With recent news from the publishing world from the likes of HuffPost, The Pool, and Buzzfeed it’s got freelancers on their feet and thinking about what a career looks like when markets change. Being a freelancer isn’t always easy but it also comes with great perks and for some industries or crafts it’s an essential model of work. Samira Shackle who has been a freelancer since 2012 shared her learnings from the last few years, she is a freelance journalist for the Guardian, Prospect and many other publications. She is also currently Deputy Editor at New Humanist.

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