About this episode

Melissa Hobson shares her journey from PR professional to freelance ocean writer.

Melissa spent over a decade in PR & Comms. She was good at it but she was drawn to the ocean. So she started pitching dive magazines on the side, moved to Mozambique to volunteer with a marine conservation charity, and when the pandemic sent her home, decided to go all-in as a freelancer rather than look for another job. Still it was PR work she was picking up but frustrated by. “I just want to write about fish” she told her mastermind friends in the Being Freelance Community....

People in this episode

Host: Steve Folland

Guest: Melissa Hobson

Topics covered

• freelancing
• marine conservation
• writing
• PR & Comms
• career change

Keywords

• freelance writer
• ocean
• marine life
• PR
• career transition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Being Freelance, marine conservation charity

Places: Mozambique

More episodes of Being Freelance

• The Blogs Became Books... Became Clients - David Airey · July 19, 2026 · 49 min
• Freelancer BTS - Not rushing on · July 12, 2026 · 3 min
• Freelancing Through Every Tech Shift Since the 90s - Lisa Emmington · July 5, 2026 · 46 min
• Chase the Happiness: Meaningful Freelancing - Filmmaker Zoe East · June 28, 2026 · 47 min
• The Recipe Is Always the Same: Reach Out, Follow Up - Émilie Chen · June 21, 2026 · 51 min
• Freelancing as an Unpaid Carer - Adrian Ashton · June 14, 2026 · 48 min

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Being Freelance podcast page.