“Hire the reporters. Hire the editors. Give them the power to tell the stories.” - Cara Reedy
Kicking off Day 2 of #IIJ24 with a powerful session on diversity in journalism and newsrooms with Disabled Journalists Association Maudlyne Ihejirika Katherine X Lewis 雪 怡 (she/her) aka #TenureTrackHustle
How do you take local stories to the national level?
Session 5 of the IIJ Conference “How to Perfect Your Pitch” happening now! #IIJ24
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Angilee Shah
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Valeria Fernandez
“I’m not your sponsor because we both went to Harvard. I’m your sponsor because I believe in what you’re doing.'
Second session of the IIJ Conference, with keynote speaker Tanzina Vega in conversation with Stephanie Daniel #IIJ24
As freelance opportunities run dry, these writers are turning to other platforms to tell their stories.
Session 4 of the IIJ Conference “Monetizing Your Platform” is now underway! #IIJ24
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Join us for a deep dive on data about the diversity of the journalism workforce with Cara Reedy of Disabled Journalists Association, Meredith Clark of Northeastern U.,
Katherine X Lewis 雪 怡 (she/her) of The Institute for Independent Journalists, and Maudlyne Ihejirika of
Field Foundation at #IIJ24 Register: theiij.com
Join us for insights from these creative dynamos on launching a big idea as a book, article series, film or podcast! #iij24
Alex Lewis of Rowhome Productions
Seyward Darby of The Atavist Magazine
Joanna Clay of Neon Hum Media Sony Podcasts
Kerra Bolton
Erika Hayasaki moderates
Huge thanks to our volunteers and #iij24 conference supporters: MacArthur Foundation Knight Foundation Democracy Fund O'Brien Fellowship Literary Journalism AIR Very excited for two days of #freelance #journalism learning!
Register for #iij24 conference today & hear from a panel of editors what they want in contributors: theiij.com/sessions-24 Speakers:
Estelle Tang of The Guardian
Rachel Epstein of Men's Health Mag
Juliet M. Beverly of BrainFacts.org
James Salanga of The Objective
Jamila Bey of WHYY News
Field's own Maudlyne Ihejirika will moderate a panel on diversity in the journalism workforce as part of The Institute for Independent Journalists 2024 Freelance Journalism Conference. See below to register #IIJ24
Really enjoying this new-to-me conference. Thank you so much, The Institute for Independent Journalists for promoting diversity in journalism and offering such a well-rounded schedule of topics, from editor roundtables to fellowship/grant convos to the role of AI in journalism. #theiij #iij24
The Institute for Independent Journalists Editors panel: #theiij #iij24
-Some editors have no work emails
-Don't pitch something staff will likely cover
-Have a great subject line & keep it short.
-Most editors won't work with someone new on a fast-moving story.
Don't give up. Keep on #pitching ! #journalists