Re: New York Times Goes Local Blogging

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Doug Green wrote:

 http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/27/new-york-times-expected-to-launch-local-blog-network-on-monday/ Watch for it on MondayEt tut?The Chicago Tribune ran an ad in their Sunday classifieds last month for"editorial staff" who could cover neighborhoods, local events and such.They could work out of their houses, but they had to be available by phonewithin 30 minutes of an assignment call.That means, folks, you make yourself available, seven days a week, waitingfor an assignment that might pay $50.I, too, was a stringer when I was a teenager, for the L.A. Times.  That waseons ago.  I made more than that in today's dollars.Feeling like a dinosaur,Doreen Howard
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