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I freelanced for @… for 10 years, writing 37 articles/features
They were an amazing team, interested in global #justice, #labor, &

As Equal Times closes, the work continues
This is it. Our final article. Equal Times, the global labour news platform, will cease to publish as of December 2025. The website – which was, for more than a decade, an invaluable resource on the realities of work, society, fundamental rights, and more: the victories secured, the innovations introduced, but also the many indignities, injustices and stubborn anachronisms endured – will remain online, but no new content will be added. We launched back in autumn 2012 with a simple mission …

An Israeli strike killed three journalists in Gaza, one of whom freelanced for AFP and CBS; Israel says it targeted operators of a drone affiliated with Hamas (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/01/21/israel-strike-journalists-…

Israel kills 3 journalists in Gaza, including CBS News contributor
The journalists were killed Wednesday in a strike on their car in central Gaza. Israel’s military said it struck “several suspects” who were operating a drone.

Press Engine: 1,200 video game journalists left the industry in the past two years; including amateur, part-time, and freelance writers, 4,000 left since 2023 (Andy Robinson/Video Games Chronicle)
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/m

More than 1,200 games journalists have left the media in the last two years
According to Press Engine data, the global pool of games journalists has shrunk by 25%

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Die IT-Branche galt lange als sicherer Hafen – für viele Freelancer bröckelt dieses Bild gerade spürbar. 🧑‍💻📉
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11108309?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mast…

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Two freelance journalists say the UK's Daily Express stole their articles, rewriting one seemingly using AI, and offered £100 only once they reached out (Alice Brooker/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/express-offers-compensa…

Express offers compensation after freelances say work was stolen
First person account of rail journey apparently rewritten using AI.

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Jeg har forelŸbig ikke kræfter til de store ryk, men det er ikke uoverskueligt at komme ud af Metas klŸer eftersom jeg for længst har droppet Facebook og Instagram. Så nu mangler jeg bare at flytte mine gruppechats til sms og Signal (har I bedre/andre forslag end Signal? Jeg er lidt loren ved at det er et amerikansk firma).
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How a freelancer's suspicious pitch led an editor to dig into past work, finding inconsistencies and falsehoods, as tech makes falsifying writing trivially easy (Nicholas Hune-Brown/The Local)
https://thelocal.to/investigating-scam-journalism-ai/

Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.