ABSTRACT
Statistics in the US are harder to come by, but anecdotal evidence from the Society of Professional Journalists Freelance Community suggests that there has been a significant rise in freelances in the US in recent years. And staff jobs continue to be precarious. For journalism, where the employment market has changed almost beyond recognition in the past decade or two, it is easy to see why people would want to avoid putting all their eggs in one basket. As such, journalism students and recent graduates are now far more likely than earlier generations to experience freelance working from the very start of their careers. Journalism trainees, graduates or staffers thinking about going freelance know how to write news or features or produce a radio or video package.
