In the 21st century, our rhetoric has moved away from valuing specialization. The freelancer who is (forced) to move from job to job, starting from scratch every time, appears to be the prototype. Check this Slate ad for journalist who will write about education policy on the high-traffic site: no need to be an expert in the topic, just an interest in the beat, and the ability to write really fast (part-time, of course while you juggle other, likely unrelated, jobs). This approach is a pity especially since education is such an important topic, and there is no shortage of thoughtful people who have dedicated their lives to the topic who can write thoughtful, well-researched and open-minded pieces. (Indeed, Slate has some great writers but they tend to have a solid beat where they’ve developed true depth over many years—hard to do when stitching together a living from three barely related “gigs”.)
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 13:46:14 +0000
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