The increase delivers on a pledge to hit $25 by 2025 Bank of America announced it has raised its U.S. minimum hourly wage to $25 per hour. With the increase, the minimum annualized salary for full-time employees in the U.S. will rise to more than $50,000. The increase, which goes into effect in early October, […]
I mean, before I worked in a newsroom, I never really considered bylines. “Staff report” and its ilk are clever ways of saying “Sweet! We filled 10” without having to pay!" while intentionally looking like we did much to the copy (oh, I still copyedited the fuck out of it and spiked more than a few stories on account of needing a second source for this to be in the vicinity of journalism … simpler times).
This shit’s generally stuff that should have to run under a “Sponsored Content” header, but if the advertiser can show a modicum of restraint, it can slip through, especially as there’s likely no copy desk to spike it and run AP copy of an out-of-state quilting bee.
I mean, before I worked in a newsroom, I never really considered bylines. “Staff report” and its ilk are clever ways of saying “Sweet! We filled 10” without having to pay!" while intentionally looking like we did much to the copy (oh, I still copyedited the fuck out of it and spiked more than a few stories on account of needing a second source for this to be in the vicinity of journalism … simpler times).
This shit’s generally stuff that should have to run under a “Sponsored Content” header, but if the advertiser can show a modicum of restraint, it can slip through, especially as there’s likely no copy desk to spike it and run AP copy of an out-of-state quilting bee.