February 9, 2010 – 8:00 am
The rush of information and comments following my appeal to freelancers to let me know what they are paid and how they are treated continues. Here is a table summarising the latest data. It adds to the one published on this blog yesterday.
Underneath this are some of the comments received in my Inbox today. Keep [...]
February 8, 2010 – 12:00 pm
Here is a collection of quotes from freelancers received as a result of my request for information on what people are being paid. FOr the full data, look here. For my wrap, look here:
February 8, 2010 – 12:00 pm
Last week I used my blog to ask freelance journalists to nominate what they are being paid by different publications. The result was overwhelming. There were 103 responses with information coming in about over 50 publications, lift outs, online sites and magazines.
I have summarised all this information in a table, which you can see here. [...]
February 8, 2010 – 12:00 pm
Here is a table summarising the data gathered as a result of my request to freelancers to tell me what they were paid by different publications. For more on the results, my wrap up is here, and a compilation of quotes is here.
February 8, 2010 – 7:54 am
Mark Day’s column in The Australian today makes a few good points, but includes a few fundamental misunderstandings of how the internet works. He is alleging the internet leads to a double standard, in that things are allowed online that are not allowed in old media.
Now, when it comes to the viler forms of pornography [...]
February 8, 2010 – 7:26 am
I’ll be posting a heap of material later today on this blog about the results of my call to freelancers on what they are paid, and by whom.
But in the meantime, a number of people have contacted me to let me know about an obnoxious agreement Pacific Magazines (publishers of New Idea, Better Homes and [...]
February 7, 2010 – 5:03 pm
What a response! Last week I used the blog to ask freelancers to provide me with information – with all anonymity preserved – on what different publications pay for contributors’ copy. The inbox has been inundated with information, starting as a trickle moments after the blog post appeared, and building to a gush by lunchtime. I [...]
February 7, 2010 – 8:29 am
I’m coming a bit late to the party here, but I suppose something has to be said about Fairfax Media CEO Brian McCarthy’s criticism of the ABC Open initiative, which was announced by Mark Scott late last year at the Media 140 Conference, and officially launched last week.
For those who are also late catching up, [...]
February 4, 2010 – 11:16 pm
In my previous post, I called for information on what freelancers are being paid by different publications. There has been quite a lot of response, and I will write it up soon. In the meantime, I had three freelancers ask me for tips on how to get paid – at all. Sadly, they felt too [...]
February 4, 2010 – 8:30 am
One of the most depressing things about the present climate is the number of talented journalists who agree to allow mainstream media to publish their work for no payment.
“But I quite enjoy it,” said one such to me the other day. Well, yes you are allowed to enjoy your work. But letting employers and publishers [...]
