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| From | "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@mindspring.com> |
| Subject | Re: Freelance writing gigs |
| Date | Fri, 2 Apr 2004 08:16:50 -0500 |
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>but does anyone derive a complete income from some >form of journalism?
I'll count myself in on the sole-income thing.
I've been a newspaper reporter for better than a decade now and can't think
of anything, outside of playing music (maybe) that I'd rather do with my
life.
___________________________
John L. Micek
State Government Reporter
The (Allentown) Morning Call
Harrisburg, Pa.
----- Original Message -----
From: <DanAbnrml9@aol.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: Freelance writing gigs
> In a message dated 4/2/2004 12:18:54 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> audities-owner@smoe.org writes:
>
> <<Freelance writing, I'm sure you know, is completely
> different from working on the staff of a newspaper
> ("journalism"), and often not only involves researching
> and writing, but sending carefully-worded emails to
> the Accounts Payable department when the check
> they promised to send hasn't arrived when your
> Editor said it would. >>
>
> I apologize to everyone who is bored by this thread, but clearly there are
a
> lot of writers kicking around (more than I'd even suspected!)
>
> Bryan's email brings up a good question... it seems we have a ton of
> freelancers, in particular music freelancers, but how many people have
worked on-staff
> for a publication, or do so now? I think I remember there's one person at
> least (doesn't someone write for the Harrisburg, PA paper?) It's pretty
clear
> that music journalism isn't precisely a ticket to financial autonomy, This
veers off the
> music topic a bit, but it's a matter of personal curiosity since, again,
this
> is where I scored my degree and where I've looked (unsuccessfully) for
work
> for several years. I'm just more curious about stories from the other
side.
> --Jason
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