receiving a degree in dramaturgy from Belgrade University’s School of Dramatic Arts in Serbia, George Putic realized his calling was the screen and broadcast news. “Theater was attractive as a…
One of the most frequent questions we get from writers is, “How do I break into ghostwriting?” To answer that question, we turned to ghostwriting expert Marcia Layton Turner (@MarciaTurner) for her advice and insight. In a Twitter chat hosted by ProfNet, Turner answered a variety of questions on ghostwriting, focusing specifically on the book…
Welcome to Journalist Spotlight, a Q&A series with a journalist and ProfNet user. In this installment, we’re featuring James Pilcher, an investigative reporter with the Cincinnati Enquirer and Kentucky Enquirer. James Pilcher (@jamespilcher) didn’t always want to be a journalist. “Actually I thought about being a lawyer or trying to work for the State Department,” he…
