Sound Women

If you're dipping your toe into the turgid waters of a freelance career, Sound Women have the event for you: a free freelancer training day on 21st November, in association with Creative Skillset and the BBC Academy. Keep an eye on http://soundwomen.co.uk to find out how to reserve your place. As a freelancer myself, I've spent ten years alternating between joy and terror. So for this month's podcast, I assembled a crack squadron of freelancers to share their self-propelled wisdom: • Nicky Patrick, current breakfast show presenter at Radio Jackie and previous official Mrs Potato Head http://nickypatrick.com/ • Ellie Davis, producer of the likes of Jo Whiley and Steve Lamacq and deliberate avoider of staff jobs http://thisisellie.com • Matt Hill, producer of podcasts for the Guardian, BAFTA, and Broadcast, as well as the power behind the Media Podcast and Spark London audio thrones http://rethinkdaily.co.uk We're all available for hire! You can find me at http://twitter.com/helenzaltzman and http://hele