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Time is running out for congressional Democrats and Republicans to agree to how they will fund the 2024 federal budget. All signs are pointing to a federal shutdown on Oct. 1, the first day of the new fiscal year.

What do both national and local reporters need to know about what happens next? How should they cover this story and what it means for Americans? What impact will it have on Americans’ day-to-day lives? How is this congressional disagreement different from the debt limit debate which was resolved earlier this year?

Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute at 12 p.m. ET on Friday, Sept. 29, for a webinar with Shai Akabas, executive director, Economic Policy Program at the Bipartisan Policy Center to learn answers to these questions. Registration is open.

Participants will:

Gain confidence in covering the government shut down
Obtain resources for covering this story from both a national and local perspective
Learn what led to this year’s impasse, and how this shutdown would be different
Get story ideas to tailor the government shutdown story to a media outlet’s community

This conversation will feature:

Shai Akabas, executive director, Bipartisan Policy Center’s Economic Policy Program
Moderator: Bara Vaida, NPCJI’s director of training and a longtime Washington, D.C.-based reporter

How to pay freelancers more (without stretching your budget)

“Too often, newsroom leaders are stuck in zero-sum thinking around their rates and don’t bother to examine how their policies and procedures may do more to hurt freelancers than the per-word or per-assignment pay. To address that, editors should provide clear expectations and a timeline for each assignment, which would dramatically increase freelancers’ hourly rate. By investing up-front time and thought, and streamlining processes, media organizations can create a more equitable process for freelancers.”

-- Katherine Reynolds Lewis, founder of the Institute for Independent Journalists, in “How to pay freelancers more without increasing your newsroom budget ”

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This newsletter is written & edited by the National Press Club Journalism Institute staff: Beth Francesco, Bara Vaida, and Holly Butcher Grant. Send us your questions and suggestions for topics to cover.

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