[steveegg]

Just curious. Does the fact that newspapers are laying off large numbers of their staffs mean that they will be using more freelance material in the future? The reason why I ask is that I used to sell freelance articles to newspapers years ago and wonder if the layoffs will make it easier or harder to sell such material. My thinking is it would make it easier since with fewer staffers, the newspapers will be hard-pressed to fill up their pages with the much smaller staff. Also it seems more economical to use freelance material than staffer material. What are your thoughts on this?

They're definitely using more freelance stuff, but they're not necessarily willing to pay for it.

[PJ-Comix]

They're definitely using more freelance stuff, but they're not necessarily willing to pay for it.

They have to pay something. Even as little as $25. To my way of thinking they will have to accept more freelance stuff now that there have been staff cutbacks. BTW, I predict that a lot of newspaper staffers will simply quit because they will be given larger workloads as a result of the cutbacks.