Well, journalism was also a good middle-class job back then. Magazines don't pay like they used to. Like upfront budgets to write a high-quality long piece.
Reading Hunter S Thompsons letters from the 60s as a freelance journalist you can tell he was able to spend time writing quality articles, with the odd hack job thrown in for extra cash. I highly doubt there are many full-time journos left like that.
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Obligatory link to "Mother Earth, Motherboard" whenever submarine cables are mentioned:
http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass.html
Best 50 page article you'll read this year.
This really makes me nostalgic.
I miss the days when Wired actually had decent content.
Well, journalism was also a good middle-class job back then. Magazines don't pay like they used to. Like upfront budgets to write a high-quality long piece.
Reading Hunter S Thompsons letters from the 60s as a freelance journalist you can tell he was able to spend time writing quality articles, with the odd hack job thrown in for extra cash. I highly doubt there are many full-time journos left like that.
Well ok then
'Nuff said.
Nicer link for mobile reading:
http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass_pr.html
Nice read, thank you. See also Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0061994952/
I had never read this. Amazing article. Thank you.