A new feature bringing you highlights from the mediabistro.com discussion boards. This week:

pleiades: "Are people really writing 1,000-word stories (that require sometimes-heavy research and in-person interviews) for $150?"

maphop: "Pleiades, my guess is that you may also well be seeing re-sell. For my national outlets, I average $1.50 to $2.25/word but I often resell pieces (often truncated to half their size, etc.) for $.50/word or similar. Or, I'll dash off a short, 500-word piece or even a 1000-word piece on a story subject for $.75/word if I'm also, simultaneously, interviewing the subjects..."

Check out (or add to) the conversation here: low-pay magazines & top writers

Also: insight into lack of job offer?

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