On breaking $100,000 in the first year of full-time freelancing

Are you having reservations about turning your freelance writing into a full time career? Lindy Alexander discusses her extraordinary year as a freelance journalist.

The recognition that we need better wage transparency in the arts has grown alongside a national conversation on fair pay for artists and, more broadly, the lack of funding and resources available.

It’s also a discussion buoyed recently by other important issues — the wage gap to start, and the unequal access to jobs and income growth experienced further by marginalised groups and individuals.

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Brooke Boland
About the Author
Brooke Boland is a freelance writer based on the South Coast of NSW. She has a PhD in literature from the University of NSW. You can find her on Instagram @southcoastwriter.