New organizations are already finding it hard to justify full time staff for what amounts to part-time profit. As our industry-wide dive into digital journalism continues, and news organizations learn to compete with learner, meaner content producers, something's gotta give.
It might as well be the career.
I see a cloud of future, where people land full-time jobs at news organizations - a few editors, an ad sales team and several developers. Then, most of the writing would come from recurring contracts with various writers.
These writers would be working with a number of different) and probably competing) news organizations on a regular basis, making their living on a per-article basis. It's practical. Edgy.
Is this what's going to happen? Is it a good thing if it does?
*Pause. Let tomorrow speak.
It might as well be the career.
I see a cloud of future, where people land full-time jobs at news organizations - a few editors, an ad sales team and several developers. Then, most of the writing would come from recurring contracts with various writers.
These writers would be working with a number of different) and probably competing) news organizations on a regular basis, making their living on a per-article basis. It's practical. Edgy.
Is this what's going to happen? Is it a good thing if it does?
*Pause. Let tomorrow speak.
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