Israel's organization of technical/marcom writers and copy editors
Articles on life as a freelance jounalist in Israel by Stephanie Freid. Stephanie is a freelance journalist/television producer whose mainstay is filing stories on the environment, business, celebrity appeal and whatever else strikes her fancy for magazine and newspapers throughout the U.S., Asia and Europe. She aspires to one day own vacation homes in Southern France, Northern India and West Africa.
A popular writer's debate is whether or not to work for free. Should I pound out that article for nothing or next to nothing? Should I copyedit my friend's work just because? Do I help out with Acme Marketing Inc.'s campaign because they're starting up and they promise loads of future work? It depends. On a number of things. But I've narrowed it to a few sorting criteria to help in the weeding process
Read MoreSite for Israel's professional tech writing and marcom community. Originally based in what has become Israel's 2nd largest R&D center (Yokneam), Elephant brings together technical and marcom writers from all over Israel. Behind the scenes and between meetings, members stay in contact with job offers and leads, joint projects, and professional assistance.
Using the wrong technical writer is like using a wrench to open a door, it works, but a door knob is better and cheaper. Elephant was started to help match writers and copy editors with companies where their skills match company needs.
