In this episode we talk about side hustles, should you have one and how do you explore your interests alongside your freelance journalism work? We speak to Dean Sterling Jones, a chef from Northern Ireland, who works as a freelance journalist when he’s not cooking, and Waseem Mirza, a sci-tech journalist and presenter who is also a screen actor and voice artist. 

Waseem Mirza

Twitter: @waseem_mirza

Instagram: @thewaseemmirza

Dean Jones

Twitter: @shootingthemess

Instagram: @deansterlingjones

Blog: https://shootingthemessenger.blog/

Resources

BBC CLICK https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m9ry

Pennyworth series 3 https://collider.com/pennyworth-season-3-hbo-max/

NUJ Freelance Resources

https://www.nuj.org.uk/advice/freelance-resources.html

NUJ Branches 

https://www.nuj.org.uk/engage/union-democracy/branches.html

Examples of how Lily brands different parts of her journalism https://www.lilycanter.co.uk/

https://twitter.com/lilycanter

https://www.instagram.com/lilycanter/

The FutureTECH Show- Waseem’s podcast 

https://open.spotify.com/show/0QCdLw6UrG8sOBOgu69Vjx

The FutureTECH Show - Waseem’s YouTube series 

The FutureTECH Show Episode 1

Dean's latest article: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/deansterlingjones/russia-yevgeny-prigozhin-ukraine-trump-giuliani-films

Freelance journalist recommendations

Jane Lytvynenko

https://twitter.com/JaneLytv

https://www.janelytv.com/

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/02/ukraine-russia-conflict-livestream/622900/

Carol Cadwalladr

https://www.theguardian.com/profile/carolecadwalladr

@carolecadwalla