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September 30, 2024 ​ –– Do You Know Your Rights as a Freelancer?

Are you a freelancer? Do you know your rights?

In November, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Freelance Isn't Free Act, which takes effect this Aug. 28 (postponed from May 20). It largely mirrors an act of the same name that took effect in New York City in 2017. The Freelance Isn’t Free Act provides a range of protections for freelancers, including journalists. Among them: If you do more than $800 in work for a client, you must have a written contract. And you must be paid no later than 30 days after your work is done. 

June 26, 2024 ​ –– Author Dana Mattioli on The Everything War

Dana Mattioli, a senior reporter for The Wall Street Journal, discusses her new book, "The Everything War," with NYFWA member Peter Coy.

June 11, 2024 ​ –– Cross Media Panel: Navigating the Changing Media Landscape

The media landscape has changed significantly in recent years, from consolidation, downsizing and the outright closing of many major news outlets, to a major shift in the way that information is disseminated.  Learn how to get yourself up to speed on multi-media reporting.

May 13, 2024 ​ –– Author Rob Copeland on The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend

Billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio has long been a legend in the hedge fund industry, having built Bridgewater Associates into the world’s largest hedge fund firm. New York Times journalist Rob Copeland dispels the image of Dalio as a hedge fund god, revealing that his widely promoted principles and leadership style created a toxic culture within the firm he built and detailing how high-profile leaders were taken in by him.

April 11, 2024 ​ –– Impact Award Ceremony/The Story Behind 2023's Winning Stories

Join members of the New York Financial Writers’ Association on April 11th to honor recipients of the 2023 Impact Award for Distinguished Financial Journalism, ProPublica reporters Justin Elliott, Josh Kaplan, Brett Murphy and Alex Mierjeski. The team of ProPublica journalists were chosen as winners of NYFWA's Impact Award – which celebrates a body of work that spurs change–  for a series of articles investigating conflict of interest, failed oversight and ethical indiscretions at the nation’s highest court.

March 12, 2024 ​ –– Making Substack Work for You

Join the New York Financial Writers' Association for a discussion about the realities of making a living through Substack, the new medium that allows journalists to send subscription-based digital newsletters directly to their readers by email. Danielle DiMartino Booth, CEO & chief strategist for QI Research and the author of FED UP: An Insider’s Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America, will talk about why she chose to use Substack to distribute her company’s newsletters and how she has gone about building up a following.

February 6, 2024 ​ –– Author Zeke Faux on Number Go Up: The Crypto Book Everyone is Talking About

In 2021, cryptocurrency was the next big thing. No one really knew what it was or how it worked, but it was clear some people were making a fortune off it. So Bloomberg News investigative reporter Zeke Faux decided to dig into it. "What started as a curiosity -- with a dash of FOMO -- would morph into a two-year, globe-spanning quest to understand the wizards behind the world's new financial machinery," Faux says on his website.

October 24, 2023 ​ –– NYFWA’s Elliott V. Bell Award & Impact Award Ceremony

Join members and friends of the New York Financial Writers’ Association for a special evening at The Wall Street Journal on October 24th to honor Michael Siconolfi as the recipient of the 47th Elliott Bell Award, along with Jeff Horwitz and a team of Wall Street Journal journalists as the winners of the 2022 Impact Award for Distinguished Financial Journalism.  

September 26th, 2023 – Turn Your Beat Reporting into a Book: The Inside Story of Wonder Boy

Tony Hsieh, founder of Zappos, mysteriously died in November, 2020 after being trapped in a shed fire in Connecticut. A week after his death, Forbes reporters, Angel Au-Yeung and David Jeans, published the definitive story of Hsieh's life -- from his early entrepreneurial days to Amazon's $1.2 billion acquisition of Zappos in 2009.

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