Local Media Consortium Partners With Moonlighting To Provide Free Community Video Chat To Help Freelancers, Part-Time, Gig And Independent Workers Navigate COVID-19 Work Environment

Event seeks to create a community forum for ideas and solutions workers can quickly engage during challenging times

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Mar 23, 2020, 18:07 ET

NEW YORK, March 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Local Media Consortium today announced it has partnered with Moonlighting, a leading independent worker-focused jobs and business tools platform, on a free video panel discussion and community forum addressing the impact COVID-19 is having on gig, freelance, and part-time workforces. The panel will be hosted by Moonlighting's CEO & Co-Founder, Jeff Tennery, on Friday, March 27 at 2:00 p.m. Register here

The sixty-minute free-of-charge event will feature well-known freelance, gig, and independent workforce experts:

Dr. Carl Camden, Founder & President of iPSE-U.S., The Association of Independent Workers
John Healy, Vice President & Managing Director, Office of the Future of Work at Kelly Services
Angela Heath, Author, Speaker & Gig Income Guru
Hollie Heikkinen, CEO & Founder of iWorker Innovations
Elaine Pofeldt, Author, "The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business"

The focus of this fast-paced action-oriented panel will be to present practical ideas and solutions designed to help affected workers quickly find jobs, create opportunities and manage their businesses while coping with the current downturn.

"Moonlighting helps thousands of people in the independent workforce community throughout the year and we are committed to helping them during this incredibly challenging time," said Tennery. "In addition to convening this valuable forum on working during COVID-19, we also announced last week that until further notice we're providing independent workers with free access to our job listings platform and business management tools to help during this changing economy."

The Local Media Consortium, a strategic alliance of leading local media companies, agreed to co-sponsor the event given its member companies also have a strong working relationship with the independent workforce community, especially freelance writers and journalists, producers, editors, and photographers.

"Providing thought-leadership to our members is a hallmark of the Local Media Consortium," said Fran Wills, CEO of the LMC. "With the coronavirus poised to upturn nearly every industry and its workforce, we are pleased to be able to help facilitate and convene a meaningful community conversation and discussion with independent workforce experts during this uncertain time."

Registration Information

The community forum will take place Friday, March 27th at 2:00 p.m. Eastern.
Click here to register for the event.

About Local Media Consortium

The Local Media Consortium delivers economic value through strategic partnerships on behalf of nearly 90 local media companies in top markets across the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, and includes more than 3,300 outlets. By harnessing the combined volume and scale of its members, the LMC reduces costs and increases revenue with technology and service providers like Google, Facebook, Monster and others. The aggregated LMC audience footprint spans 1 billion unique monthly visitors and its member companies serve more than 6 billion pageviews to consumers. More information is available at http://www.localmediaconsortium.com/.

About Moonlighting

Moonlighting's "Freelance as a Solution" (FaaS) platform empowers people to create and build their own personal business, earn extra money and hire talented professionals quickly and affordably. Freelancers, consultants, contractors, and small businesses can hire or be hired directly from mobile devices and access a suite of banking, investment, tax, accounting, insurance, and legal tools to power their own personal business. With a blockchain supported foundation for security and credentialing, Moonlighting provides a full turnkey solution with a suite of tools to empower millions of independent workers and recruiters worldwide. Moonlighting is a privately held, VA-based company built from the ground up for the gig economy. For more information, please visit https://www.moonlighting.com/

SOURCE Local Media Consortium