Freelance journalism becomes successful only when you comfortably spend much time hunting down stories, traveling from place to place, and writing under short deadlines. Journalists usually interview anyone with a meaningful connection to the topic, and who can provide some good, succinct quotes and information. Information-gathering goes on for most of the day, usually ending around evening.
As a rule, newspaper journalism involves a much narrower range of subject matter than magazine journalism, significantly shorter articles, and a greater focus on form. The career of a journalist isn’t for everyone. Whereas many freelance writing projects are about a predictable routine of research and writing, the variety and novelty of writing news and feature articles eschews all routine in favour of a constant flurry of ad hoc interviews, phone calls and general information –gathering.
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