Should writers write for free, for exposure, or for fun? Or maybe all three? Everybody has an opinion, sometimes heated.
An argument about getting paid for online work erupted recently, when a respected journalist blogged about an Atlantic Wire editor who asked to repost a long article online for free.
What’s unbelievable is that just a few years ago, the Atlantic magazine offered him $21,000 per article for original reporting, and now they’re offering him nothing in exchange for “exposure.”
Here’s the scoop from Reuters blogger Felix Salmon:
“The exchange has particular added poignancy because it’s not so many years since [Read more…] about Writing For Free Issue Goes Viral