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, but does 
anyone derive a complete income from some form of journalism? 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