Comments on: WaPo: No More “Freelance” Pay for Staffers

By: Alviso

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By: The end of pay-per-blog kickbacks at the Washington Post | MoJo DoJo

The end of pay-per-blog kickbacks at the Washington Post | MoJo DoJo — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:03:36 +0000

[...] thought this practice had become extinct years ago, but according to this story on Washington City Paper, the Washington Post was actually still doing it. Up until last week, that [...]

By: A

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:35:06 +0000

I second everything Stunned said. People should be paid a salary that covers any extra work they are asked to do - and I suspect that's already the case at the WP. In which case, those grumbling about losing extra pay are so caught up in keeping the riffraff out of their first-class cabins that they fail to see the ship heading toward the iceberg.

By: andreawoodlley

andreawoodlley — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:01:18 +0000

The Post is choking and going down, but trust me the clowns at the top are still raking in the ridiculous bucks. The Magazine which is already skimpy and stupidly underfed was directed by Wemouth to slash its budget. First thing they did was cut the XX files freelancers in 1/2. Bloggers too, of course. Good luck with all that genius cost cutting. It does not seem to be improving the product --at all.

By: Washington Post Writers Lose Blog and Chat Swag? | Stet Sports Blog

Washington Post Writers Lose Blog and Chat Swag? | Stet Sports Blog — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:57:18 +0000

[...] Say it ain’t so, WaPo. According to the Washington City Paper, Washington Post beat writers will no longer be compensated for live chat sessions and blogging on th... [...]

By: J

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:13:09 +0000

What will they trim next? I can get through a sunday post in 20 minutes. It used to be an afternoon affair. Sadly its not going to be a viable product soon.

By: Stunned

Stunned — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:54:01 +0000

I cannot believe the Post paid extra for that stuff. Any work you do for your employer is part of your pay. In this day and age of employees being asked to do more and more work (often work that isn't even part of their job descriptions), it doesn't make sense financially to have paid people for that extra work. I don't get paid extra when I write for my publication's blog.

On the bright side, for the Post: At least they have a lot of fat they can trim to save money....

By: DMV Links: Goodbye Manny, Hello Dunn? | Mr. Irrelevant

DMV Links: Goodbye Manny, Hello Dunn? | Mr. Irrelevant — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:14:54 +0000

[...] “Staffers at the [Post] will no longer get paid extra for doing chats and blogs on wp.com.” From what I hear, this doesn’t affect Sports. [Washington City Paper] [...]

By: Fred

Fred — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:53:02 +0000

I never read Achenblog or his column. To me, he's got very little that is original to say. I read Marc just because he talks about local issues.

But the chats are really useful.

By: WoodwardByProxy

WoodwardByProxy — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:22:08 +0000

Awwwwwwwwwwww. Paw wil' Ewik. All these years, and all thios attention-seeking. And STILL! No one takes him seriously as a supposed "journalist." So the poor untalented sod copes by mocking actual journalists and the real newspapers who pay them. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Hack.