Find Freelance Jobs Through Media Bistro
Post a Writing Portfolio and Find Online Writing Jobs
Sep 2, 2009
Media Bistro is a site that provides information about all facets of the media. Along with industry news about newspapers, advertising agencies, publishers, magazines and other media companies, the site helps freelance writers to find jobs in communications and the media. From learning writing skills to finding an available writing job Media Bistro can help job seekers to make money writing.
Writing Services
One option for freelance writers and other job seekers is the Freelance Marketplace section of the site. This area allows anyone to post information about their writing services. Freelance writers can add a profile to the page as well as a personal home page. For premium members of Media Bistro, these home pages hold profile information as well as file space for the writer to display work samples.
Employers looking for someone to provide online writing services can browse through these portfolios to find a writer who can provide what they need. Employers can look through different subject matter categories or through several types of specialized writing to find the freelance writer best qualified for the job.
Freelance Writing Jobs
In the Jobs section of the site, Media Bistro provides a large number of media and communications jobs. Online freelance writing jobs, technical writing jobs, vacant newspaper positions, TV jobs and other positions are available in a number of industry categories. The available jobs are also categorized by area for in-house positions.
Online Classes
To help freelance writers and other job seekers improve their skills and gain new ones, Media Bistro offers a number of online classes. Some classes center on skills like writing book proposals or article pitch letters.
Other online classes center on specific types of writing such as short story writing, journalism or writing novels. For those who already make money writing, there are classes that teach about the tax rules for freelancers and how to make freelance writing into a business.
Health Insurance for Freelancers
For U.S. freelance writers, Media Bistro offers several health insurance packages as well as dental insurance and a prescription plan. There are PPO plans, health savings accounts and even pet insurance policies available for freelance writers who are Media Bistro premium members.
Members in Media Bistro's AvantGuild pay $55 a year for membership, giving them access to insurance, discounts on tax services, book and office supply discounts and discounted access to LexisNexis. Other benefits for writers include a discount on the writing and business classes available through the site.
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