Thread:MrTyeDye/@comment-31022739-20170829183006/@comment-32202721-20170829202141

Well, my situation's a little... atypical, in that I've been consistently collaborating with one publication since February, but I can give you a general idea of what a freelance reporter does.

As a freelance journalist, your duty is to seek out, pitch and report your own stories. The process goes a little like this...


 * First, you find a story. It could be about a scheduled event, a trend you've noticed in your field of study, a human interest story about a new local business that just opened... any number of things, really.


 * Then comes the pitch. A pitch is a formal message sent to a publication's editor summarizing what your story is, why the story is relevant to the publication's audience, and when you can expect to have the story finished.


 * Once the pitch is accepted, all you have to do is get your reporting done, write up your story and send it in to the editor.