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Again on the great blogging debate
Written by Jeff Sparrow on 5-02-2010
Well, not really: just wanted to say that, following those discussions, we have amended what we’re asking in our search for new Overland bloggers.
On the one hand, because we can’t pay them, we don’t expect them to contribute on a weekly basis. We’re happy for people to blog whenever they can.
On the other, because we want to take the web presence more seriously, we will be devoting some editorial resources to it: at very least, providing a certain amount of copyediting to all blog posts, just as we would to other literary contributions.
Obviously, these steps do not settle all the outstanding issues about volunteer labour in the arts sector, nor the relationship between blogging and journals. But hopefully it’s a move in the right direction.
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Hi Jeff
I think this amendment is a great decision and an effective compromise. The relaxing in blogging input/expectation is much more realistic and frees me up to give it a shot and become a contender! Onward and upward…
Julie
oops, just noticed you’re not looking for responses – sorry about that! Julie
Hi Julie,
Thanks for the comments and, yes, we are still looking for responses.
Cheers,
Jeff
a piece up on crikey about freelance rates suggests being paid for online content is very rare indeed…
Great compromise.Should satisfy most people.