A great piece here from Chuck Wendig for Terrible Minds offering twenty-five tips for all aspiring writers. Though it focuses more on writing of the fiction variety, I’d say the comparisons can easily be drawn to that of a freelance journalist.
Some of the points that really stand out, to me, anyways, are “your writing will never chase you – you need to chase your writing,” “stop writing in someone else’s voice,” and to “let 2012 be the year of the risk.”