What to do when your editor doesn’t pay
What to do when you’re not paid and what your legal rights are. How tricky this becomes when dealing with overseas publications. How to manage all this with tact and professionalism. And humour.
What to do when you’re not paid and what your legal rights are. How tricky this becomes when dealing with overseas publications. How to manage all this with tact and professionalism. And humour.
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Why freelance travel writers need to think about ‘conversion’ in their quest to win more travel writing jobs
A story with excellent potential that I think many publications would be interested in buying, but the pitch needs significant re-working
How travel writers could learn a thing or two from the way war reporters or investigative journalists think.
A recent interview I did explaining some of the fundamentals on being a professional, hireable, self-sustaining travel writer
How throwing an unthought-out headline into my content calendar made me snigger with shame. How to write a good headline inside
A ghoulish pitch that tells me to be afraid rather than showing me why I should be
Matt Barker’s Horizon Guides connect tour operators with adventure hungry travellers, and he needs writers to help him fulfil his mission
Photographer, writer, author and all-round awesome person Lola Akinmade Åkerström describes how she wins assignments with some of the world’s most coveted travel publications
Why pitching without an idea is a fast track to the email trashcan
Four query letters from four different writers that all won assignments at prestigious titles – CNN, New York Times, BBC and SCMP
What effect do press trips have on the accuracy of stories? Final part of the series, with answers from the PR side of the debate
As expenses dry up and fees stagnate, press trips and comps are increasingly necessary to get the story. But is that right?