Online plagiarists: Catch them if you can
With the explosion of online publishing, many people are now posting words on the web and calling themselves journalists. But a good proportion of them are more like plagiarists. I recently got a...
View ArticleIgnore that tax accountant behind the curtain
Numbers intimidate me. Tax forms, with their confusing formulas and convoluted IRS regulations, downright scare me. But when I went freelance full time, I decided to take the plunge and do my own. I...
View ArticleiPhone gives press more freedom but makes some in government nervous
As we celebrate our freedoms this Fourth of July, it’s ironic that I had a very un-freedom-of-the-press experience last week. A government official asked me at a public meeting to stop snapping photos...
View ArticleFreelancers should push back on unfair contracts
Fellow freelancers, have you noticed how restrictive and unfair contracts can be? No? Then you have not been reading your contracts. Go back. Read the last three contracts you signed. Now. I’ll wait. ....
View ArticleFreelance contracts: It’s getting scary out there
Contracts. Not a riveting topic. But at a recent writers gathering – the annual conference of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) – I was riveted to my chair by the frightening...
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