RECORDING #FreelanceFebruary: Stop Putting Off Your Website

The latest NABJ members-only webinar, “Stop Putting Off Your Website,” Marissa Evans of the Texas Tribune offered her tips and tricks for creating a portfolio website. She critiqued two journalist websites — including mine — and explained the four elements every journalist’s website should have.

Evans answered questions about everything from best platforms to host a website to how much one should pay a designer.  Click here to view the one-hour webinar. And below are links to some of the sites mentioned in the webinar.

• Marissa’s presentation slides
• Access to a downloadable website worksheet
• Marissa’s “Get Your Website Right” online course

We are working on the next webinar series for March and April under the hashtag #NABJSpringClean. These webinars will be all about things that are blocking us in our careers and what we can do to remove them. Topics we’ll cover include the need for internships, tips on job interviews and women dealing with Impostor Syndrome. We are still in the planning phases, so if you have webinar ideas, please send them here.

RECORDING: Do The #SideHustle

As the industry continues to reshape itself in the digital age, journalists are getting caught in the crossfire. So now is the perfect time to start or step up that side hustle. In this NABJ members-only webinar, panelists Dr. Sybril Brown, Tenisha Taylor Bell, Nicki Mayo and Benét Wilson shared how and why they started their side hustles and offered advice on what is needed to keep them going. Click here to listen to a recording of the webinar.

Below are some links to #SideHuste resources:

• The Common Sense Guide to Your own Side Hustle
• How To Make Time For A Side Hustle
• Side Hustle Nation
• Mistakes that Caused My First Side Hustle to Flop
• 99 Side Hustle Business Ideas You Can Start Today
• Black Enterprise Side Hustle Articles
• High-Income Business Writing-Podcast

And join us on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 11:00 a.m. EST for our next webinar in the #FreelanceFebruary series. What if you don’t want to become a freelancer and you want to look for a new job instead? Put your best foot forward with an online portfolio to showcase your work. Web sites, for all of their benefits, can be tough to sift through as ideas about technology and branding change every day.

In this webinar, hosted by Marissa Evans of the Texas Tribune, you’ll get tips on how to choose the best web platform for you, the do’s and don’ts of a quality website and best practices for putting your best digital footprint forward, including live critiques. Register here — your NABJ membership number is required. And look for our #SpringCleaningNABJ series of members-only webinars in March and April. Do you have an idea for a workshop? Send it here and it may be used.

Register for NABJ Members-only #FreelanceFebruary Webinars

The #FreelanceFebruary series of NABJ members-only webinars will help you answer that question, covering topics including what it takes to get started, finding a #SideHustle and creating an online portfolio to showcase your work.

Journalists have many skills that make ideal side hustles, but you can’t just create them out of thin air. Learn how to get your hustle in this NABJ members-only webinar on Monday, Feb. 13 at 8:00 p.m. Panelists Nicki Mayo of Nicki Mayo News LLC, Dr. Sybril Brown, a hustler and journalism professor at Belmont University, Tenisha Taylor Bell, owner of Perfect Pitch Media Group LLC and Benét Wilson, owner of Aviation Queen LLC will discuss how they started their hustles and what it takes to keep them going. Register here — your NABJ membership number is required.

What if you don’t want to become a freelancer and you want to look for a new job instead? Put your best foot forward with an online portfolio to showcase your work. Web sites, for all of their benefits, can be tough to sift through as ideas about technology and branding change every day. In this webinar, hosted by Marissa Evans of the Texas Tribune, you’ll get tips on how to choose the best web platform for you, the do’s and don’ts of a quality website and best practices for putting your best digital footprint forward, including live critiques. Join us on Saturday, February 18, 11:00 a.m. EST. Again, register here — your NABJ membership number is required.

DJTF will schedule webinars through the NABJ Annual Convention and Career Fair in New Orleans Aug. 9-13, 2017. Do you have an idea for a webinar? Send it here.

New Year, New You 3.0: ALL The Recordings

First, I want to thank everyone who worked so hard to make this annual series a success: DJTF, the Print Task Force, the NABJ Student Council and the Media-Related Members Task Force.  I also thank all of the NABJ members who took the time to listen to the webinars, either live or via recording. Below are links to all the recordings:

• Recording & Tips from New Year, New You 3.0: The Resume Edition Webinar

• Recording from New Year, New You 3.0: Formation 2017 – Creating a Powerful Digital Brand on LinkedIn

• New Year, New You 3.0: The Power of Social Media – #BeGreat #TellTheStory

• RECORDING: New Year, New You 3.0: The Art of Interviewing and Storytelling

Next up is #FreelanceFebruary, where NABJ members will offer tips and advice for starting and sustaining your freelance business, whether it’s full time or part time. I’m excited to announce our first NABJ members-only webinar this month: “Do the #SideHustle,” on Monday, Feb. 13 at 8:00 p.m. EST. NABJ members Dr. Sybril Brown, Tenisha Taylor Bell, Nicki Mayo and I will discuss how we started our side hustles and what you need to do to keep them going. Click here to register for this event.