ACCELERATE YOUR LEARNING

Tips, tricks and self-paced courses to build your skills, confidence and industry awareness.

 

SELF-PACED MINI-COURSES

• NOVEMBER 2025: Care and Feeding of Sources
• OCTOBER 2025: Reflective Voice
• SEPTEMBER 2025: Securing and Preparing for Interviews
• AUGUST 2025:  Structure in Food Writing
• JULY 2025: Source Plans for Stronger Pitching
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PITCH LIKE A HONEY BADGER LECTURES

Loads of advice from our pitch bootcamp!

• Pre-func: What Type of Story Should You Write?
• Pre-func: The Biggest Pitching Problem
• Lecture One: Art of the Ask
  • Supplementary reading: Hyperlinks and URL Shorteners
• Lecture Two: Timing is Everything
  • Supplementary reading: Self-editing tips
  • Supplementary reading: Tracking ideas and workflow
• Lecture Three: Telling the Stories Only You Can
  • Supplementary reading: Primary and Secondary Journalism Sources
  • Supplementary reading: Fine-tuning Pitches to Perfection
• Lecture Four: Opening Up New Markets
  • Supplementary reading: Recycling Story Ideas

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BEAT THE BLOCK

• Pitch Templates: Places to Start, Not to Stop
  The learning curve sometimes can be steep with pitches. So here’s a framework for anyone feeling a bit lost.

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RESOURCE LIBRARY

• 5 Easy Steps to a DIY Writer’s Website
  WLHB Co-founder Amanda Castleman
  You don’t need a designer. Or even a site-building service like Wix or Weebly (which can trap your content in an expensive, proprietary format that won’t export smoothly, should you change hosts). Set aside a few hours, open a Blogger or WordPress account, and have at it.
• Researching New Freelance Journalism Markets
  WLHB Founder Amanda Castleman
  Over 20 resources to help with the eternal bugbear: what to pitch — and where and to whom and how much will it yield?
• Timely Pitches and Trend Forecasting for Freelancers
  The ability to spot trends as they’re forming can help freelance writers beat the competition and land great placements. Here Instructor Flora Tsapovsky shares insights on forecasting, timely pitches, and the fine art of follow-ups!
• Underrepresented Journalism Sources: Avoid the “Pale Stale Male” Trap
  Honey badger alumna Sakshi Udavant shares over 20 resources to increase representation of women, and folks in the BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ and disability communities, etc.
• How to Break In — and Flourish — as a Food Writer
  Food not only sustains us, but nourishes our senses of identity, heritage, and nostalgia. Here journalist and instructor Naomi Tomky tackles some common questions about getting started and also thriving as a food writer.
• Timely Angles and Trends in Freelance Writing
  Editorial publications’ rhythms can seem inscrutable from the outside. How far in advance should you pitch? What role do timely angles play in breaking into titles? And how do you find those news hooks and trend ideas anyway? Instructor Flora Tsapovsky reveals all the scoop in this Q&A