Leveraging bylines to boost your freelance career with ex-GQ editor Chris Gayomali
Print gigs are elusive these days and the competition is fierce. Journalist and professor Erika Hayasaki interviews Chris Gayomali, freelance journalist and former articles editor for GQ. They discuss how to navigate the choppy waters of today’s print landscape. Highlights include: the pay disparity between print and online work, playing both sides of the editor/contributor relationship, and starting your own newsletter.
Chris Gayomali is a freelance writer and editor, mostly recently working as the articles editor for GQ. He also writes a newsletter about modern health and wellness called HEAVIES.
Erika Hayaski is a writer focusing on the intersections of identity, race, psychology, inequality, science, technology, history, and the human condition. She is a former national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times and currently teaches at the University of California, Irvine as a professor in the Literary Journalism Program.
The Freelance Journalism Podcast is a production of The Institute for Independent Journalists, whose mission is the financial and emotional sustainability of freelancers of color. Learn more about our work at theiij.com
