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Articles tagged freelance (10)

“I felt like I kind of hit a ceiling. And the ceiling was dropping.”
The new project helps small- and medium-sized news organizations take advantage of machine learning to deepen engagement and improve subscription conversions.
Most bad freelance pitches are bad for the same few reasons. But they’re often salvageable with a little tweaking.
Plus: Concerns about biased news and social media in Ferguson, a Pew study on what we don’t talk about online, and the rest of the news in journalism and tech.
Freelancers, photographers, and activists all have a harder time getting that laminated press badge than full-time, words-based employees at established news organizations, according to this survey of more than 1,300 journalists.
By recruiting freelancers into an organized corps with a targeted mission, The Lens has improved oversight and accountability on charter school boards.
Plus: Developments in the DOJ’s seizure cases, The Washington Post unveils its pay plan, and the rest of the week’s media and tech news.
De Nieuwe Pers is betting there’s a business model to be built on the connection between an individual journalist and an individual reader.
Plus: The Washington Post drops its ombudsman position, a new News Corp. sports venture, and the rest of the week in the future of news.
February 22, 2011