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Posted on 7/7/21 at 2:25 pm to Sneaky__Sally
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I will tip / subscribe to independent journalists who are doing real work and are not bought and sold via corporate media.
I just did this for Glenn Greenwood sub stack. I figure, if we want quality news stories, there has to be some incentive to produce it. That $5/month means nothing to me but maybe it’s the way of the future.
Posted on 7/7/21 at 2:28 pm to jlovel7
Posted on 7/7/21 at 2:31 pm to jlovel7
quote:Errybody gots a hustle brah.
I have to say I appreciate their hustle
You may be da devil or ya might be da Lawd
But ya gots ta have a hustle.
This post was edited on 7/7/21 at 2:32 pm
Posted on 7/7/21 at 2:33 pm to jlovel7
Is there a way for one to take a digital, watery, taco bell hangover shite in this digital tip jar?
Posted on 7/7/21 at 2:39 pm to goldennugget
quote:Writers write (and tend tables).
I worked in the industry for 10 years... reporters don't make shite. There is a reason many journalists and reporters you see on the news are attractive women, its because you can't pay the bills with the salary they make so they marry rich guys who can foot the bills so the reporting job is just side income.
Seriously our reporters in San Diego made $45k a year... that is poverty in San Diego. How can you make it? You can't, so you better hope you can find a guy to marry to foot the bill.
The reporters at the station I worked at in Louisville made $35k and the station in Cedar Rapids they made $22k.
It's a highly competitive field so the lowest bidder gets the job.
Posted on 7/7/21 at 2:44 pm to jlovel7
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reporters are putting a digital tip jar on their articles
Here's a tip: Learn to code.
Posted on 7/7/21 at 2:52 pm to rdskipper
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Are you sure it means a monetary tip and not a tip on a news scoop?
I just looked at the article OP is referencing and it is indeed a news scoop tip solicitation, not a monetary one. Here's the page the link sends you to...
Forbes Tip Link
There are a lot of freelance journalists that have links to donate/tip them though.
Posted on 7/7/21 at 2:54 pm to Centinel
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journalist. Absolute scum of the earth,
Posted on 7/7/21 at 3:08 pm to fightin tigers
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Yep. Everyone wants good reporting, but no one wants to pay for it.
Reports might look desperate for the digital tip jar, but it's trashy to bitch about paywalls.
I have certainly changed my opinion on this. News articles and such aren't free to produce, we need to reevaluate how we consume the info.
The fact of the matter is that in modern day America, outside of a legitimate investigative journalist who works on an in depth piece, most of the work is already done for them. You have people tweeting stories and video 24/7/365 that those journalists often scoop and rarely ever give credit for.
The biggest culprits of this are the weather rooms of media outlets. Let a chaser or spotter get a decent video or pic, and watch the leeches flock to it within minutes. They all come with the same line, "Hi, so-and-so, we hope you are safe. Did you take this video, and if so can we have your permission to use it on all of our platforms with credit to you, of course? Here is a link to our terms of agreement."
Now, you will see 10+ of those replies on a good video. They will not only be from local outlets, but from national as well as groups that specialize in marketing said videos to their clients that happen to be other media outlets. They rarely ever offer to pay upfront, and they rarely respond to the person who got the content when they tell them they will discuss a licensing fee for the content.
This is happening more and more in other news as well. Stringers have figured it out, and have gained enough market footprint to demand fair pay for their content. The weather community hasn't made it there quite yet, but they are working on it. However, every single person who gives their content away "for credit" is undermining that effort.
The bottom line is that credit doesn't pay the bills.
Posted on 7/7/21 at 3:08 pm to Centinel
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There is no way in hell I'm tipping a journalist.
I will give them a tip, the Bobby Knight tip:
Most all of us learn to write by the second grade and then move on to bigger and better things.
Posted on 7/7/21 at 3:09 pm to jlovel7
Is it possible to take money from them because they suck at their jobs?
It should work both ways
It should work both ways
Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:38 pm to jlovel7
If they’re not on substack they’re not getting a dime from me.
Posted on 7/7/21 at 5:07 pm to jlovel7
Tip their stupid asses .10.
Posted on 7/7/21 at 5:19 pm to nes2010
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If you had clicked it you would see it is to report news tips. Not to give them money.
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