Wudan Yan on offering new services in your freelance business
Don’t pigeonhole yourself. Host Katherine Reynolds Lewis interviews journalism entrepreneur Wudan Yan about developing different “identities” as a freelancer to expand your business, effectively reaching new clients, and the importance of fact checking.
Wudan Yan is an award-winning narrative journalist, fact checker, and entrepreneur. She’s been a freelance reporter for 10-plus years, with bylines in publications like the Atlantic, the New York Times, and the Guardian. Wudan founded and ran the business podcast the Writers’ Co-op until its closure late last year, and runs the fact-checking agency Factual.
Katherine Reynolds Lewis is the founder of the Institute for Independent Journalists. An award-winning science journalist and author who writes about equity, mental health, parenting, journalism, entrepreneurship, and social justice, she previously worked as a national correspondent for Newhouse News Service and Bloomberg News.
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.
