Comments on: Five things newspaper journalists should do now – BEFORE they face the threat of redundancy http://www.danmason.co.uk/index.php/2009/03/five-things-journalists-should-do-before-they-face-redundancy/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:20:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: KatoCigeLiego http://www.danmason.co.uk/index.php/2009/03/five-things-journalists-should-do-before-they-face-redundancy/comment-page-1/#comment-16 KatoCigeLiego Sat, 04 Apr 2009 03:59:05 +0000 http://www.danmason.co.uk/?p=569#comment-16 Great site this www.danmason.co.uk and I am really pleased to see you have what I am actually looking for here and this this post is exactly what I am interested in. I shall be pleased to become a regular visitor :) Great site this http://www.danmason.co.uk and I am really pleased to see you have what I am actually looking for here and this this post is exactly what I am interested in. I shall be pleased to become a regular visitor :)

]]> By: Linda http://www.danmason.co.uk/index.php/2009/03/five-things-journalists-should-do-before-they-face-redundancy/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Linda Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:30:38 +0000 http://www.danmason.co.uk/?p=569#comment-7 This is such an excellent and thought-provoking post. I would like to follow it up on my blog at www.freelancewritingtips.com with five things to do *after* you are made redundant. Ten years ago after the birth of my daughters I left the Express & Star and have learned lots of lessons in how life can treat freelance journalists/writers/people going into business for themselves, if that's the path they choose. The first month I went properly freelance I earned a whopping £160 from two days PR for a charity I'd previously volunteered for but have been able to progress from there to build a company and touch wood, we are keeping on, keeping on! I very much feel that the work ethic inherent in someone used to jumping through hoops to file cracking copy on time, every time, to meet the demands of a regional newspaper can be a brilliant springboard to success in self employment. But there are a lot of potholes along the way. Your blog post here has made me reflect that I would like to share my experience in the hope it can be useful to readers, I'm already taking training sessions which (touch wood again) have gone down a storm. Thank you. This is such an excellent and thought-provoking post.

I would like to follow it up on my blog at http://www.freelancewritingtips.com with five things to do *after* you are made redundant.

Ten years ago after the birth of my daughters I left the Express & Star and have learned lots of lessons in how life can treat freelance journalists/writers/people going into business for themselves, if that’s the path they choose.

The first month I went properly freelance I earned a whopping £160 from two days PR for a charity I’d previously volunteered for but have been able to progress from there to build a company and touch wood, we are keeping on, keeping on!

I very much feel that the work ethic inherent in someone used to jumping through hoops to file cracking copy on time, every time, to meet the demands of a regional newspaper can be a brilliant springboard to success in self employment. But there are a lot of potholes along the way.

Your blog post here has made me reflect that I would like to share my experience in the hope it can be useful to readers, I’m already taking training sessions which (touch wood again) have gone down a storm. Thank you.

]]> By: Sue Greenwood http://www.danmason.co.uk/index.php/2009/03/five-things-journalists-should-do-before-they-face-redundancy/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Sue Greenwood Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:34:56 +0000 http://www.danmason.co.uk/?p=569#comment-5 Great advice, Dan - especially the bit on thinking about yourself as a brand. Sometimes, though, you need to take that concept further - rather than just focus on getting another job, any job. Journalists underestimate how many skills they already have that make them natural entrepreneurs - look at Danny Kelly with Bet365. Redundancy might be the push you need to chase that idea you always had for a great product, website, magazine (http://bit.ly/11mhXo). Learn from your employer's mistakes! Great advice, Dan – especially the bit on thinking about yourself as a brand. Sometimes, though, you need to take that concept further – rather than just focus on getting another job, any job.
Journalists underestimate how many skills they already have that make them natural entrepreneurs – look at Danny Kelly with Bet365. Redundancy might be the push you need to chase that idea you always had for a great product, website, magazine (http://bit.ly/11mhXo). Learn from your employer’s mistakes!

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