Freelance Forum Episode 35 Journalist and broadcaster Berni Dwan talks about her experience in "cracking the code" for the Sound+Vision Scheme, a BAI fund to support independent audio-visual producers.
BAI Sound+Vision Fund - https://www.bai.ie/en/broadcasting/funding-development-3/sound-vision-4/
Scene+Heard -Smock Alley - https://smockalley.com/sceneandheard/
Near FM: http://nearfm.ie

Freelance Forum 35: Berni Dwan

Freelance Forum 43: Manchán Magan talks about working as a travel journalist and writer, how travel journalism has changed since he began working in the field, and environmentally responsible travel journalism.
You can follow @ManchanMagan on Twitter, check out his latest books on his website https://www.manchan.com/ and don't forget to listen to his podcasts 'The Almanac of Ireland' and 'Home Stories'.

Freelance Forum 43: Manchán Magan

Freelance Forum 44: Darren Mooney talks about writing on popular culture, reviewing and covering comic  books, television and film, pitching to overseas publishers, and writing a non-fiction book.
Follow Darren on Twitter @Darren_Mooney, and learn more about his work at https://them0vieblog.com/

Freelance Forum

Freelance Forum 44: Darren Mooney

Freelance Forum 45: Journalist Norma Costello talks about reporting from conflict zones, the particular hazards it presents, and the effects of disinformation and propaganda efforts on journalism. You can follow Norma's Twitter feed at @NormCos

Freelance Forum 45: Norma Costello

Freelance Forum 47: John Devitt talks about the work of Transparency Ireland on public accountability, and how they work with journalists.

Freelance Forum 47: Transparency Ireland

Freelance Forum 50: Freelance journalist Stephanie Costello spoke with The Ditch editor Eoghan McNeill and Irish Secretary of the NUJ Seamus Dooley about the future of journalism and freelancing. Recorded at the Autumn 2022 Freelance Forum live event held on Saturday 1 October at the Technological University of Dublin Grangegorman campus.

Freelance Forum 50: The Future of Freelancing

Freelance Forum podcast episode 53: February 2023

In the first part of this podcast, Gerard Cunningham spoke with Zlatina Siderova about the IJ4EU Freelancer Support Scheme.
You can find more information about the scheme at 
https://www.investigativejournalismforeu.net/grants/freelancer-support-scheme/

The Freelancer Support Scheme is managed by the European Journalism Centre. The European Journalism Centre (EJC) is an international non-profit headquartered in the Netherlands, working to support, strengthen and develop journalism.

And in the same podcast, Áine O'Meara talks about mental health in the workplace, a series of workshops for freelance journalists.

You can read about self care for journalists at https://headline.ie/self-care-for-journalists/

An email update is being sent to members of Dublin Freleance NUJ, but if you did not receive a copy and you would like more information to reserve a place at one of the workshops, contact Gerard Cunningham, tribunalreporter@gmail.com

Freelance Forum 53: Workplace Mental Health

Gerard Cunningham talks with Dan Kennedy, professor of Journalism at Northeastern University about the state of modern journalism, the future of local news, serving local communities, social media and journalism, and the possible impacts of "artificial intelligence" on newsrooms.

You can follow Dan Kennedy on his blog, Media Nation: https://dankennedy.net/

Freelance Forum 54: Prof Dan Kennedy on Local News

Freelance Forum 56: Press Ombudsman Susan McKay talks about her career and the challenges facing journalists in Ireland at the Spring 2023 Freelance Forum. Recorded at Grangegorman TUD on 3 April 2023.

Freelance Forum 56: Press Ombudsman Susan McKay

Freelance Forum 63: As the Autumn draws closer and evenings begin to lengthen, Lucille Redmond talks about one option for evening courses that might be of interest to freelance writers and others looking for new creative outlets.
You can sign up to the course at https://mitbe.enrol.ie/crumlinaesept23//mitlive/Register/coursePage.php?courseid=270
And you can follow Lucille at https://twitter.com/Redmond_Lucille and https://mastodon.ie/@sinabhfuil

Freelance Forum 63: Autumn Courses with Lucille Redmond

NUJ president Natasha Hirst talks about life as a freelance journalist and photographer, and how the NUJ can help.
Recorded in Dublin at the Freelane Forum Autumn 2023 event on 16 October 2023. 
A PDF version of Natasha's presentation is available at https://dublinfreelance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/FreelanceForumNatashaHirst.pdf

Freelance Forum 65: Natasha Hirst

Roba Aldereh spoke with Shamim Malekian, Nina Mishchenko, Razan Ibrahim, Heidar Al-Hashimi, and Carmelle Keane about the experiences and observations of non-Irish journalists who have come to study and work in Ireland.

Freelance Forum 70:  Coming To Ireland

Malachi O'Doherty is a journalist, author and broadcaster in Northern Ireland. 
He talks with Gerard Cunningham about Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) and the scene in Northern Ireland.
Check his books on Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/MalachiOD

Freelance Forum 71: Malachi O'Doherty

Freelance Forum 72: The future of journalism, technological challenges, and advice to freelancers with Jeff Jarvis, American journalist and the Leonard Tow Professor of Journalism Innovation and director of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the City University of New York’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism.
Jeff Jarvis is the author of Geeks Bearing Gifts: Imagining New Futures for News (CUNY Journalism Press, 2014), Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live (Simon & Schuster, 2011), What Would Google Do? (HarperCollins 2009), and the Kindle Single Gutenberg the Geek. He blogs about media and news at Buzzmachine.com and cohosts the podcast This Week in Google [https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google]

Freelance Forum 72

Journalist Walaa Sabah talks about life in Palestine, being separated from her family since last year, and the need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Walaa Sabah is the project manager of We Are Not Numbers. She previously held the position of community outreach and partnership officer.
In 2022, Walaa won the UK’s prestigious Chevening scholarship and earned a first-class MSC degree in business with operations management from Warwick Business School.
She works as a freelance journalist. You can read her articles on the MEE, EI, Mondoweiss, and the New Arab.
Contact Walaa Sabah at Walaa@wearenotnumbers.org

Freelance Forum 73: Walaa Sabah

Freelance Forum 80: Daire Dempsey, policy officer with the Transgender Equality Network Ireland (teni.ie) talks about issues facing transgender people in Ireland, the good and the bad of media coverage, and what they would like to see improving in the future.
Further resources and information at https://teni.ie
Small Trans Library: https://smalltranslibrary.org/
Trans Equality Together: https://www.transequalitytogether.com/

Freelance Forum 80: Daire Dempsey TENI

Freelance Forum 85: Writer and activist Liz Carolan talks about her newsletter The Briefing, which monitors political advertising expenditure by political parties, both online and in print and other media, and dealing with disinformation online. You can subscribe to the newsletter at https://thebriefing.ie

Freelance Forum 85

Reporting on climate change: Irish Independent environmental correspondent Caroline O'Doherty, journalist Rosalind Skillen and tv/film climate editor Elaine Walsh talking with freelance journalist Priyanka Borpujari

Freelance Forum 87

The world of publishing. Traditional print publishing, e-publishing, and independent publishing, with literary agent Jonathan Williams and writers Gerald M Kilby and Kieran Fagan

Freelance Forum 88

The Editors: Pitching to The Press - 
Jillian Bolger, Weekend/food & travel editor, Irish Examiner and Karen Morgan, Ireland Visuals editor, The Sunday Times talk with freelance journalist Stephanie Costello about pitching in the current newspaper environment, and the art of the pitch, with particular emphasis on popular news media.

Freelance Forum 89

This Freelancing Life
NUJ life membership recipients Fr Brian D’Arcy, Peter Murtagh, and Pat Ruddy talk with Stephanie Costello, freelance journalist looking back on a career in journalism – and other careers.
With an introduction by Seamus Dooley, NUJ Irish Secretary

Freelance Forum 90

Freelance Forum 91: Journalist Henry Bauress and others talk about media coverage and disinformation issues around the Irish General Election, recorded at the Punchestown Count Centre during the counts for the Kildare North and Kildare South constituencies.

Freelance Forum 91

RTE journalist Richard Dowling and former UK FOI officer Rodney Breen discuss using Freedom of Information legislation

Freelance Forum: Autumn 2014 Richard Dowling on FOI

Freelance Forum events and podcasts update for January 2025.

Freelance Forum: January 2025 update

Opening remarks from Seamus Dooley, NUJ deputy general secretary, at the Spring 2025 Freelance Forum.

Freelance Forum 92

Opening Address at the Spring 2025 Freelance Forum on 14 April
Karlin Lillington on "Skynet for Journalism? Dealing with Artificial intelligence"

Freelance Forum 93

Freelance Forum 95
The Editors: Pitching to The Press
GCN editor Alice Linehan, and Business Post head of news Peter O’Dwyer talk with journalist Priyanka Borpujari about pitching stories and the commissioning process

Freelance Forum 95

The Hazards of Reporting from the Middle East, with freelance journalist Deaglán de Bréadún

Freelance Forum 94

Freelance financial journalist Sinead Ryan discusses financial planning and pensions for freelances at Freelance Forum Autumn 2015, organised by Dublin Freelance NUJ with support from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland

Sinead Ryan on Pensions and the Future: Freelance Forum Autumn 2015

Lois Kapila, editor of Dublin Inquirer, and Aoife Bannon, features editor at The Sun, talk about the do's and don't's of pitching and commissioning at the Autumn 2015 Freelance Forum, organised by Dublin Freelance NUJ, with support from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.

The Art of the Pitch: Freelance Forum Autumn 2015

NUJ President Tim Dawson speaking on the future of freelance journalism at Freelance Forum Autumn 2016

Freelance Forum: NUJ President Tim Dawson at the Autumn 2016 Forum

How to Break into Sports Journalism. Coilin Duffy and Steve O'Rourke share their experiences at Freelance Forum Autumn 2016. Session chaired by Jim Aughney

Breaking Into Sports Journalism

Connected editor Emmet Ryan from the Business Post on freelancing opportunities during the Covid lockdown, and the opportunities that will be available in the future.

Emmet Ryan on Freelancing

Freelance Forum 2: Emmet Ryan on Freelancing

RTÉ producer Sarah Binchy talks about Sunday Miscellany, the RTÉ Short Story competition, and breaking into broadcasting.
You can check out further details of Sunday Miscellany (and listen to recent editions) webpage at https://www.rte.ie/radio1/sundaymiscellany. 
Details of the RTÉ Short Story Competition in honour of Francis McManus are at https://www.rte.ie/radio1/francis-macmanus-short-story/
The competition is now closed for 2020, but it's never too soon go get working on your entry for next year.
If you are interested in documentary making, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Sound+Vision Fund is here: https://www.bai.ie/en/broadcasting/funding-development-3/sound-vision-4/

Freelance Forum 7: Sarah Binchy on Sunday Miscellany

Journalist Ken Foxe talks about the freedom of information process as a way to uncover news stories. You can find out more at his FOI Guide: http://www.kenfoxe.com/foi-guide/
The guide now includes contact addresses for all government departments, county councils and various other public bodies. 
If you use the guide & find it helpful, you can support Ken in keeping it up to date: https://www.gofundme.com/f/foi-beginner-guide

Freelance Forum 8: Ken Foxe on using Freedom of Information

Freelance Forum is a series of events to inform, educate and update freelance journalists in Ireland on the latest workplace and industry developments. The Forum is made possible by support from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and the National Union of Journalists.

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