Comments on: Little Room for Dec. Saveur Freelancers

By: diannejacob

diannejacob — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:02:24 +0000

I agree completely, Julie. I hardly ever wrote features when I was a magazine editor, as I already had more than a full-time job. And certainly, I wasn’t a good enough photographer for a feature story.

By: julie

julie — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:42:36 +0000

I was executive editor of Food Arts for ten years so I know firsthand that writing features and doing daily editorial work at the same time is extremely difficult. Hats off to the editors at Saveur for their hard work and great content.

By: diannejacob

diannejacob — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:51:05 +0000

Stephanie, the December issue seems to be an aberration. The editors don’t usually take up this much space. Oseland, Bowen and Coleman are fine writers. Getting stale is not an issue. I’d read them any time.

By: diannejacob

diannejacob — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:48:50 +0000

Good question. I had an interview with Ruth Reichl recently (!), who said a full-page ad in Gourmet cost $100,000, but ads on the web page were “nothing,” so you can be sure that web revenue has not caught up with print revenue.

By: diannejacob

diannejacob — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:45:34 +0000

True, Nate. But when you’re the editor, you get to make the decisions, and sometimes they benefit you and your team.

By: diannejacob

diannejacob — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:42:28 +0000

Wow. Perhaps their well shrank too much to put that big swanky feature in, but what a great insider story.

By: diannejacob

diannejacob — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:41:21 +0000

Thanks Adrian. I don’t know about the slave driving part. Two editors going to India on an eating trip, all expenses paid, sounds pretty good to me!

By: Stephanie - Wasabimon

Stephanie - Wasabimon — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:24:12 +0000

Sigh, this makes me sad. While Dana’s piece was great, the drawback of using editor-written features is that a magazine can quickly becomes stale when readers are stuck with the same voices over and over again. Any comments on keeping it fresh while keeping it in-house?

By: Adriana

Adriana — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:28:25 +0000

And that reminds me of another question I have–how does print ad revenue compare with web ad revenue?

By: Nate

Nate — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:42:03 +0000

Surely, the expenses for sending two editors to India to research, shoot and write would be less than paying a freelancer based *in* India to do it?