We just love to meet freelancers who have managed to combine different types of writing into a successful career. This week, Rachel and Lynne chat with Caroline Riches, a news journalist for 25 years who works in the SBS newsroom part time and then does freelance writing work for the rest of the week. We talk about:

• Balancing the two roles
• Why she loves the flexibility of casual work
• What newsrooms are looking for from casual journalists and how to get a foot in the door
• The stress of covering big news stories
• How great it is to be part of a newsroom and being surrounded by the big news stories of the day
• Where and how she secures agency work

Connect with Caroline at LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-riches-978656113/

Caroline's website is: https://www.carolineriches.com/

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This week, Rachel and Lynne are doing something different! They have turned the microphone over to some of their listeners. In this great compilation episode, listeners and former guests share some of their stories about difficult times as freelancers and how they recovered.

It's all about real-life experiences and resilience - and learning from our mistakes. Thanks to the following people for contributing (and those who aren't listed here as they preferred to stay anonymous):

Anf Chansamooth https://www.anferneec.com/

Rebekah Lambert https://unashamedlycreative.com.au/

Belinda Weaver https://www.copywritematters.com/

Brook McCarthy https://brookmccarthy.com/

Caitlin Wright https://caitlinwright.com.au/

Claire Chow https://connect4social.com.au/

Ed Gandia https://b2blauncher.com/

Emma Lovell, https://www.emmalovell.au/

John Burfitt, https://jbmedia.com.au/

Monica Davidson, https://creativeplusbusiness.com/

Theresa Miller - media trainer - TM Media https://www.theresamiller.com.au/training

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This week Rachel and Lynne have a return guest - Jessica Mudditt. A journalist and author, Jessica has embraced risk and adventure to start her own publishing business, Hembury Books, which provides coaching and ghostwriting services to non-fiction authors.

Jess talks about what helped her decide to make this career shift, how and why self-publishing is a great option for many authors and some of the challenges of working in today's publishing industry.

We cover:

• What it's like to have your own book in your hand
• Writing her own memoirs
• The publicity machine
• How the ghostwriting process works
• Coaching authors and mentoring them through the publishing process

Jess's first appearance on The Content Byte is here: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-content-byte/id1478510876?i=1000526237952

Connect with Jessica at Hembury Books: https://hemburybooks.com.au/ where you can also find her podcast.

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