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Front-Ranger:
This NYT article from 2021 has some information on that. Apparently fact checkers and such earn about $55,000 or more and are employees but it appears that most writers are considered contractors or freelancers and don't get benefits like health insurance. Another source says those who write short stories get about $7,500 for them.
Another place says the median salary is $90,010 and that even some of the star writers are considered contractors. George Packer, for instance, was just recently able to receive health coverage.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 14, 2024, 05:53:59 pm ---This NYT article from 2021 has some information on that. Apparently fact checkers and such earn about $55,000 or more and are employees but it appears that most writers are considered contractors or freelancers and don't get benefits like health insurance. Another source says those who write short stories get about $7,500 for them.
Another place says the median salary is $90,010 and that even some of the star writers are considered contractors. George Packer, for instance, was just recently able to receive health coverage.
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Wow, and it's not like those are big salaries even in Minneapolis, let alone NYC.
Even $7,500 for a short story could amount less than $2 a word, which is what I was making when freelancing for mainstream magazines like Real Simple, Working Mother and More in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Front-Ranger:
I guess TNY thinks the visibility and prestige makes up for the reduced payments. :-\
This week's issue has a "beginner friendly" crossword that I dispatched in under 10 minutes!
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 26, 2024, 11:16:32 am ---I guess TNY thinks the visibility and prestige makes up for the reduced payments. :-\
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Yeah. Unfortunately, the grocery store doesn't accept visibility and prestige as payment. Many publications have tried getting writers to work for free, saying they get "visibility." The writing community in general rejects that. I've worked for very low pay or free a few times but only for publications on a shoestring budget, not a Conde Nast magazine.
--- Quote ---This week's issue has a "beginner friendly" crossword that I dispatched in under 10 minutes!
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I rarely do crosswords, but based on the ToC, this week's issue has a lot of other good stuff!
Front-Ranger:
I hear the Cond? Nast writers are on strike now.
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