the battle of who has vision vs. budget continues…

Yikesssss: I'm gathering up rates outlets pay freelancers and someone just submitted this for Rolling Stone. 2,500 words, took a "shit ton" of reporting: "$500. Can you believe that? I tried to negotiate, but they said no. They just offered to cut the assignment to 1,000 words."

Journalism is not a sustainable industry. How is it ok to still be paying people rates from 20 years ago when a sandwich from Pret now costs £6

This essay about AlternativesToSuicideUKGroup is excellent & makes me all the more grateful for the group’s existence. We need more places where people can talk freely about suicidal thoughts w/out fear of someone calling the police. nsun.org.uk/alternatives-t…

“Tim FaceTimed me, saying, ‘I’m doing this cover and there’s a part I can’t get right. I think you would do great with it’”: Polyphia’s Tim Henson called him his favorite new guitar player. But RJ Pasin considers himself a producer more than a guitarist trib.al/hLCfQiT

Nobody talks about the angry stage of healing. The rage you feel when you realize how much and how long you were taken advantage of. The absolute disgust you feel towards those people that mislead you. It comes in waves. Sometimes you'll feel healed and then it suddenly hits you.

The thing I *never* want to tell people about grief despite my commitment to honesty is: lots of people will let you down and disappoint you and it won’t be who you expect. Often it is who we would never expect, like close friends. Grief thins & clears out social circles.

I've been in the media world for 10ish years and I vaguely remember a time when everything you did was a stepping stone to something greater. Now everything you do is met with legos to step on and little else.

“The guitar is a metaphor for so many things that happen in life. When your life is completely out of balance, you have to find ways you can retune it”: How Michael Franti fought back the darkness with a 25-year-old acoustic named after his grandma trib.al/TkqULvO

I’ve lived in Los Angeles for the past seven years. When I say the entertainment industry is in dire straits, I say that very earnestly. I know so many creative friends who can’t find work. So many creative friends who are struggling. It’s pretty dire out here.

“People are responding because of the realness and vulnerability, instead of that persona of a drunk rockstar”: Koe Wetzel abandoned his party animal image to show who he really is on 9 Lives, and found a new reason to play his beat-up Gibson J-200 guitarworld.com/features/koe-w…

“People are responding because of the realness and vulnerability, instead of that persona of a drunk rockstar”: Koe Wetzel abandoned his party animal image to show who he really is on 9 Lives, and found a new reason to play his beat-up Gibson J-200 trib.al/svifYLP

This is why supporting free healthcare is suicide prevention. Supporting free housing is suicide prevention. Supporting universal basic income is suicide prevention. Supporting all forms of social safety nets is suicide prevention.

if you stay off your phone, you’ll realize you actually do have time for everything

95% of the film people I started out with are now unemployed/furloughed/changing careers. And we’re 40. I can’t imagine telling a young person to dive in.

In a brand new #CoverStory, Jontavious Willis discusses the threads that tie together blues, country, and bluegrass while discussing his incredible new album, West Georgia Blues. It's a project that's both traditional and contemporary. Read more on BGS: bit.ly/4efw1xL

last year, as a full-time freelancer, i only made $2k more than my first job in media at 23 yrs old that is now a decade ago and rates/wages have not changed to keep up with inflation tell me again how we're supposed to make a living in this profession?

freelance journalism is such an illusion. it's v easy to project success when the reality is every writer who isn't being supported financially (in some way) is basically barely getting through each month right now. support the freelance writers you enjoy w/ all your chest fr

I honestly feel like freelance journalism is now a side gig. There’s no way you can make money and stop telling journalists to become influencers. I’m literally looking at other things because I’m exhausted and at this rate it’s just wearing me down. Every day you have to prove

I don't disagree. I'm making more money faster by organizing people's homes and helping them pack for a move than I do writing an article that takes all my brain power.