Visual Journalism

You get the shoot, you do the shoot … but then the client is slow in paying their bills. Used to be your invoices were paid “upon receipt.” Then it went to 30 days. Then 60 and now some clients are saying they want 90 … ugh. That’s no way to run a business. Over at Black Star Rising, Brandon...

Pinar Tarhan has a post up at Freelance Switch about the cost of doing business for writers. Yeah, I chuckled, too. The NPPA’s Cost of Doing Business Calculator, with just the basic numbers in it, dwarf this. But it’s a good list – even if it lists coffee as an expense because, you know, if you’re a writer, you have...

I read this article being posted by Jay Gabler at the Twin Cities Daily Planer about, “the brave new world of online journalism and the harsh reality of concert photography.” Go on, read it. Let me quote one graf here: Ironically, with that policy comes a form of independence that traditional journalists didn’t have: instead of one relatively (yes, I...

Over at Black Star Rising, Brandon Cotter has a good post up on some tips to make sure clients pay up. The best, I agree, is to be paid up front, but that’s almost impossible in most news situations. Stiff – enforced – late fees are useful, but there’s a growing trend to offer discounts for early payments. I also...