Whats the difference between being on staff and being a freelancer?
The short answer is about 250,000 jobs: as more and more magazines, newspapers, and wire services have cut costs by eliminating staff positions, they have increasingly turned to freelancers as a more economical and more flexible alternative. There are currently tens of thousands of freelancers and stringers who supply the vast majority of the images for all but the largest few dozen publications, and there are benefits and detriments for both sides. As details of the freelance arrangement are open to interpretation and negotiation, both sides need to be careful to craft agreements that are mutually beneficial. Publications benefit from the freelancer arrangement by not having to pay salary, vacation pay, insurance, equipment allowances, or any of the other overhead associated with having more employees. When they need an image, they call a freelancer to perform the work, and that photographer is expected to have the necessary equipment and skills to do the job. The publication assigns
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