Columnist Rick Reilly gave some graduates
good simple advice the other day: Don't write for free.
Some guy at NBC Sports tried to offer a counter-argument:
Quote:
No, you don’t work for free forever because, hey, ya gotta eat. But most people do have to either take unpaid internships or blog and otherwise hustle to make it in the media these days. Advice that says “NEVER DO THAT!” is useless, because most of those graduates will be asked to do it. They key is to know what unpaid writing gigs could lead to the development of one’s career and, ultimately, into paying jobs and what unpaid writing gigs are essentially slave labor offered by a company simply looking to get something for free.
I don't know if that guy gets paid to write, but I'm guessing there's no one getting paid to edit him. I don't think Reilly has any reason to fear for his livelihood here.