Outline Statement
Good for the them. I stand in support of Study Hall’s Freelance Journalist coalition who have declared a strike against The Outline. I encourage you to do so as well.
“This came as a surprise to outsiders, since The Outline raised $5.15 million in a funding round in May, and is valued at over $21 million, which makes it difficult to believe that this was an issue of a lack of finances. Instead, it points to a troubling trend: when venture capitalists, which media companies increasingly rely on to survive, demand profit, it is staff writers and freelancers who pay the price. There would be no Outline (or any publication) without the labor of the editorial staff who shape it, and it’s disheartening to see management dismiss/toss aside their employees so blatantly.
“This is why several dozen members of the media worker collective Study Hall will no longer write for The Outline until there are significant changes made at the company.”
info@studyhall.xyz // studyhall.xyz September 5, 2018 When The Outline launched in late 2016, they promised to be “a new kind of publication” that would, against many odds, find ways to thrive in a near-apocalyptic media landscape. Yesterday, they announced layoffs of their remaining staff wr…
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