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Abstract
Despite shrinking newsrooms, we have more journalism choices, in part because of freelance journalists. Freelancing creates workers who are particularly adaptive and creative; skills educators want to instill in students. I interviewed and surveyed more than 50 freelance journalists in several countries, including Turkey, Egypt, Colombia, Israel, Canada, Kenya, France, Germany, and the United States. While the basic skills of good journalism do not change, it is valuable to recognize and evaluate changing models. Independent and entrepreneurial freelancers have ideas that can help prepare journalism students to embrace the global realities of unpredictable and constant challenges.
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Author Biography
Eileen Fredman Solomon is a professor of journalism at Webster University in suburban St. Louis. She is interested in the ways change in journalism practice can impact journalism education. Solomon has a BA from Washington University in St. Louis, a Masters from Boston University and a PhD from St. Louis University.
