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Great Resource: Help A Reporter Out

Yesterday afternoon, I was struggling to find a source or two for an article I’m working on. I put my request in at Help A Reporter Out. This morning, I had over 50 emails in my inbox of people willing to answer questions about my topic. I think that response speaks for itself as to [...]

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Free Tax Information for Freelance Writers

CCH specializes in tax and business law information and makes a point to make themselves available to journalists (including freelance writers and other flavors of professional writers) to help provide reliable tax information. They also publish a free guide to provide specialized tax help to journalists and photographers. More information on the guide is available [...]

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Organizing My Sources

I spent a bit too much time this week trying to update contact information on some of my sources. I discovered that, while I do have plenty of interesting people in my address book, it was hard to remember their specialties — the professions, hobbies and other characteristics that make these people good sources. Worse, [...]

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