Anybody wanna cover the Blackhawks?!?

[TheWestWing]

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[The Feckless Puck]

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The worst part of this letter is not the fact that they forgot to change all the Blackhawks references - hell, at this point in this town, it's basically accurate if you're sending the letter to Scottsdale.

No, the worst part is the last bolded line: "This is a contractor position that pays a monthly stipend." In other words, you are writing for exposure and a monthly check of about 15 bucks.

 

[SniperHF]

Not that I was a huge fan before either, but their last site manager kinda ran the place into the ground so it's not terribly surprising they are looking.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Not that I was a huge fan before either, but their last site manager kinda ran the place into the ground so it's not terribly surprising they are looking.

Y'know, at one point I might have jumped at this myself. But it's a ton of work padding someone else's bottom line, and you don't get enough access to make it worthwhile for the exposure if you are self-sustaining enough not to need the absolute pittance SBN/Vox pays.

 

[SniperHF]

I'd have read Feckless For Howling

 

[_Del_]

Stipend is a bad word for what sounds like a fair amount of hours a week.

I'd pump out content on a by piece or by word basis once or twice a week for them, though, and do better than anything I've read on my few visits there.

 

[TheLegend]

I'd have read Feckless For Howling

Or even “The Feckletic”.

 

[SniperHF]

Or even “The Feckletic”.

Let's not be hasty here, I wouldn't pay for it.

 

[Name Nameless]

Obviously it is important to follow the Blackhawks news, as they are a minor affiliate based on transfer of players the last years!

 

[SimplyCoyotes]

No... dang. that was easy

 

[Bonsai Tree]

The Athletic looks like it will swalow them and all the little sites with fan articles whole. Has anybody noted yet how journalists who, based upon their previous work, were just meh are suddenly pumping out quality articles on the Athletic? Kudos to our friend Morgan for finding his inner scribe.

 

[NSYote]

I have been enjoying Morgan and Silverman's output since the switch.

I think the general reason that gets cited is that most publications want your articles to fit a few templates that they're willing to pay for hence the game recaps and press release regurgitation. I can see that being pretty tiring.

The Athletic seems to encourage their reporters to write the coverage they think is most worthwhile.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

The Athletic looks like it will swalow them and all the little sites with fan articles whole. Has anybody noted yet how journalists who, based upon their previous work, were just meh are suddenly pumping out quality articles on the Athletic? Kudos to our friend Morgan for finding his inner scribe.

The Athletic is one of the only outlets going counter to industry trends - they have a budget to pay their correspondents, they have significant image cachet, and they're growing. That means that their writers don't have to kowtow for access.

 

[Mosby]

The Atheltic has to be in the red big time though, no? I believe I read that they need 10k subscribers in each market to make this work and only a handful like Toronto have met that theshold so far.

With subscription cost as relatively low as it is, and no advertising, somebody is losing a ton of money here in order to pay the writers. Maybe they’re freelancers, but I think The Athletic is the full time employer for a number of them.

 

[Bonsai Tree]

The Atheltic has to be in the red big time though, no? I believe I read that they need 10k subscribers in each market to make this work and only a handful like Toronto have met that theshold so far.

With subscription cost as relatively low as it is, and no advertising, somebody is losing a ton of money here in order to pay the writers. Maybe they’re freelancers, but I think The Athletic is the full time employer for a number of them.

I'm sure that the business model includes a fairly lengthy lead up to break even.