Reposted by Marlee Baldridge
"If that $1/word rate from 2000 matched today’s inflation, the average writer should be making about $2/word. But...the average reported pay rate has hovered around $1/word, and stagnant wages mean that freelance writers are functionally making less money now than they were 26 years ago."
objectivejournalism.org
Freelance journalism rates have barely changed since 2000
New data from the National Writers Union offers a glimpse into a bleak picture of decades-long wage stagnation in freelance journalism.
![From Nieman Lab: "The [Houston] Landing was “behind on embracing all the tools digital offers us, such as video, data visualization, [and] interactive story treatments,” Bhatia added. In an interview with Texas Monthly, he cited The New York Times’ 2012 multimedia story “Snow Fall” as the type of journalism he wanted the Landing to produce."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:h5li44x7otnfljqepwxervlf/bafkreihrpjff6f4re4a5fqe2h5h4r5ulkt4rirme5nt73kr5v5jp756mgu)
