By Amy Phan
The UNITY News Online

Freelancing can be a lucrative and surprisingly stable source of income – if you know the tricks of the trade.

The workshop called, “Stepchild No more: Becoming a Successful Freelancer,” reveals those tricks and much more. One of the three panelists, freelancer Andrea Collier, gave a little preview of what to expect to learn at the workshop Thursday 11 am - 12:30 pm:

1. How to keep an eye out for new opportunities to put your work out there
2. How to organize, freelancer style
3. How to brand yourself, your niche and your style
4. How to apply technology and multimedia skills to freelancing work
5. Multi-purposing your story: how to write one story and get paid multiple times

Any tips you’d like to share from your experiences as a freelancer? Feel free to comment!

By VANNESSA MARAVILLA
The UNITY News

For journalists feeling burned-out from the business, UNITY convention speakers Angela Neal-Barnett and Carla Davis from Rise, Sally, Rise Inc. will offer a seminar Friday called “Beat Up, Burned Out? How to Hang in, Rejuvenate and Thrive in Tough Times.”
When: 1:30-3 p.m.
Where: Career Resources Center at the Career Fair & Media Expo

Preview tips:
- Call it what it is. It’s not burnout. It’s anxiety.
- Confront obstacles instead of avoiding them.
- Take steps to deal with the problem.
- Stay fluid. Embrace technology as it changes.