the Cotton-4 Trade ministers (Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali) inform on their dialogue with the US authorities

July 6 - How to find work. Ways of researching markets and various places to look for people to pay for your writing. July 20 - Pitching: How to query and follow up to make yourself and your ideas more attractive to editors July 22 - Making the most of your work. Pitching to multiple markets and repackaging research and interviews you've already done July 27 - The freelance business from taxes to filing systems, including best practices that make for a better business.

Sommer-Shalett is editor-in-chief of DC Magazine. She has written for publications including Women's Wear Daily and Lucky. In her previous position as a reporter for the New Orleans Times Picayune, she reported on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. She then launched the luxury shopping magazine Wish for the Times Picayune, where her work earned her a Louisiana Press Association award.

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