With just a few hours until 2015, I’m taking stock of the past year. I grew my business in several ways in 2014, with new freelance clients and a great teaching opportunity. Here are a few highlights:
- I spent my second year writing for and about healthcare entrepreneurs on the Kauffman Foundation’s eMed blog. As part of my editorial work this year, I interviewed 53 healthcare entrepreneurs about the challenges of entrepreneurship and lessons they’ve learned along the way. You can read the interviews here.
- I grew my teaching roster by joining the University of Massachusetts – Amherst as an online instructor in the journalism department. I taught two sections of Newswriting and Reporting. In 2015, I’ll teach the department’s first Health Journalism course (also online).
- My freelancing business expanded to include a few new clients: Rolex Magazine, the Guardian US and AOA Focus (article to come in January).
This was my fifth year as a freelancer — and I’m still learning. I tried co-working for the first time. I hosted online office hours with journalism students across the country (thanks, Google Hangouts!). And I was reminded of why face-to-face networking is so important (my Guardian assignment came via a colleague I met years ago).
My 2015 goals include adding more editing projects to my workload and bringing on a few new clients. Here’s to a fantastic new year!
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