As a freelance jouranlist, this latest memo from New York Times executive editor, Bill Keller, has me worried:
— We expect to roll out a trim of freelance budgets within the next few weeks.
Taken together, these moves will save millions of dollars — savings that would otherwise have to come out of payroll.
So much for my [...]
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April 16, 2009
Freelancers are first to go at New York Times
November 30, 2007
Challening my inner walrus
“What are you reading at the moment?” asked Jeremy Keehn, managing editor of The Walrus.
“Um… well, the new Harry Potter,” I said, face turning red.
Harry Potter?! Here I was squaring off against three editors and a no doubt highly-skilled intern at Canada’s most lauded magazine – and a bespectacled wizard was the best I could [...]
