Why are We Hacks when We Could Be Plumbers?!
Here’s a sad, but fairly true description of the market conditions of freelance journalism:
“Slate: My Life as a Hack - It was glorious. Now it’s over.” By Ben Yagoda
Scary sample quote:
“Freelancing, with all its scrambling and uncertainty, is like rock climbing or white-water kayaking: one of those things that comes fairly easily in your 20s and 30s but requires some mulling over as you enter your 50s.”
The conditions that this article describes are fairly similar to what’s valid for the Swedish market, except it typically has no kill fee. All else holds true.
/Gunilla
