Gizmodo Media Group is having an internal fight about whether you should write for free

“I do need to defend myself against the implication that I “had the immense privilege of working on your passion project without worrying about money.” I was extremely worried about money! I was broke all through college and wrote for free anyway, and that got me a Gawker Media job for $30,000 a year. I was not rolling in it! And then years of low-paying writing work turned into years of pretty-good-paying writing work.”

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