Per-piece sports writer - $10-$12 per piece

Is this the return of Pickle Juice?

 

Only if she does Pampered Chef.

 

You think these comments are rude? You haven't seen anything yet. Just wait until you take a reader or advertiser phone call complaining about a story (or lack of one).

Everything written here is geared to help steer writers toward a REAL writing position and away from something that will not help one bit.

Learn to take constructive criticism and not be so defensive.

 

I'd always hoped that Kathy Lee would get into publishing.

 

I call it ball busting. Constructive criticism is one thing, being a d*ck because you can is another.

 

Seriously, who wouldn't want to be a duck? Especially if you could be this duck:

 

Good call right there, sir.

 

Blackbamabelle, what level are you at? If you're looking for advice... seriously... you can make more freelancing for the local weekly or daily. You can gain actual experience and write articles you can proudly show to an editor someday. If you're still in college, write for the campus paper. I made it to an assistant editor role in about a semester simply by being reliable and not terrible. That paid for some gas and the occasional drink or two. I also interned and freelanced for the local paper while I was in college.

Taking part in stuff like this expecting it to count toward a real journalism job won't help.

 

Just googled "journatic," and look at what I find: Tribune Company in some trouble for publishing articles furnished by journatic with fake bylines, as reported by NPR's "This American Life."

http://www.npr.org/2012/07/06/156311078/fake-bylines-reveal-true-costs-of-local-news?ps=cprs

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-07-03/business/ct-biz-0704-journatic-20120704_1_bylines-stories-aliases

http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/180047/journatic-ceo-to-staff-bumps-are-going-to-be-part-of-the-ride/

 

Ummm.... yeah, there's a whole thread about that on the Journalism topics only board.

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/90904/

 

Here's the deal: If you want to write, you can do so without selling your soul to the likes of Journatic. When I lost my gig as an SE a few years back, I was able to find a job at an oil and gas company working in their accounts payable department. The $13 an hour they threw at me became worth it once they realized I had a writing background and they were willing to adjust my schedule in order for me to get out to cover stories. Add all of the OT they offered as well, and I ended up getting the best of both worlds with $100 from a major daily to do small college football on Saturdays and $80 from another paper for high school on Fridays.

In short, you can get the best of both worlds without having to whore yourself out in order to get a byline.