Colleagues! I’ve got a few part-time gigs, but am starting to poke around for courses to teach or outlets I could be a regular columnist for. I JUST got to Seattle (as did my dad), so looking for virtual teaching/a way to continue to make a living while doing the reporting I love
And, to everyone who has spent years yelling at what they think are years of miraculous salaries for journalists, allow me to wet you straight. /
Not shitting you—I’ve never made more than $250-$300 per 2,000-word story reported from a war zone 2/
Not even when I became a columnist at @ForeignPolicy, where my so-called columns were reported from dangerous places—never got more than $350. 3/
I don’t think most readers understand that I have spent 10s of thousands of dollars on my reporting. $ I know I will never make back. I’m good with that. 4/
But I’m not good with people thinking we print journos make cable news rates. I’m literally trying to just pay my bills. People can laugh over my political firing at NYT, but that was my livelihood. Now, I rely on Chills, where 99% of subscribers don’t pay. 5/
That’s okay, that’s fine pay if you can, ok if you can’t. But I while I appreciate you not spending money on something that is beyond you, I hope that those pf you who appreciate my unique reporting realize that this is my job. And that I can’t continue w/o financial support 6/
So, that’s all. I hope what I’m writing on Chills is of interest. That my showing you, transparently how the journalism gets made, is of use. If you appreciate it, please offer support so I can continue chills.substack.com 7/7
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