If you missed my training course on Using data to make more money from freelancing last December, it is scheduled to run again on Friday 9 June at Equity’s offices on Upper St Martin’s Lane in London. (If you attended and found it useful, please tell a friend.) You can attend for free if you are a freelance member of one of the following unions: Equity, the Musicians’ Union, the National Union of Journalists and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain. Continue reading “New date for free training on using data to make more money from freelancing: 9 June”
Category: Data
For three metro mayors, it’s going to be all about the economy
Black circles show relative populations of each metro mayor city region; turnout and party of winner shown by coloured circle (added when result available)
| New metro mayor | Turnout | Population | |
| West Midlands | Andy Street, Conservative | 26.3% | 2.83m |
| Greater Manchester | Andy Burnham, Labour | 28.6% | 2.76m |
| Liverpool City Region | Steve Rotheram, Labour | 25.9% | 1.52m |
| West of England | Tim Bowles, Conservative | 29.3% | 909,000 |
| Peterborough and Cambridgeshire | James Palmer, Conservative | 32.9% | 841,000 |
| Tees Valley | Ben Houchen, Conservative | 21% | 667,000 |
Average turnout adjusted by population: 27%
The results are in from the six metro mayor votes held yesterday, with results and turnout mapped above. But as noted in yesterday’s post and map, the six city regions have a combined population of 9.53m compared with Greater London’s 8.67m, with their combined economies producing just 57% of the capital’s output. Continue reading “For three metro mayors, it’s going to be all about the economy”
Six new metro mayors’ economies worth just 57% of London’s
Relative economic outputs (coloured circles) and populations (black circles) of six metro mayor city regions, as well as Greater London
Today, people in six metropolitan areas with a total population of 9.53m are voting for new metro mayors, more than Greater London’s 8.67m. But despite the elections covering many of provincial England’s biggest and richest cities, their combined economies generate just 57% of London’s. Continue reading “Six new metro mayors’ economies worth just 57% of London’s”
Free training: using data to make more money from freelancing
I am running a new training course, Using data to make more money from freelancing, on Thursday 1 December at Equity’s offices on Upper St Martin’s Lane in London. It is free for freelance members of the following unions: Equity, the Musicians’ Union, the National Union of Journalists and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain.
As someone who has used and written about data in journalism for many years, in this course I will explore ways in which data can be used in freelance businesses to increase profitability. I will be covering techniques including risk assessment, budgeting, making best use of your time, estimating and negotiating jobs, when to sack a client and how spot trends and benefit from them.
I will be aiming to make everyone attending £100,000 richer (warning: the value of this pledge may fall as well as rise). There will be laughs, possibly tears and certainly spreadsheets.
The course, organised by the Federation of Entertainment Unions, has limited places available. Apply here by 22 November.
Norfolk uses data in libraries’ public health drive
Norfolk County Council has won a national award for its libraries’ health education work, which involves tailoring each library’s work based on local public health data.
In September, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals awarded Norfolk its annual Libraries Change Lives award for the county’s Healthy Libraries project. This involves activities in the county’s 47 libraries including pedal-powered smoothie bikes, hula-hoop challenges and neighbourhood lunches. Continue reading “Norfolk uses data in libraries’ public health drive”