Ha! Ha! Ha! Here, let us enjoy this fun exchange between a freelance journalist and a representative of the Atlantic, wherein Global Editor Olga Khazan asks a freelance journalist if he would mind, you know, giving her a thousand words? To post on the Atlantic's website? Which -- in case you don't know -- reaches about 13 million readers per month? Oh, and could he by any chance do it for free? Well, not for FREE per se, he will be paid in Exposure, which is almost as good as being paid in actual money. You see, even though the Atlantic reaches 13 million readers per month, they cannot possibly afford to pay him money for his work, that would be SILLY.
Letting anonymous internet goofballs review your work for accuracy, grammar, and spelling. What could possibly go wrong?
Then again, it might be fun to stick something from Melville, or Conrad, on one of the rightwing nutball forums, and ask them to 'review' and 'edit' it.
<i>This is why journalism is becoming more and more like community theatre</i>
having spent much of my adult life in &#039;professional theatre&#039; i have to note that community theatre often has way more money than we do.
not sure how that reflects on journalism but it&#039;s sad and true.
Aww, it was nothing really. Certainly a helluva a lot easier than not screaming at my customer to fuck off at any time in the last couple of hours. Not entirely his fault, we&#039;re working on providing <em>his</em> (non-profit) customer the ability to export data from our system into a Federal-HUD specified database operated by NYC-HUD. There was no way that was ever going to work without literal headaches caused by the metaphorical ones. Doesn&#039;t help that the city&#039;s contact didn&#039;t know what they were talking about.
In a previous life, I had occasion to write exam questions. Essay questions were &quot;explain XYZ in three sentences, using three verbs.&quot; You can separate the wheat from the chaff pretty quickly if you force them to actually think.
I tried to negotiate for payment in exposure once. &quot;Tits or GTFO&quot; was how I put it. Of course that was just my opening position, but nevertheless I ended up with GTFO. (sighs) I would have settled for side-boob.
Letting anonymous internet goofballs review your work for accuracy, grammar, and spelling. What could possibly go wrong?
Then again, it might be fun to stick something from Melville, or Conrad, on one of the rightwing nutball forums, and ask them to &#039;review&#039; and &#039;edit&#039; it.
See? Not paying for your content works!
or feed your pussy cat.
<i>This is why journalism is becoming more and more like community theatre</i>
having spent much of my adult life in &#039;professional theatre&#039; i have to note that community theatre often has way more money than we do.
not sure how that reflects on journalism but it&#039;s sad and true.
Aww, it was nothing really. Certainly a helluva a lot easier than not screaming at my customer to fuck off at any time in the last couple of hours. Not entirely his fault, we&#039;re working on providing <em>his</em> (non-profit) customer the ability to export data from our system into a Federal-HUD specified database operated by NYC-HUD. There was no way that was ever going to work without literal headaches caused by the metaphorical ones. Doesn&#039;t help that the city&#039;s contact didn&#039;t know what they were talking about.
And you know old Sully didn&#039;t work for free. He has not-beagles to feed and pot to buy!
If Sully&#039;s on steroids, he should demand a refund.
Really? Then why&#39;s Erik Prince so rich?
Google is making all the money. I thought that was pretty clear to everybody.
&quot;find ways to generate more profit for the companies you work for.&quot;
In the case of the Atlantic, that would be ... writing <b>two</b> articles for free.
In a previous life, I had occasion to write exam questions. Essay questions were &quot;explain XYZ in three sentences, using three verbs.&quot; You can separate the wheat from the chaff pretty quickly if you force them to actually think.
Well, if you&#039;re going to call yourself a <strong>free</strong>lancer, you should expect never to be paid, clearly.
I assume all Wonkette contributors are paid a living wage of hobo beans and Handsome Joe underwear.
I almost hesitate to point out the fact that Wonkette relies on (free) reader generated comments for the majority of Wonkette content...
I tried to negotiate for payment in exposure once. &quot;Tits or GTFO&quot; was how I put it. Of course that was just my opening position, but nevertheless I ended up with GTFO. (sighs) I would have settled for side-boob.
idiocracy = rent +tuition skyrocketing+complete devaluation of liberal arts education+not paying writers or journalists
I&#039;m already seeing constant misspellings and elementary grammatical mistakes in major publications.