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# Media's Money Problem
- URL: https://werd.io/medias-money-problem/
- Published: 2023-02-02T04:27:27.000Z
- Updated: 2023-02-02T04:27:27.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:22

“Low pay and grueling hours mean barriers to entry that skew journalism toward a certain demographic — white and male. It’s impossible to do your best work shining light on the activities of elected officials when you make $12 an hour and those same elected officials are organizing social media campaigns to put you out of work altogether. And it’s impossible to cover the needed range and depth of stories when you are overworked and underpaid and understaffed.” [#Media](https://werd.io/tag/Media)

\[[Link](https://lyz.substack.com/p/medias-money-problem)\]