February 17, 2013

Save the date!

Photo by Sara Steffens

Guild Freelancers holds its Spring Training for Journalists Saturday, May 4 at San Francisco State University. We’ve got several new breakout sessions and a new partner:  the SFSU journalism department. An all-star lineup of presenters includes Dan Fost (“Giants Past and Present”) and Pulitzer Prize winners Seth Rosenfeld (“Subversives”) and Kim Komenich. Stay tuned for details!

Photo: Davia Nelson, one of NPR’s The Kitchen Sisters (“The Hidden World of Girls,” “The Making of … “), shows how develop rapport in an audio interview at the 2010 Spring Training for Journalists.

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February 4, 2013

Tax expert to visit Thursday

Join us at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7 at the Guild, when self-employment tax expert Joe Weatherby will tell us how to keep more of what we’ve earned.

Joe has been preparing taxes for artists, writers and self-employed folks for more than 25 years.

He will let us in on what’s new for the year 2012, including increases in the alternative minimum tax exemption health savings accounts, and “significant changes” to schedules C, E and F.

Be there, and bring all your questions. The Guild is at 433 Natoma St. between Fifth and Sixth streets in San Francisco. The nearest BART station is Powell Street, and there is a parking garage at Fifth and Mission.

RSVP please to freelance@mediaworkers.org.

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February 1, 2013

Update on L.A. Spring Training

Living or working in the southland? Don’t miss the Guild’s Spring Training for Journalists  at Los Angeles City College Saturday, Feb. 9.

Refresh your skills, rekindle your enthusiasm and reboot your career in a day of traditional and new media workshops designed by and for journalists.

Top-notch presenters in our field will lead sessions on

  • Data visualization;
  • Using social media to drive traffic to your work;
  • Trial reporting;
  • Reporting on health care reform;
  • and much more.
For a complete schedule, map and other information, follow this link. 
Photo: Mike Kepka shows how to work around audio equipment to build rapport at a previous Spring Training.

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