This seven-part JobsPage series describes trends that will touch all of us as we negotiate our careers in journalism — or whatever industry we move into.

Beware of trying to build a freelance career on the time or on the dime of a company that employs you. The work you try to sell may not be your own.

The new model for jobs may mean more people put several small jobs together rather than look for the great big one.

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Freelance writers and editors need to pay as much attention to freelance contracts, accounting, taxes and marketing as they do to their work.
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Imagine this: Pretend there are no internships. None. They don’t exist anymore. What would you do instead?