Last week within ouR Webinar Series we heard from Graduate Fashion Foundation Ambassador and Associate Editor at Hearst Studio, Isabella Silvers.
During the webinar, Isabella shared top tips and advice on becoming a freelance journalist and writer, how to price your work and how to approach publishers to get your work noticed.
She was extremely kind to share links and resources for starting out in the industry.
Isabella Silvers
Useful Links
Professional Networking Sites
https://www.linkedin.com/
The Dots | The future of work
Gorkana Journalist Services (register yourself as a journalist on the service and sign up for their newsletter)
Job & Internship Sites
Creative Access
GoThinkBig | Helping young people get a foot on the career ladder | GoThinkBig | The site that helps young people get a foot on the career ladder
Fashion Internships & Jobs | Fashion Work Placements & Castings
https://twitter.com/GuardianJobs
The Dots Jobs (@The_Dots_Jobs)
Journalism Jobs UK (@journojobuk)
Fashion Internships (@fashionintern)
UK Fashion Intern (@ukfashionintern)
Sian Meades Weekly Jobs Newsletter
Careers | Hearst
Jobs and careers with BBC
Join Us
Jobs at BuzzFeed
https://jobs.channel4.com/
Channel 5 Vacancies
conde nast careers
Careers At Dazed Media
https://gal-dem.com/jobs/
The Guardian :: Search jobs and apply
ITV Job Search - All Jobs
Netflix Jobs
Careers at Penguin Random House | Publishing terminology explained
SheerLuxe Jobs
Job Search Results - Sky
Jobs at Spotify
Careers at Stylist
The Telegraph - Current Openings
TI Media Jobs
Time Out Careers
Hearst Networks
Hearst Heritage (@hearstheritage) • Instagram photos and videos
@hearstprideuk • Instagram photos and videos
Networking Groups
POC / BME in journalism, media and the arts UK
The Other Box
SocialFixt Public Group
WE ARE BLACK JOURNOS (@weareblackjournos) • Instagram photos and videos
Make ROOM Mentoring
Women In Journalism
JournoAnswers
No.1 Freelance Media Women
Student Publication Association (SPA) Public Group
Pitching Guidelines
Pitching Guidelines
How to pitch a story to Digital Spy
Pitch to Black Ballad
How to pitch to iD - iD
A Load Of Successful Journalism Pitches To Help You With Yours
Useful Accounts To Follow
Journo Resources (@journoresources) (also signed up to their newsletter for a weekly list of jobs and freelance opportunities)
Newsletters — Sian Meades-Williams (amazing newsletter with lots of opportunities)
FashionBeautyMonitor (@Fashion_Monitor) (their free newsletter will alert you to which journalists work where)
FashionBeautyInsight (@FashionInsight)
Mediargh (@mediargh)
The Media Mentor (@themediamentor) - posts regular job opportunities across all creative fields
How To Search A Site
If you enter ‘site:[websiteaddress]’ into a search engine, along with your topic, this should give you a good idea. I.E. Google:‘site:cosmopolitan.com/uk PMDD’ and you’ll see what content we have on PMDD
Freelance Rates
Journalism Freelance Rates: Weekly Updated List For Journalists
#FreelancerPayGap – this is a regularly updated form where freelancers record fees in a bid to make freelancing rates more transparent
Royalty Free websites
Getty Images Embed - allows you to embed images free of charge from Getty
Pixabay - free to use stock images, illustrations and videos
Unsplash - free to use stock imagery including lifestyle, fashion, film etc
Pexels - free to use stock imagery and video
Purple-Planet - free to use music
Guidelines and resources
Channel 4’s Fair Dealing Guidelines - information on fair dealing with regards to the use of video and imagery
IPSO Editor’s Code of Practice - guidelines for editors, and writers
NUJ - National Union of Journalists - student discount for membership
SEO Free Tools
SEMRush – gives you 10 free searches per day
SimilarWeb – gives you a basic overview of a website’s estimated traffic and its competitors
Keywords Everywhere – Chrome Extension tool shows you an estimated search volume
Keyword Surfer – similar to Keywords Everywhere
Answer the Public – pulls the questions people are asking (and other queries) from Google’s autocomplete results. It’s super useful for generating topic ideas
Google Trends – shows the popularity of a topic over time. Use it to capitalise on trending topics, and avoid creating content about those with waning interest
AlsoAsked – similar to Answer the Public but also looks at questions people have asked
SEO Useful Videos
Moz Whiteboard Friday – new blog posts and videos every Friday
Google Analytics for Beginners
SEO for Beginners: 3 Powerful SEO Tips to Rank #1 on Google in 2020
Social Media Content Tools
Crowdtangle- CrowdTangle is the leading content discovery and social monitoring platform for publishers and brands. You will need a Facebook account.
BuzzSumo - Discover content ideas, uncover platform insights, identify passionate influencers and more. Offers free trials.
Content Studio - a content discovery tool that makes content curation blogs and social media effortless for business in any niche or market.
NewshipSpike - Predict trends and performance from billions of sites, stories, and posts across the web and social.
Reddit - A network of communities based on people's interests.
Facebook Journalism Project - Works with publishers around the world to strengthen the connection between journalists and the communities they serve.
Later - The leading visual marketing platform that allows you to plan, schedule, publish, and measure the results of your instagram and social media posts.
Social Media Today - The latest news, trends, and tips in social media.
Twitter for Media - How to use Twitter for news writing
Facebook for Media - How to use Facebook for news writing.
Tik Tok Newsroom - Tik Tok tips and news for members of the press.