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Being a freelancer is like running a small business. You are the CEO when it comes to finding stories, keeping the work flowing, and managing the money coming in.

But you don’t have to do it alone. Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute on Friday, Dec. 8, for an in-person afternoon workshop of networking to find your tribe and to learn strategies for winning pitches, managing freelancing as a business, and building the writer and editor relationship to sustain that business.

Tickets are:

$75 for the general public
$65 for National Press Club members

GET TICKETS

Doors for the workshop open at 12:30 p.m. with the sessions starting promptly at 1 p.m. After the workshop, continue the conversation with fellow freelancers and editors in the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library. This workshop is in-person only and will not be livestreamed or recorded. Get tickets now.

Gain insights from editors and freelancers from:

The Washington Post
AARP Bulletin
Brainfacts.org
Washingtonian
the Institute for Independent Journalists
Politico magazine
Industry Dive
And more!

Click here to see the full schedule and confirmed speakers.

Moving from tactical to strategic thinking

“When we define strategic as possessing insight that leads to advantage, we can then begin to assess our own strategic fitness level. Acumen, allocation, and action — the ability to think, plan, and do — are what separate strategic thinkers from the rest , and they are behaviors that can be learned and applied to create superior value. While beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, strategic is in the behavior.”

-- Rich Horwath, founder and CEO of the Strategic Thinking Institute, “How to become a better strategic thinker” (Harvard Business Review)

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