Freelance Forum

Press Ombudsman Peter Feeney talks about the work of the Press Council in resolving complaints, and the challenges for newspapers dealing with publication and corrections in the digital era.

Freelance Forum #24: Spring 2021 Webinar 1, a panel discussion on ways to make money using online media. Featuring Gerard Cunningham, Martin McMahon (Tortoise Shack), Taryn de Vere (Quare media) and Dean Van Nguyen.

Want to make a podcast on a shoestring but don't know where to start? Need to define your target audience and work out how to record remotely? Former RTE producer & media trainer Aileen O'Meara brings you her insights and knowledge to this interactive workshop. Bring your phone, your podcast idea and your brain along. By the end of this workshop you will have your Six Straightforward Steps to a Su...

Melanie Boylan is a Social Media Trainer and Journalist based in Co Westmeath who has spent the last four years honing her methods for building her brand recognition. In her chat she outlines the tools and tactics that she’s integrated into her every day strategy.

Mamobo Ogoro is a Social Psychology PhD candidate and the founder of Gorm Media. Trained as social psychologist and now applying her knowledge into the multi-disciplinary field of applied linguistics and social psychology, Mamobo’s research focuses on multicultural/ bicultural identities and linguistics portrayals of ‘othering’ in Irish society & media. Fueled by both her personal experience as an...

Freelance Forum 22: Eliot Higgins talks about Bellingcat, disinformation, and countering propaganda

Freelance Forum 21: Photographer David Branigan talks about licensing and copyright. David Branigan talks about licensing and copyright issues. David is a photographer journalist who specialises in marine and sailing subjects both in Ireland and overseas. His work appears regularly in Irish publications and news outlets in addition to projects such as books, calendars and stock photo services. He...

Author Paul Carroll talks about writing fiction, marketing and promotion, self-publishing, and ebooks. Find out more about Paul's work at paulcarrollwriter.com

Simon Cocking has been Chief Editor at Irish Tech News (https://irishtechnews.ie/), and a business mentor and advisor working with over 200 successful companies to date. He has been named on many global Twitter influencer lists in the last 12 months, and has over 117,000 followers on Twitter & 30,000+ on Linkedin. He is an accomplished public speaker at events including TEDx, Web Summit, and overs...

Freelance Forum 18: Philip Cooper from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland talks about the Sound+Vision Scheme. The closing date for Round 38 of the scheme is 4 March, and you can find a Copy of the Scheme here www.bai.ie/en/download/134843/ Guide for Applicants – Round 38 – Open Round www.bai.ie/en/download/135647/ Application Form – Round 38 – Open Round www.bai.ie/en/download/135650/ For more...

Producer Brigie de Courcey from RTE talks about scriptwriting for Fair City

Financial journalist Sinead Ryan talks about finances, taxation, the pandemic payments, and changes as a result of the October 2020 Budget announcements for 2021.

Stockholm based Irish journalist Philip O'Connor talks about the challenges of reporting on the far-right in Sweden, and the lessons Irish journalists can learn as extremist voices grow louder in Ireland. You can follow Philip by at his blog, https://ko-fi.com/ourmaninstockholm, or at Twitter where his handle is @philipoconnor.

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Conall Heussaff and Dylan Daniels talk about FAC Magazine, from editorial directions to innovative approaches to funding. You can find out more at https://facmagazine.com

Dublin Inquirer editor Stephanie Costello talks about the innovative Dublin news website and newspaper, how they approach story beats, and plans for the future. You can find out more at https://dublininquirer.com, and contact Stephanie at info@dublininquirer.com

Woman's Way editor Áine Toner talks about her role editing the popular magazine, what kinds of article the magazine is looking for, and the best way to pitch. Áine can be reached at atoner@harmonia.ie, and the magazine website is at https://www.womansway.ie/

Eileen Culloty, a post-doctoral researcher at FuJo, the Institute for Future Media and Journalism (https://fujomedia.eu/) at Dublin City university, working on a European project on how to counter disinformation. She talks to Freelance Forum about fake news — from rumour to propaganda, misinformation, and disinformation — and the strategies both journalists and the wider public can take to recogni...

Therese Caherty talks about science journalist Mary Mulvihill, and the Mary Mulvihill Award set up in her memory. Therese is co-chair of the association along with Mary's sister, Noirin Mulvihill. The Mary Mulvihill Award 2020 was a first in every sense: youngest ever winner at 17, first male and based outside Dublin. You can find out more about the award at https://marymulvihillaward.ie/ or follo...

Cassie Delaney talks about the Tall Tales podcast network and the Rogue Collective, an online news outlet with intelligent content for women, by women who value freedom of expression, broader representation, niche interests and celebrating individuality. You can get in touch the Rogue Collective at contribute@roguecollective.ie you will receive a link to a Google form. You can also contact them th...

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.gofun...

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/ T...

Independent producer and media trainer Aileen O'Meara talks about organising your own podcast, whether it's for profit, promotion or pleasure. In the course of her interview Aileen O'Meara mentioned her own video training and audio training services. Details of her video training course - now online - called Mobile Video Made Easy - are available at www.videotraining.ie - she's also got her YouTub...

NUJ Irish Secretary Seamus Dooley describes how journalists and news media organisations are dealing with the challenges of Covid, and talks about the NUJ proposal for a government commission on the future of journalism in Ireland.

Writer Joe Joyce discusses the differences between news reporting, journalism and writing fiction, why journalism can be a bad preparation for fiction writing, and how historical fiction is a good half-way point. You can order Joe's latest book, "1691: A Novel" through Kindle as an ebook on Amazon, or you can order the print edition from Amazon or from Joe's own website, https://joejoyce.ie/books/