Sunday, December 20, 2009

Jeez, now the Anchorage Daily News is looking for freelancers

The Anchorage Daily News is advertising for freelance writers.  From the announcement:

The Anchorage Daily News is looking for experienced free-lancers to write fresh, compelling stories for special sections and a new magazine produced by the advertising department. Story topics will include health, fitness, home and garden, lifestyle and personality features, adventure and travel, food and the arts. We are looking for dependable people with strong writing and reporting skills who can pitch story ideas as well as take assignments. Must live in Alaska.

Click here for the details.
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11 comments:

Anonymous said...

More freelancers = less employed journalists.

Rummaging through Sarah Palin’s garbage really paid off huh?

Anonymous said...

The free-lancers are wanted for advertising sections, not news sections. Nothing unusual about that. Ad sections have traditionally used free-lancers.

Anonymous said...

10:18 Of course they are dear! (wink, wink)

And that Gary Pruitt, great guy huh?

Anonymous said...

10:30AM - So people who are too busy to read the job posting don't fall into your trap:

"The Anchorage Daily News is looking for experienced free-lancers to write fresh, compelling stories for special sections and a new magazine produced by the advertising department."

Note the detail clearly stating "advertising department"

Stop winking and read.

Anonymous said...

They want freelancers who will settle for $50 a story - the bucks that were paid in 1980.

Anonymous said...

I hate Sarah Palin and will lie willingly. Will I do?

I just know I will fit in with the team.

Anonymous said...

Sounds like you have all the qualifications we need!

Anonymous said...

3:23... Dis are a hi class operation. Youse gotta promise to shower and change clothes at least once a week if you been climbin' in them dipsey dumpsters doin' that hard hittin' journalism we are known for.

Anonymous said...

Publishing ad supplements and magazines via the advertising department is SOP. At McClatchy's N&O in Raleigh it morphed into a fully staffed division before they turned around and laid everyone off. The one remaining magazine - now written by a freelancer.
http://www.themediumthemessage.com/2009/11/16/nos-living-in-style-breathes-its-last/

Anonymous said...

One good thing about freelancers - they're disposable. Hire them, fire them and nobody notices.

Anonymous said...

Expect them to be paid peanuts. I know whereof I speak.