Freelance Committee hosts panel on sponsored journalism

Join the NPC's Freelance Committee on May 14 from 6 to 8 p.m. for a panel discussion on the role of sponsored and content journalism in a changing industry.

We'll discuss how brands are creating their own content, and opportunities and pitfalls for journalists in this field.

Panelists include:
Mark Hamrick, an award-winning, multi-platform journalist and the 104th National Press Club president. A former AP reporter, he is currently the Washington bureau chief at Bankrate, Inc., the Web's leading aggregator of financial rate information.

Peter Beller, director of content at Ebyline, where he oversees a community of thousands of freelance journalists and connects them with publishers. He freelanced extensively, including for The New York Times; was a staff writer at Forbes magazine; and won a Knight-Bagehot Fellowship to Columbia University. He holds a master's in journalism and an MBA from that university.

John Hazard, the director of community at Contently, a technology company that empowers journalists and brands to connect and tell great stories. He's been a storyteller since starting on the Obit desk in 2000.
 Now, he's focused on inventing new methods and tools to help journalists.

Each of the panelists is currently recruiting freelancers.

The workshop is free for NPC members with discount code NPCMemeber; $10 for non-members. Register: http://press.org/events/sponsored-journalism-panel

The panel will be moderated by full-time freelance journalist and vice-chair of the Freelance Committee, Molly McCluskey.

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