Blogger vs. Journalist Pay

There's been some publicly released information about the revenues of the Gawker Media blogs, including what they are paying writers.Tristan Louis has posted a great entry on his site that tries to break down some details, such as the amount of payment for each word.

And guess what... blogging is not that competitive with the pay of journalists. It may not pay as well on a per-word basis, but bloggers are writing a lot more often, and don't have many of the constraints that journalists do. Pros and Cons?

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