Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Friday 09 October
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Media organisations increasingly rely on freelancers to create content for their publications. We’ve assembled some top freelancers and an editor to discuss the current state of freelancing in Australia. They’ll talk about how to make freelancing work, the best strategies for pitching, and whether you can make a living from writing alone.
Hosted by Sophie Black, with Gillian Terzis, Amy Gray, Steph Harmon and Ben Eltham.
Featuring
Sophie Black
Sophie Black is a writer, journalist and Crikey’s editor-in-chief. She has worked in senior management across cultural and media organisations, and has written for outlets such as The Guardian and The Monthly. As the Wheeler ...
Steph Harmon
Steph Harmon is founding and managing editor of Junkee, a politics, pop culture and comment site which publishes work from some of the best young journalists and writers around Australia. Prior to Junkee, Steph was the editor of music and arts streetpress The Brag, and founding editor of arts and culture website Throw Shapes. She occasionally appears on ABC radio, FBi Radio and The Project, and tweets from @stephharmon.
Ben Eltham
Ben Eltham studied neuroscience, philosophy and cultural studies before editing the University of Queensland's Semper Floreat in 2000. He has worked as a freelance journalist and essayist since 2001 for a range of national publications, including New Matilda, Crikey, Guardian Australia, the Courier-Mail, Overland and the Sydney Review of Books. Ben is New Matilda's National Affairs Correspondent and a Research Fellow at Deakin University's Faculty of Arts and Education.
Ben spent the majority of the 2000s as a creative producer and festival director at festivals and events including Straight Out of Brisbane, This Is Not Art, Melbourne Fringe, Woodford Folk Festival and as an independent producer and curator. He is a former Queensland Young Writer of the Year.
Gillian Terzis
Gillian Terzis is a former editor of the Lifted Brow and a writer for publications like the Saturday Paper, New Yorker, Australian and LA Review of Books, among others. She lives in San Francisco.
Amy Gray
Amy Gray is a freelance writer and author. She writes on politics, feminism and culture. Her work has appeared in the Age, the Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday Paper and other publications. Amy is currently writing a book about motherhood and feminism.