{"id":5434,"date":"2020-11-03T17:47:41","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T22:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/?p=5434"},"modified":"2020-11-08T19:27:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T00:27:52","slug":"hunter-professor-joins-leadership-of-freelance-solidarity-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/2020\/11\/03\/hunter-professor-joins-leadership-of-freelance-solidarity-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Professor Takes a Leading Role at Freelance Solidarity Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/jounalism_nov5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/jounalism_nov5-1024x850.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/jounalism_nov5-1024x850.png 1024w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/jounalism_nov5-300x249.png 300w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/jounalism_nov5-768x637.png 768w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/jounalism_nov5-760x631.png 760w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/jounalism_nov5-301x250.png 301w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/jounalism_nov5-603x500.png 603w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/jounalism_nov5-463x384.png 463w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/jounalism_nov5-926x768.png 926w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/jounalism_nov5-800x664.png 800w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/jounalism_nov5-783x650.png 783w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/jounalism_nov5-131x109.png 131w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/jounalism_nov5-277x230.png 277w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/jounalism_nov5-554x460.png 554w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/jounalism_nov5.png 1433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Reporting and Writing 1 Professor Susie Armitage has joined the&nbsp;Organizing Committee for the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nwu.org\/freelance-solidarity-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Freelance Solidarity Project (FSP)<\/a>, a division of the National Writers Union that advocates for freelance media workers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FSP focuses on raising industry standards and is currently calling for publications to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nwu.org\/the-freelance-solidarity-project-calls-for-covid-19-graduated-payment-schedules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revise their payment schedules<\/a>&nbsp;in light of COVID-19, moving away from the &#8220;pay on publication&#8221; policy that is the norm at many media outlets.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Armitage hosted a&nbsp; Zoom webinar on freelancing during the spring semester to teach students how to make virtual connections and pitch stories. During that session, students learned that a good pitch includes:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A well thought out, working headline<\/li><li>A few sentences introducing yourself and the work you\u2019ve done&nbsp;<\/li><li>A strong lede<\/li><li>The nut graf describing the core of the story&nbsp;<\/li><li>Proof that you have access to sources that can help you deliver the piece<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The FSP can be a great resource for students just starting to freelance.\u00a0 Experienced freelancers can also contact\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nwu.org\/grievance-and-contract-division\/grievance-assistance\/\" target=\"_blank\">contact FSP for assistance<\/a>\u00a0for assistance regarding late payments, contractual breaches, or professional misconduct.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reporting and Writing 1 Professor Susie Armitage has joined the Organizing Committee for the Freelance Solidarity Project (FSP), a division of the National Writers Union that advocates for freelance media workers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-news","category-journalism-program-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5434"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5467,"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5434\/revisions\/5467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}