The 2025 Chicago Freelance Post-Workshop Survey

1.Name:

2.Email address:(Required.)

3.Mobile phone number:

4.May we text you?

Yes

No

5.Where are you primarily based (city & state)?

City

State

7.Which category best describes your relationship to freelance journalism?

11.Which of these best describes your current gender identity?

Prefer to self-describe (please specify)

13.Is there anything else you would like to share about your identity?

14.The next few questions will help us understand the impact of the workshop.

I feel more confident about my ability to make a living as a freelance journalist because of the workshop.

15.I feel more confident about my ability to thrive and enjoy being a freelance journalist because of the workshop.

16.Looking at my mix of assignments, I am aware of whether each task was for pay, my portfolio, or to fulfill a passion.

17.I know how much I earn for each hour (or day) that I work. (My hourly rate or day rate.)

18.On average, I earn approximately this much per hour of writing, journalism or other content creation and communications work.

19.What was the most helpful part of the workshop? Or, what did you like best?

20.We'd appreciate your honest feedback to help us improve the workshop. Was there anything that didn't work for you? Or that we could do better?

21.Have you adopted any new practices, strategies, or tools because of your participation in the freelance workshop?

22.Any other comments? If you'd like to volunteer for the IIJ, please let us know here or email info@theiij.com