Starting as a freelance journalist online course on 19 October

I am running a one-day online course on Starting as a freelance journalist for NUJ Training Wales on Thursday 19 October. This is based on my two NUJ day courses for freelancers and is designed to help those who are thinking about going freelance or have recently done so.

The cost for NUJ members resident in Wales is £5, NUJ members not resident in Wales £10, others resident in Wales £15 and others £30.

More information and booking here.

Join my online NUJ freelance training courses in June

I will be running my freelance training day courses for the National Union of Journalists again in June, both online.

First steps in freelancing, designed to tell you the first things you need to know about the business of working as a freelance journalist, is on Friday 9 June. The day covers how to go from getting commissioned to getting paid, the essentials on pitching, tax, copyright, IT and building your new business. It costs £40 for NUJ members, £30 for student members and £110 for everyone else. Details and booking here.

Winning and negotiating freelance work goes into more depth on these essential elements of freelancing, with guidance and exercises designed to help you with two aspects of freelance business that don’t come naturally to many of us. It takes place on Friday 23 June and costs £50 for NUJ members, £40 for student members and £130 otherwise. Details and booking here.

If you have any questions on the courses, please get in touch with Laura Fagan at the NUJ or me.

My NUJ freelance training courses in September and October

Book now for for the next online editions of my National Union of Journalists freelance training courses, First steps in freelancing on 30 September and Winning and negotiating freelance work on 14 October. Click on a date for further information and booking.

First steps in freelancing: Friday 30 September. NUJ members £40, student members £30, non-members £110.

Winning and negotiating freelance work: Friday 14 October. NUJ members £50, student members £40, non-members £130.

Online NUJ freelance training in July

Booking is now open for the next online editions of my National Union of Journalists freelance training courses in July. Click on a date for further information and booking.

First steps in freelancing: Friday 8 July. NUJ members £40, student members £30, non-members £110.

Winning and negotiating freelance work: Friday 22 July. NUJ members £50, student members £40, non-members £130.

Face-to-face freelance NUJ training is back

After two years online, my courses on working as a freelance journalist will return to the National Union of Journalists’ London headquarters this spring. It will be great to be back in the training room.

First steps in freelancing: Friday 29 April, NUJ members £60, student members £50 and non-members £110. Booking and more information here.

Winning and negotiating freelance work: Friday 13 May, NUJ members £70, student members £60 and non-members £130. Booking and more information here.

I will deliver online versions of these courses over the summer, followed by further face-to-face sessions in the autumn. The last two years of online-only training saw people joining sessions from across the UK and Ireland, as well as countries including Denmark, France and Spain. The wider access that online courses allow looks worth retaining, so the plan is to do some of both.