Jeez...

Thanks for the conversation!

Thanks Jude!

Oh yeah, forgot about that, that's a relief

But... are we just gonna be looking at remixed version of 2022 content because no one can make a living on the internet and there's nothing new to scrape?

Yeah, it's a total nightmare situation as an assigning editor! And probably worse if you're a new freelancer

She's literally everywhere, I cannot believe how many editors have said they were pitched by her since we published

I will not concede the em dash to AI, this is driving me crazy!

Yup, that's one thing we've done. We now require an annotated draft, and mention that when we assign.

Yes, I have no idea how a new, unknown writer gets started in this business now, what a mess.

Just gasped out loud here

Yes, but you'd have to ask the editors that published and paid the writer. They didn't answer my questions about that

exactly

But here there was a long publication history at a bunch of reputable publications here! And also, I'll say that at The Local we WANT to take risks on new writers who don't have lengthy histories and can bring us new perspectives. Not sure how to do that going forward

I honestly don't know how to work with new freelance writers when a good pitch is no longer any indication at all of the abilities of the person who sent it. A phone call is a start but... I dunno

People know you're not a robot, Eva, you're fine!

Jason, how is freelance journalism supposed to work right now? So depressing