About Our Guest

Allison Barr is a visual journalist and social media producer from Portland, Oregon. She is passionate about arts & culture, and social issue stories. 

She is currently a photographer, videographer and social media producer for The Oregonian. Before working at The Oregonian, she did freelance photojournalism for The Willamette Week, The Columbian and Street Roots. She served as the Editor-in-Chief for the University of Oregon's "Align" magazine for two years before graduating in 2020.

Find Allison Barr Online:

Website

Instagram

LinkedIn

The Oregonian

Show Notes
00:07: Guest Introduction

01:17: Allison's background in photography and freelancing

04:08: Building and maintaining a strong personal brand

6:52: Allison's proudest project

8:25: Creating niche content while making money

11:20: Balancing a schedule as a freelancer

12:42: How photography projects come about

14:22: Advice for future freelancers and social media producers

16:07: How much work comes from networking vs. clients

17:22: Balancing personal projects vs. commercial work

19:08: How to manage when struggling with a lack of ideas

20:20: More on Allison's social media management experience

21:42 The importance of video for social media work

23:05 Experiencing and fighting burnout

24:47: Wrap-up

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