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The Freelancer Diaries

Melissa Simpson

The Freelance Diaries is part how-to manual, part journal that details what it takes to be a journalist in today's gig economy. Melissa Simpson is a freelance journalist, blogger, writer, IT specialist and Temple University student. The Philly native began her freelance career in 2012 and has since written for XPN's The Key, Jump magazine, PhillyVoice, Technical.ly Philly, Philly.com and Generocity. Melissa explores her creative writing skills through prose, short stories and creative nonfiction. Much of her work relates to blackness and contemporary womanhood. In addition to her work as a writer, she assists with event planning and programming for cineSPEAK, a nonprofit organization dedicated to furthering the representation of people of color in media.

The Freelancer Diaries - Episode 01 - Freelancing, The Gig Economy, and I

Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Freelance Diaries. In this episode we discuss what it means to be a freelancer in today's gig economy and how I got my start freelancing. Make sure to subscribe! Future episodes will include information about the pros and cons of freelancing, my favorite freelancing tools, and how you can get started with freelancing regardless of your creative field. Expect me to get personal and share all of the nitty gritty details about how I got to this point and what I plan to do next.

Jul 10, 2018

7 min