Journalist

Book review: How to work as a freelance journalist

by Matthew Stibbe on May 6, 2010

One of the most popular pages on this site is How to be a freelance journalist, which is based on my experiences in that job in the early 2000s. It’s a tough gig and getting tougher. Because of this post, Marc Leverton interviewed me for his recent book, How to work as a freelance journalist. [...]

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62 ways to improve your press releases

by Matthew Stibbe on August 7, 2007

There are many voices calling for the death of the press release (e.g. Die Press Release Die or Amy Gahran who wants to put them out of their misery). What is needed is not execution but reform. Here are my tips and suggestions for doing it: Preparation Have something interesting to say. A press release [...]

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