Seven sites worth writing for
This column appeared Jan. 26, 1999, in the Online Journalism Review. Here’s the version on the OJR site.
First of two parts. See Part 2.
The Web has opened up new landscapes for writers. Where major newspapers like the Miami Herald pay all of $200 for an off-lead, front-page travel story including photos — I got the check Friday and spent it Saturday — online publications sometimes pay considerably more.
While Salon and Slate remain cyberspace’s best-known outposts of original content created by staffers and freelance writers, the Web today is flush with a host of online publications offering quality non-fiction. Indeed, this might be the best of times for freelance writers with some online savvy. [Read more…] about Golden days for Web freelancing