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The International Journalists’ Network (IJNet) has featured Writer’s Residence in an article that discusses our recent one-year free membership offer to student journalists.
IJNet’s mission is “to help connect journalists with the opportunities and information they need to better themselves and raise journalism standards in their countries.” We’re grateful that IJNet has featured us amongst its Training Opportunities and thank them for the mention!
Tim and I have decided to offer students a one-year free membership on Writer’s Residence. Here’s the press release…
Student writers can boost their budding careers with an online writing portfolio website that they can use to show off their writing and demonstrate their web savvy to potential employers.
LONDON — September 21, 2008 — Writer’s Residence, the online portfolio website for writers, is now offering university and college students a one year free membership on new accounts.
Writer’s Residence allows writers to quickly and easily create an online writing portfolio that hosts their writing samples, resume/CV, contact details and overall website. The free offer is open to all student writers - journalists, authors, screenwriters, even biology majors who like to do a bit of writing on the side. The only requirement is that students sign up with a school-provided email address.
Monica Shaw and Tim Harding, the writer-programmer team at Writer’s Residence, know that students are strapped for cash, but they also know that an online writing portfolio is a valuable tool that students can use to their advantage as they enter the job market and establish their careers.
“Editors and potential employers in the writing trade always ask to see an applicant’s portfolio,” explains Monica, a freelance writer who used her online portfolio to get her first writing commission. “Writer’s Residence makes this process as easy as possible by giving writers simple tools for creating their portfolio and ready-made templates so they don’t have to worry about web design.”
Carole Woddis, a freelance writer and instructor at City University, London, says she wishes she had a “neat package” like Writer’s Residence when she was starting out: “It’s what new writers have been searching for and now here it is, all tied up in one stress-free package.”
This stress-free package includes an easy-to-manage website, web pages for their writing samples, custom themes, web hosting, a unique web address and personal email and phone support.
Students can take advantage of the free offer by signing up at https://writersresidence.com/signup. When the year is up, subscriptions cost $8.29 USD per month.
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