In this episode we talk about side hustles, should you have one and how do you explore your interests alongside your freelance journalism work? We speak to Dean Sterling Jones, a chef from Northern Ireland, who works as a freelance journalist when he’s not cooking, and Waseem Mirza, a sci-tech journalist and presenter who is also a screen actor and voice artist.
Waseem Mirza
Twitter: @waseem_mirza
Instagram: @thewaseemmirza
Dean Jones
Twitter: @shootingthemess
Instagram: @deansterlingjones
Blog: https://shootingthemessenger.blog/
Resources
BBC CLICK https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m9ry
Pennyworth series 3 https://collider.com/pennyworth-season-3-hbo-max/
NUJ Freelance Resources
https://www.nuj.org.uk/advice/freelance-resources.html
NUJ Branches
https://www.nuj.org.uk/engage/union-democracy/branches.html
Examples of how Lily brands different parts of her journalism https://www.lilycanter.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/lilycanter
https://www.instagram.com/lilycanter/
The FutureTECH Show- Waseem’s podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/0QCdLw6UrG8sOBOgu69Vjx
The FutureTECH Show - Waseem’s YouTube series
Dean's latest article: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/deansterlingjones/russia-yevgeny-prigozhin-ukraine-trump-giuliani-films
Freelance journalist recommendations
Jane Lytvynenko
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/02/ukraine-russia-conflict-livestream/622900/
Carol Cadwalladr
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/carolecadwalladr