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Freelance Committee Chair

Amy Green
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Bio (click to expand) Amy Green is a freelance journalist for People, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor and many others. She specializes in faith, ethics and social issues, and her work also has appeared in Christianity Today, Charisma and with Religion News Service. She is a former Associated Press reporter in Nashville, Tenn., and in 2006 she worked for a month in Boston as an editor on the national desk of the Monitor. She is an active member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors and the Society of Professional Journalists. This spring she traveled to Taiwan with an SPJ delegation of working journalists to help foster a professional exchange with journalists in that country. She is a journalism graduate from the University of Florida and is an occasional speaker on the business of freelancing. She works and lives in Orlando, Fla.

Michael Fitzgerald, vice chair
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Bio (click to expand) Michael Fitzgerald, vice chairman. Michael writes on business, technology and culture for publications such as the Boston Globe, The Economist, Fast Company and The New York Times. HeÕs freelanced for more than seven years and published hundreds of articles on a variety of topics.

Freelance Committee Members

Lydia Breen
Freelance journalist/filmmaker
Bio (click to expand) Lydia Breen is a freelance writer-filmmaker who covers the environment and artists-activists. She has written for Newsweek, E/ the Environmental Magazine, Grit Magazine, Sojourners, National Catholic Reporter, the Boston Phoenix, the Louisiana Weekly and others. Find her blog, Cafe Libre at lydiabreen.com.

Carol Cole-Frowe
Freelance journalist
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Bio (click to expand) Carol Cole-Frowe is a full-time freelance writer and veteran journalist specializing in profiles, environmental, science, business and health reporting. She is an award-winning journalist who has written or edited at several daily Oklahoma newspapers, the Oklahoma Gazette and The Associated Press. She also is president of the Oklahoma Pro chapter.

Kathy Ehrich Dowd
Freelance journalist
Hoboken, N.J.
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Kathy Ehrich Dowd is a longtime contributor to PEOPLE, where she has worked on everything from gritty crime stories to touching human interest pieces to fluffy celebrity news. She also blogs regularly about good news for www.Tonic.com and has contributed to publications including TV Guide, Woman’s World, USA Today and Brides.com. Learn more about her at kathyehrichdowd.com.

Michael J. Jordan
Freelance journalist
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Bio (click to expand) Michael J. Jordan is a Slovakia-based journalist who has been a freelance foreign correspondent most of the past 15 years, reporting from 25 countries for The Christian Science Monitor (www.csmonitor.com) and other clients. He also teaches journalism at universities in Slovakia, Czech Republic and, starting in September, in Hong Kong.

Jillian Kramer
Freelance journalist
Mobile, Ala.
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Bio (click to expand) Jillian Kramer is an award-winning newspaper reporter and freelance writer who’s written for Popular Photography magazine. She graduated from Kent State University in 2006 and began working as a professional journalist before she could legally drink. Jillian took the dive into part-time freelance writing last year and can provide perspective on the challenges facing a novice in the industry. She works for the Press-Register in Mobile, Ala.

Dana Neuts
Freelance journalist
Kent, Wash.
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Dana Neuts is a freelance magazine writer in the Seattle area. She focuses on business, community, local government, women’s issues and lifestyle pieces. She has served as president for the Western Washington Pro Chapter of SPJ and is a regional director candidate for Region 10. She is the owner and publisher of the community-based site iLoveKent.net.

Paula Pant
PDP Associates
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Bio (click to expand) Paula Pant is a freelance journalist specializing in business, entrepreneurship, personal finance and profiles. She has traveled to more than 30 countries and won a regional SPJ award for online video reporting/producing. A former newspaper reporter, she is now the owner of PDP Associates, Inc., a family business.

Bruce Shutan
Freelance journalist
Los Angeles
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Bio (click to expand) Bruce Shutan is a Los Angeles freelance writer who has written for about 75 publications or corporate entities. His extensive reporting on the American workplace dates to 1985, with a showbiz sideline developed in 2000 when he began contributing to Variety, a must-read for entertainment industry insiders for more than a century.

Ruth E. Thaler-Carter
Freelance journalist
Rochester, N.Y.
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Bio (click to expand) Ruth E. Thaler-Carter has been published in the Washington Post, Baltimore Business Journal, Baltimore Sun and Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. She is chapter coordinator, national newsletter editor and workshop presenter for the Editorial Freelancers Association. She also is the author and publisher of “Get Paid to Write! Getting Started as a Freelance Writer.”

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The SPJ Freelancer Directory

Editors: Need a personal finance writer from California? How about a sportswriter from Texas or an arts & entertainment writer from Illinois? Find the right journalist for your next assignment with SPJ’s brand-new Freelancer Directory. Search by state and/or specialty, subscribe to state-specific RSS feeds, or just do some window shopping. Freelancers: What are you waiting for? Adding your information to the directory is free if you're an SPJ member. Not a member? Here are a few more reasons to become one.

The SPJ Freelancer Directory

The SPJ Freelancer Directory

Editors: Need a personal finance writer from California? How about a sportswriter from Texas or an arts & entertainment writer from Illinois? Find the right journalist for your next assignment with SPJ’s brand-new Freelancer Directory. Search by state and/or specialty, subscribe to state-specific RSS feeds, or just do some window shopping. Freelancers: What are you waiting for? Adding your information to the directory is free if you're an SPJ member. Not a member? Here are a few more reasons to become one.
The Independent Journalist

The Independent Journalist

The Society of Professional Journalist's blog for freelance writers, editors and photographers working in print, broadcast and online media. Let's talk. Latest entries:

– “Will write for word mills”
– Congress takes up freelance issue
– My Over-Networked Life
– SPJ’s freelance directory
– SPJ LDF supports travel blogger
SPJ's New Job Bank

SPJ's New Job Bank

SPJ's revamped Job Bank has expanded to give members even greater benefits than before. Now all members can post résumés and career profiles, which registered employers can search. Creating your profile is free for all SPJ members, so get started today!

The SPJ Freelancer Directory

The Independent Journalist

The Society of Professional Journalist's blog for freelance writers, editors and photographers working in print, broadcast and online media. Let's talk. Latest entries:

– “Will write for word mills”
– Congress takes up freelance issue
– My Over-Networked Life
– SPJ’s freelance directory
– SPJ LDF supports travel blogger

SPJ's New Job Bank

SPJ's revamped Job Bank has expanded to give members even greater benefits than before. Now all members can post résumés and career profiles, which registered employers can search. Creating your profile is free for all SPJ members, so get started today!

Reading Room

Continuing to improve as a professional is a focal point of any good journalist. Inside, you'll find articles written by SPJ Freelance Committee chairs Wendy Hoke and Dawn Reiss that address the needs and challenges of Freelance Journalists, as well as tips on how to improve your contacts and source gathering.