Gritters and Yan: Writers’ Pod

Gritters and Yan: Writers’ Pod

Freelancers have amazing know-how but not always about business. Wudan Yan and Jenni Gritters launched their podcast, The Writers’ Co-op, to offer freelance creatives practical advice about taxes, marketing, time management, and more. The podcast will be back...
SciLance: Pitch, Publish, Prosper

SciLance: Pitch, Publish, Prosper

NSWA members Jessica Marshall, Bryn Nelson, Michelle Nijhuis + about 30 other experienced science writers = SciLance. The group’s practical online resource, Pitch Publish Prosper, is now hosted by the National Association of Science Writers ( @ScienceWriters)....

A Freelancer’s Life: Tales from the Trenches

NSWA members and guests joined the following panel of science writers at our monthly meeting on Dec. 10 to discuss freelancing. Ashley Braun works full time as a writer and editor at NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration in Seattle. But since 2011, she’s been a...

Ostrander: Tips for Science Writers

Madeline Ostrander @madelinevo also earned a 2014 NSWA Career Development Award (see Lynne Peeples, above). Madeline went to freelance writer summer camp and returned with . Send her blogpost and at ibiology.org to anyone who asks, “How do I get started in...