The Weird, Fun Outlet Won’t Always Pay You

Willy Blackmore ponders how The Stopgap, a new blog, is rethinking the refrain of “pay your writers.”

by | June 13, 2023

In 2015, Jo Livingstone was still getting their footing in media. While working an internship at Slate, they were freelancing on the side too, writing when and where they could. Livingstone had an idea for a story about rain and pitched it to Matt Buchanan, who was at the time co-editor of The Awl. He […]

We’re excited that you want to read this article on Study Hall! To do so you must be logged in and have a subscription at appropriate tier. To view our subscription tiers, click here.

 

Subscribe to Study Hall for Opportunity, knowledge, and community

$532.50 is the average payment via the Study Hall marketplace, where freelance opportunities from top publications are posted. Members also get access to a media digest newsletter, community networking spaces, paywalled content about the media industry from a worker's perspective, and a database of 1000 commissioning editor contacts at publications around the world. Click here to learn more.