Panel to assess sponsored journalism's implications for journalists May 14

Join the Freelance Committee Tuesday, May 14, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., for a panel discussion on the role of sponsored and content journalism in a changing industry. A panel will describe how brands are creating their own content and explain opportunities and pitfall for journalists in this field.

Panelists include Mark Hamrick, Peter Beller and John Hazard:

Mark Hamrick is an award-winning, multi-platform journalist and the 104th National Press Club president. A former AP reporter, he is currently the Washington Bureau Chief at Bankrate, Inc., the Web's leading aggregator of financial rate information.

Peter Beller is director of content at Ebyline, where he oversees a community of thousands of freelance journalists and connects them with publishers. Peter freelanced extensively for The New York Times and others, was a staff writer at Forbes magazine and won a Knight-Bagehot Fellowship to Columbia University. He holds a master's in journalism and an MBA from that university.

John Hazard is the director of community at Contently, a technology company that empowers journalists and brands to connect and tell great stories. He focuses on inventing new methods and tools to help journalists tell better stories.

Molly McCluskey, freelance journalist and vice-chair of the Freelance Committee, will moderate.

The workshop is free for NPC members with discount code NPCMember; $10 for non-members. Click here to register.

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