Access Vs. Scoops And Why It Matters Whether You're A Staffer Or Freelancer (Or: Score One For 'The Gig Economy')
By now you all have heard about Michael Hastings’ Rolling Stone profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal…the one that ended up getting McChrystal sacked.
You have surely also heard the news that Hastings is a freelancer, something that caused our sister blog FishbowlLA to shout: “Way to score some respect for those without a staff position! Woo!”
Jay Rosen blogged last night (in the middle of the night!) about what this means. And it’s not just “scoring some respect” for non-staffers (though that’s awesome too).
Essentially, he’s arguing (and many others are too) that Hastings could not have gotten the story he did as a staffer.
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