D3) Freelancer ethics: Navigating the changing media landscape
- Time:
- Saturday, November 2nd, 3:45 pm to 5:00 pm
- Location:
- Dogwood
- Speaker(s):
- Daniel GrushkinFreelance journalist; co-founder, Genspace
- Robin LloydNews editor, Scientific American
- Apoorva MandavilliDirector and executive editor, SFARI.org
- Adam RogersArticles editor, WIRED
- Anne SassoFreelance writer, business manager and co-author of The Science Writers’ Handbook: Everything You Need to Know to Pitch, Publish, and Prosper in the Digital Age
- Moderator(s):
- Alla KatsnelsonFreelance science writer
- Organizer(s):
- Alla KatsnelsonFreelance science writer
- Amy MaxmenFreelance science journalist
As media outlets tighten their belts, freelancers are folding foundation, company and university gigs as well as journalism into their income streams, navigating conflict of interest issues along the way. Those who write books must decide whether to accept speaking fees from organizations they might want to report on. And offers for paid reporting trips seem ever more tempting as media outlets slash travel budgets. Each writer abides by their own code of ethics, and editors ask writers to abide by theirs. These standards vary. This panel aims to bring those codes out into the open and to have a frank discussion about how to navigate thorny ethical dilemmas and still make a living.
