Comments on: Freelancer to Brauchli: Quit While You’re Ahead

By: edward

edward — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:54:47 +0000

As a matter of curiosity, did Matthew Mendelsohn get paid for the article that did not run, or was compension contingent on publication? It is none of my business, but how much of a fee do these long features normally carry.

By: A lot of hub bub over a story | James [ HATCHideas ]

A lot of hub bub over a story | James [ HATCHideas ] — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:59:44 +0000

[...] the Post would appreciate it to the same degree as articles that filled the niche left open. If you read about it on the Washington CityPaper news blog by Eric Wemple, you get the impression that there are a lot of issues, and perhaps personal judgement calls, but [...]

By: andrew

andrew — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:18:27 +0000

Yura Dick (which is an amusing name, considering you were being very dickish), if you look at the Staff page (right below), it says Wemple is the editor of the City Paper, who also happens to write this blog (and print articles). I have a feeling he has some idea how editing works. It sounds like you're close to the subject or something, thus the angry reaction. And in any case, this is a completely valid thing to write about -- did the publisher kill the story? Why was it killed? Are those valid reasons? And so on. All questions worth asking.

By: JStearns345

JStearns345 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:31:08 +0000

>>>It was a feature, it was really long and had no news angle at all. And from a freelancer to boot<<<<

It was a feature? In a magazine? No shit, Sherlock. Have you ever read the Post magazine? Any magazine? Most of the main stories are written by freelancers. And they tend to be, um, longer feature pieces. You should get off the internet right now and start reading actual stories.

By: Hondo Howard

Hondo Howard — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:59:00 +0000

I think you perform a valuable service by serving as a watchdog to what is, essentially, the only paper in town. But big newspapers spike stories all the time, for good reasons and bad. This story did not reveal that the president was getting blown, or that Bush was blowing the Saudis. It was a feature, it was really long and had no news angle at all. And from a freelancer to boot. Not a real controversial call.

By: Yura Dick

Yura Dick — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:19:38 +0000

get a life. There's way more that goes into being the executive editor of a newspaper than killing one story because it's features limbs and pain. Figure out something better to do with your time than criticizing people who are busting their butts trying to deal with the the changes in the delivery of media these days. You bloggers are a waste of time, space and internet resources.