Women in Journalism is launching an exciting new lunchtime series for freelance journalists with the award-winning freelance journalist, Donna Ferguson.
The series is aimed at freelance journalists who don’t have a lot of contacts in the industry and want to cold pitch an editor and get their first byline in national newspapers and magazines.
We invited top editors who regularly commission articles from freelancers they don’t know to talk about their regular slots and opportunities for freelancers, and explain how to write the best possible pitch for their section.
The first session was with Leah Harper, assistant editor on Guardian Features, who commissions ‘A Moment that Changed Me’ slot in the Guardian.
About the speakers
Donna Ferguson is a multiple award-winning freelance journalist for national newspapers and Head of the Freelance Chapter for Women in Journalism.
Leah Harper, assistant editor on Guardian Features, previously worked as acting assistant editor on the Guardian’s Fashion desk and Features commissioning editor, having started out as a Researcher for the Observer New Review.
