Waste to wonderful

From ABC Environment, 21 June 2010:

Under our noses, our bottoms, in our garbage bins, on our streets and in our landfills is waste. Lots of it. But for some very lateral-thinking entrepreneurs, finding the waste, meant finding an opportunity to make money. The 10 ideas that follow are no simple cash-a-can exchange scheme, however. They are some of the oddest uses for waste you're likely to hear. Read more.

How to be a successful freelancer

Interested in getting into the wonderful world of freelance journalism? Founder of the Sydney Writers Centre Valerie Khoo and Bianca Nogrady recently gave a talk to the NSW branch of the Australian Science Communicators about how to be a successful freelance journalist.

Bianca's top five tips on how to succeed in freelancing are:

1. Use your networks and contacts

2. Find good stories and pitch them to the right publications

3. Write good, comprehensive pitches

4. Make your editor's life easy

5. Keep up-to-date on your areas of interest

Find out more here.