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Do you dream of dining at the hottest new restaurants, getting paid to savor exquisite
dishes, and rubbing elbows with culinary stars? If you’re a foodie with a passion
for storytelling, this workshop is your gateway to a deliciously creative career.
Join Teri Bayus and learn how to break into the world of food writing, from restaurant
reviews and travel eats to chef profiles and gourmet features. Learn more about the
many paths to becoming a successful food writer; essential skills editors look for
in submissions; proven tips to craft mouthwatering stories that sell, and how to turn
your writing into engaging short-form video content. Whether you want to build a freelance
portfolio, pitch to top publications, or become a food influencer, this workshop will
help you serve up your passion on a silver platter. Come hungry, leave inspired.
Feeling stuck in the cubicle? Learn from freelance journalist, news editor, and online
educator Skye Pratt about how she works from her ever-changing home office while exploring
the world and staying connected. Skye will share how she transitioned from the traditional
9–5 to a flexible, creative lifestyle, and how you can, too. She’ll cover: where to
find remote creative opportunities; how to thrive as a remote creative professional;
how to start a creative online business, and tips for staying connected and on top
of your workload. Skye will also touch on the nuts and bolts of working remotely from
anywhere, including navigating federal and state tax laws, ensuring compliance with
tourist visas and digital nomad visas, share exciting new destinations that welcome
digital nomads, and what it takes to qualify if you’re ready to travel full-time.
In a time of shrinking newsrooms and growing misinformation, a new model of storytelling
is on the rise with nonprofit newsrooms. Led by experienced journalist and freelance
writer Tonya Strickland, this session will explore how mission-driven local news outlets
are stepping up to inform communities, hold power to account, and preserve truth —
not for clicks, but for the common good. She'll talk about how nonprofit journalism
works, the kinds of stories it makes possible, and why the future of local public
service journalism might just need more storytellers like you.
As often as possible, freelance travel writer Mira Honeycutt has integrated writing
with her travels. Usually it’s planned, but sometimes it’s accidental. Whether she’s
enjoying coastal seafood from Mumbai or savoring wines crafted by an order of monks
on a tiny island off the Mediterranean, there’s always a story to be shared. Mira
will share tips on crafting articles, news stories, and books focused on wine and
winemakers using memorable narratives from noted wine regions of France, Spain, and
Italy to lesser known wines of India and China and, of course, California!
Learn from experienced writers that have created their own unique paths in the freelance
writing world. They’ll discuss different ways of writing articles, essays, blogs,
captions, headlines, and how to get your writing and byline (name!) featured in magazines,
newspapers, and other print and online publications. This is sure to be a fun, lively,
and interactive session featuring tricks of the freelance trade from the best of the
best!