tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post2855821475803742537..comments2023-10-07T05:29:20.923-07:00Comments on McClatchy Watch: Jeez, now the Anchorage Daily News is looking for freelancersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-54406883187456335462009-12-21T15:09:24.412-08:002009-12-21T15:09:24.412-08:00Expect them to be paid peanuts. I know whereof I s...Expect them to be paid peanuts. I know whereof I speak.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-51246357670938453162009-12-21T08:37:59.695-08:002009-12-21T08:37:59.695-08:00One good thing about freelancers - they're dis...One good thing about freelancers - they're disposable. Hire them, fire them and nobody notices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-91591702086955434362009-12-21T06:50:50.424-08:002009-12-21T06:50:50.424-08:00Publishing ad supplements and magazines via the ad...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.<br />http://www.themediumthemessage.com/2009/11/16/nos-living-in-style-breathes-its-last/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-57147703489429577382009-12-20T18:03:54.314-08:002009-12-20T18:03:54.314-08:003:23... Dis are a hi class operation. Youse gotta ...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.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-42443184909911004182009-12-20T17:43:59.590-08:002009-12-20T17:43:59.590-08:00Sounds like you have all the qualifications we ne...Sounds like you have all the qualifications we need!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-47455731494165370612009-12-20T15:23:23.066-08:002009-12-20T15:23:23.066-08:00I hate Sarah Palin and will lie willingly. Will I ...I hate Sarah Palin and will lie willingly. Will I do?<br /><br />I just know I will fit in with the team.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-9078942094200660392009-12-20T12:24:07.408-08:002009-12-20T12:24:07.408-08:00They want freelancers who will settle for $50 a st...They want freelancers who will settle for $50 a story - the bucks that were paid in 1980.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-15318813882907993102009-12-20T11:24:48.931-08:002009-12-20T11:24:48.931-08:0010:30AM - So people who are too busy to read the j...10:30AM - So people who are too busy to read the job posting don't fall into your trap:<br /><br />"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."<br /><br />Note the detail clearly stating "advertising department"<br /><br />Stop winking and read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-28985386064113638422009-12-20T10:30:10.125-08:002009-12-20T10:30:10.125-08:0010:18 Of course they are dear! (wink, wink)
And ...10:18 Of course they are dear! (wink, wink) <br /><br />And that Gary Pruitt, great guy huh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-90050604217123648212009-12-20T10:18:13.111-08:002009-12-20T10:18:13.111-08:00The free-lancers are wanted for advertising sectio...The free-lancers are wanted for advertising sections, not news sections. Nothing unusual about that. Ad sections have traditionally used free-lancers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-6875227303682874182009-12-20T10:15:05.678-08:002009-12-20T10:15:05.678-08:00More freelancers = less employed journalists.
R...More freelancers = less employed journalists. <br /><br />Rummaging through Sarah Palin’s garbage really paid off huh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com