• About
    • Board of Directors
    • Staff
    • Meet our Donors
    • News
  • Issues
    • Safety
    • Opportunity
    • Reporting
    • Recognition
    • Equity
  • Programs
    • Reporting Fellowships
      • Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship
      • ¡Exprésate! LGBTQI+ Reporting Initiative
      • Gender Justice Reporting Initiative
      • Global Health Reporting Initiative
      • Round Earth Media
    • Grants & Funds
      • Fund For Women Journalists
      • Fund for Indigenous Journalists: Reporting on MMIWG2T
      • Kari Howard Fund for Narrative Journalism
      • Kim Wall Memorial Fund
      • Reproductive Rights Reporting Fund
      • Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice in the Americas
    • Physical & Digital Safety
      • Online Abuse and Harassment
      • Hostile Environment Training
      • Next Gen Safety Trainers
    • Mentorship & Professional Development
      • Gwen Ifill Mentorship Program
      • Fellowship Program for Afghan Women Journalists in Exile
      • Women in Politics and Media
    • Emergency Assistance
      • Emergency Fund for Women Journalists
      • Black Journalists Therapy Relief Fund
      • Alex Duval Smith Memorial Fund
    • Past Programs
  • Reporting
  • Community
  • Awards
    • Anja Niedringhaus Award
    • Courage in Journalism Award
    • Gwen Ifill Award
    • Annenberg Justice for Women Journalists Award
  • Resources
    • Self Care & Trauma
    • Research
    • Impact Reports
    • Webinars
  • Search
Search Donate
Reporting

The Writers’ Co-op S2 EP6: Our End-of-Year Biz Audit

February 1, 2021 | Jenni Gritters & Wudan Yan

There’s no better time to revisit your business than at the end of the year. Take a moment to think about where you want to go, what you want to accomplish, and what happened during the past year. Which clients did you love working with? Which gigs fit well with your interests, and which relationships didn’t serve you?

For the first time, we’re pulling back the curtain on our businesses to do a full business audit! We interview each other about how much we make, what services we offer, what percentage of our income comes from journalism versus brand work, what goals we wanted to accomplish in 2020 (and whether or not we met them), and what we plan to do in 2021. Our Writers’ Co-op members will also receive two worksheets this week that will allow you to audit your business alongside us.

This week, we also want to recommend the Creative Nonfiction Podcast, which is a great craft-based accompaniment to TWC. CNF Pod is now in its 18th year, and it’s hosted by freelance writer Brendan O’Meara, who talks to writers about the art and craft of telling true stories. He’s interviewed anyone from poets, memoirists, and nonfiction writers. Recently he had on New Yorker writer Patrick Radden Keefe, and he’s also talked to Susan Orlean, among many others. He enjoys digging into what writers are working on, and how they work. You can subscribe to wherever you podcast!

About the Authors

Jenni Gritters

Jenni Gritters is a freelance writer and editor based in Seattle, WA. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, Slate, Outside magazine, and beyond, and she's… Read More.


Wudan Yan

Wudan Yan is an independent journalist in Seattle, WA. Her written work has appeared in The California Sunday Magazine, Harper's, High Country News, Longreads, MIT Technology Review, The New York… Read More.

More From These Authors
The Writers’ Co-op S2 EP10: Cait Flanders
Wudan Yan, Jenni Gritters
The Writers’ Co-op S2 EP9: Lee van der Voo
Wudan Yan, Jenni Gritters
The Writers’ Co-op S2 EP8: Jacy Topps
Wudan Yan, Jenni Gritters

Sign Up For Our Mailing List

Mission

We unleash the potential of women journalists as champions of press freedom to transform the global news media.

Address

1625 K Street NW, Suite 1275
Washington, DC 20006, USA

Contact Us

info@iwmf.org
(+1) 202-496-1992

Connect
Privacy Terms of Service

Copyright © 2023 International Women's Media Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
Nonprofit Web Design by NMC.