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Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on March 20, 2023, 04:07:43 pm ---But if so, what's the difference between a staff writer and a contributor? I figured staff writer must come with a steady paycheck and benefits.
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This from Quora might shed a little light on the subject:
"What would the salary for a staff writer at the New Yorker magazine be?
In the early-to-mid-aughts, Dan Baum received an offer of $75K/year for 30,000 published words. He was able to get this bumped to $90K/year in return for exclusivity[1]
. I?m not sure this sheds much light on what the average salary would be for a New Yorker staff writer, but it?s a data point, anyway."
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on March 20, 2023, 04:32:34 pm ---This from Quora might shed a little light on the subject:
"What would the salary for a staff writer at the New Yorker magazine be?
In the early-to-mid-aughts, Dan Baum received an offer of $75K/year for 30,000 published words. He was able to get this bumped to $90K/year in return for exclusivity[1]
. I?m not sure this sheds much light on what the average salary would be for a New Yorker staff writer, but it?s a data point, anyway."
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Right, I saw the salaries listed somewhere and they were similarly unimpressive, considering the prestige of the position. Anyway, if they get a regular salary they'd be a w-2 employee, unless they're working under an independent-operator contract of some kind. The freelance contributors paid by the piece would get 1099s.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on March 20, 2023, 04:18:43 pm ---Don't all papers run both liberal and conservative op-eds, but go one way or another in their editorials? Both of the papers I've worked for lean liberal in their editorials, but I remember the Times-Picayune scandalized everybody by endorsing George H.W. Bush. Ha -- little did we know how great George H. W. Bush would look someday!
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That I wouldn't know. My point is, back in the day, the Lancaster papers didn't.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on March 20, 2023, 06:17:28 pm ---Right, I saw the salaries listed somewhere and they were similarly unimpressive, considering the prestige of the position. Anyway, if they get a regular salary they'd be a w-2 employee, unless they're working under an independent-operator contract of some kind. The freelance contributors paid by the piece would get 1099s.
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Isn't that part of the pay package? "We're not going to pay you a whole lot, but, hey, you're working for The New Yorker!" ;D
Jeff Wrangler:
I always read Ben Taub, but I gave up on his piece in the March 6 issue. I thought it might be an interesting "procedural," but it wasn't. It was just too long and too complicated.
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