Original air date: March 25, 2025

Learn what editors actually look for when hiring freelancers, their tips for pitching and landing stories, and best practices for working with your editor clients.

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Webinar Details:

Join Informa TechTarget’s Rachel Pollack, Advertising Specialty Institute’s C.J. Mittica, and Emerald’s Anne DiNardo — all editorial leaders at their publications — for a discussion on what editors actually look for when hiring freelancers, their tips for pitching and landing stories, best practices for working with your editor clients, plus their pet peeves and the pitfalls to avoid.

Panelists:

• Anne DiNardo, Editor-in-Chief, Healthcare Design and Environments for Aging, Emerald Expositions LLC
• C.J. Mittica, Editor-in-Chief, Counselor and ASICentral.com, Advertising Specialty Institute
• Rachel H. Pollack, Managing Editor, Facilities Dive, Packaging Dive, Smart Cities Dive, Utility Dive and Waste Dive, Informa TechTarget

Moderated by ASBPE Vice President and Founder/Chief Content Officer of Bantamedia Brooke Bilyj.

This archived webinar and accompanying resources are free for ASBPE members.

ASBPE’s “Solopreneur: Exploring the Business of Contract Journalism” is a 10-part webinar series, plus additional resources, that dives into the business side of freelance and contract journalism. During this series, we’ll cover key considerations and steps to launch, build, and sustain a successful contract journalism business. 

Join this journey toward Solopreneur success, whether you’ve been a freelancer for most of your career or you’re a staffer just starting to think about this transition. This series will advance your knowledge about starting and building your freelance business, offer tools and strategies to help grow and scale your approach, and provide continuing education and improvement opportunities for our more seasoned contract journalists.