The typical freelancer will take home around $200 per article at 20 cents per word

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“To make the federal minimum wage, the typical freelancer would have to write about six articles per month.” —CS

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Schmidt, Christine. "The typical freelancer will take home around $200 per article at 20 cents per word." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 8 Feb. 2019. Web. 16 Apr. 2024.

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Schmidt, C. (2019, Feb. 8). The typical freelancer will take home around $200 per article at 20 cents per word. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 16, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/the-typical-freelancer-will-take-home-around-200-per-article-at-20-cents-per-word/

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Schmidt, Christine. "The typical freelancer will take home around $200 per article at 20 cents per word." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified February 8, 2019. Accessed April 16, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/the-typical-freelancer-will-take-home-around-200-per-article-at-20-cents-per-word/.

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