Freelance Writing’s Biggest Obstacle Is Meritocracy

Poor wages are merely the tip of the iceberg.

A. Khaled
5 min readOct 4, 2019

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A viral Twitter thread containing anonymous accounts of poor freelance pay by various outlets, ranging from the all-too-prestigious New York Times down to SEO grifters made the rounds recently, prompting renewed discourse around the merits of working for inadequate compensation, and how the media…

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A. Khaled

Internet culture scribe with an interest in the digital economy, content creators, media and politics.