May 15, 2025

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Alternative Media Options for Freelancers

Photo by Fredericknoronha, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo by Fredericknoronha, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Journalists are looking for – and creating – new platforms to connect directly with the public or to showcase their work to news organizations.  OPC Past President David A. Andelman, a former correspondent for The New York Times and CNN commentator who now publishes Andelman Unleashed on Substack, will moderate a discussion about some new options.

Registrants will receive a link to join via Zoom on the day of the program.

Panelists are:

Laura Bassett has reported on reproductive rights abroad, and after being laid off as the EIC of Jezebel, started a now-popular Substack on politics: https://www.laura-bassett.com/

Jane Ferguson is the founder and CEO of Noosphere, a monetization platform for journalists. Ferguson is also a journalist and has worked as a foreign correspondent for PBS NewsHour and others.  Ferguson spent 14 years in the Middle East, based in Dubai, Kabul, and Beirut.

Adriana Teresa Letorney is the co-founder of Visura.co, a global platform for visual journalists and storytellers to connect with a global network and license their images directly to buyers.