Side hustles

In this episode we talk about side hustles, should you have one and how do you explore your interests alongside your freelance journalism work? We speak to Dean Sterling Jones, a chef from Northern Ireland, who works as a freelance journalist when he’s not cooking, and Waseem Mirza, a sci-tech journalist and presenter who is also a screen actor and voice artist. 

Waseem Mirza

Twitter: @waseem_mirza

Instagram: @thewaseemmirza

 

Dean Jones

Twitter: @shootingthemess

Instagram: @deansterlingjones

Blog: https://shootingthemessenger.blog/

 

Resources

BBC CLICK https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m9ry

Pennyworth series 3 https://collider.com/pennyworth-season-3-hbo-max/

NUJ Freelance Resources

https://www.nuj.org.uk/advice/freelance-resources.html

NUJ Branches 

https://www.nuj.org.uk/engage/union-democracy/branches.html

Examples of how Lily brands different parts of her journalism https://www.lilycanter.co.uk/

https://twitter.com/lilycanter

https://www.instagram.com/lilycanter/

The FutureTECH Show- Waseem’s podcast 

https://open.spotify.com/show/0QCdLw6UrG8sOBOgu69Vjx

The FutureTECH Show - Waseem’s YouTube series 

The FutureTECH Show Episode 1

Dean's latest article: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/deansterlingjones/russia-yevgeny-prigozhin-ukraine-trump-giuliani-films

Freelance journalist recommendations

Jane Lytvynenko

https://twitter.com/JaneLytv

https://www.janelytv.com/

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/02/ukraine-russia-conflict-livestream/622900/

Carol Cadwalladr

https://www.theguardian.com/profile/carolecadwalladr

@carolecadwalla