How to Get Inspired
It's 2pm. As I order a second Stella at a dive bar in Brooklyn, a dozen story ideas swim around in my head. 80s music plays in the background. An old man asks, loudly, for his 4th pint of Guinness (British) and the sound of rain hits me from behind every time someone enters or exits the tiny place. I find these little bars hotspots for ideas. There have been hundreds of articles and books written on how to jumpstart creativity, ideas, motivation. I'll tell you what has always
Approaching Media Networks - Interview With Bart Vandever
This is a transcript from THE FREELANCE JOURNALIST 5 MINUTE TAKLSHOW podcast. You can listen to it on iTunes. Carlos: Hi everyone. From Brooklyn, NY, this is Carlos P. Beltran. Welcome to the freelance journalist 5 minute talk show. Today we're talking about how to approach media network editors. People who ultimately are the ones who commission us to produce work. Today we're talking to Bart Vandever a good friend, writer, director, based in LA. He produces non fiction and f
Cómo Redactar Propuestas y Vender Historias a Cadenas Internacionales.
El contacto directo es lo de menos. Con un portafolio decente y un buen "pitch" cualquiera puede vender historias a las cadenas más importantes del mundo. Cuadro de un próximo promo. En un previo post "Entre lo Trivial y la Tragedia y Cómo Sobrevivo en Ambas" hablo sobre la masiva producción de contenido original por parte de publicaciones internacionales (tradicionalmente asociadas con televisión) y sobre cómo acceder a plataformas que nos conectan directamente con los edito
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